{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1993/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1993/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2423",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 4th October 1993\nLaid before Parliament 6th October 1993\nComing into force 1st November 1993\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 17(2), 32(2) and (7), 89, 118(1), 123(1)-(3) and 124 of the Patents Act 1977, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, hereby makes the following Rules:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 37; section 89 was replaced by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48); section 123 was amended by the said Act of 1988, section 295 and Schedule 5, paragraph 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 53."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2423/introduction",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}