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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-trade-marks-and-designs-address-for-service-amendment-eu-exit-rules-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1317",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-trade-marks-and-designs-address-for-service-amendment-eu-exit-rules-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Exiting The European Union\nIntellectual Property\nMade 19th November 2020\nLaid before Parliament 23rd November 2020\nComing into force 1st January 2021\nThe Secretary of State makes these Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8B(1)(a) of, and paragraph 21(b) of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, section 123 of the Patents Act 1977, section 78 of the Trade Marks Act 1994, section 250 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998 and section 36 of the Registered Designs Act 1949.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2018 c. 16. Section 8B was inserted by section 18 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 c. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1977 c. 37; Section 123 was amended by the Patents Act 2004 (c. 16), Schedule 2, paragraphs1 and 26 and Schedule 3 and by the Copyright, Patents and Designs Act 1988 (c. 48), Schedule 5. paragraph 29, Schedule 7, paragraph 22 and Schedule 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1994 c. 26."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1988 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1949 c. 88."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1317/introduction",
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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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