{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/855",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Fees) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 9th May 1988\nLaid before Parliament 17th May 1988\nComing into force—\nrules 1(1), 2 and 4 9th June 1988\nrules 1(2) and 3 23rd June 1988\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 123(1), (2) and (3) of and paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 to the Patents Act 1977, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 10(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 and with the consent of the Treasury pursuant to subsection (4) of the said section 123, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c. 62."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/855/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."
}