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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-and-trade-marks-world-trade-organisation-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1899",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents and Trade Marks (World Trade Organisation) Regulations 1999",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nTRADE MARKS\nMade 1st July 1999\nLaid before Parliament 5th July 1999\nComing into force 29th July 1999\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to patents and trade marks, in exercise of powers conferred by section 2(2) of the said Act of 1972, hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2983."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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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."
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