Regulation 2 Definitions

In these Regulations–

• “the 1977 Act” means the Patents Act 1977^f1;

• “certificate” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 1(d) of the EC Regulation;

• “the court” has the same meaning as it has in the 1977 Act; and

• “the EC Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1768/92 of 18th June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products^f2 and any reference in these Regulations to an article followed by a number is a reference to the article so numbered in the EC Regulation.