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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificates-rules-1997/schedule-1/part-1/crossheading-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificates-rules-1997/schedule-1/part-1/crossheading-20.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": "schedule/1/part/1/crossheading/20",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": "ARTICLE 20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Regulation shall not apply to certificates granted in accordance with the national legislation of a Member State before the date on which this Regulation enters into force or to applications for a certificate filed in accordance with that legislation before the date of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Communities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/64/schedule/1/part/1/crossheading/20",
    "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."
}