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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1778",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Fees) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 16th July 1998\nLaid before Parliament 22nd July 1998\nComing into force 1st October 1998\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred upon her by section 123(1), (2) and (3) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 to, the Patents Act 1977, of the power conferred upon her by the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 1988, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, 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": "S.I. 1988/93, as amended by S.I. 1990/1473, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51). The relevant provisions of that Order are article 7 and Part IV of Schedule 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 53."
    }
  ],
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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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