{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/899",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Fees) Rules 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 25th May 1989\nLaid before Parliament 25th May 1989\nComing into force\nrules 1(1), 2 and 4 16th June 1989\nrules 1(2) and 3 3rd July 1989\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon 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."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/899/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."
}