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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-designs-and-marks-act-1986-commencement-no-2-order-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1824",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-designs-and-marks-act-1986-commencement-no-2-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nDESIGNS\nMade 24th October 1988\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 4(6) of the Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 39."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1824/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."
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