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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificate-for-medicinal-products-regulations-1992/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificate-for-medicinal-products-regulations-1992/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3091",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medicinal Products) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificate-for-medicinal-products-regulations-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 9th December 1992\nLaid before Parliament 9th December 1992\nComing into force\nFor the purposes of regulations 1, 2 and 4(2) 10th December 1992\nFor all other purposes 2nd January 1993\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products, in exercise of powers conferred by section 2(2) of the said Act of 1972 and of all others powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/2870."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
  ],
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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."
}