{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificates-rules-1997/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificates-rules-1997/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/64",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificates) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificates-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificates) Rules 1997 and shall come into force on 8th February 1997.\n(2) These Rules extend to Great Britain and Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/64/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:47.107599+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}