# The Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1986, Note: Explanatory note


This Order brings into force on 1st October 1986 the provisions of the Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 which substitute a new section 1 of the Trade Marks Act 1938, amend section 34 of that Act and repeal sections 57 and 58 of that Act.
Section 4 came into force on Royal assent.
Sections 2 and 3(2), Schedule 2 and Part II of Schedule 3 come into force on 1st October 1986 by virtue of section 4(7) and the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 1984 (Commencement) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1273).
Sections 1 and 3(1), so far as they relate to the Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88) and the Patents Act 1977 (c.37), paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 and Part I of Schedule 3, so far as it relates to those Acts, remain to be brought into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1274/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-designs-and-marks-act-1986-commencement-no-1-order-1986/note
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