{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-trade-marks-and-designs-address-for-service-and-time-limits-etc-rules-2006/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-trade-marks-and-designs-address-for-service-and-time-limits-etc-rules-2006/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/760",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address For Service and Time Limits, etc) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-trade-marks-and-designs-address-for-service-and-time-limits-etc-rules-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY\nMade 14th March 2006\nLaid before Parliament 15th March 2006\nComing into force 6th April 2006\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 123 of the Patents Act 1977, section 78 of the Trade Marks Act 1994, section 36 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 and section 250 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 37; to which there are amendment not relevant to these Rules."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1994 c. 26."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1949 c. 88; section 36(1A) was inserted by section 272 of, and paragraph 26(1) of Schedule 3 to, the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), there are other amendments but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1988 c. 48; to which there are amendment not relevant to these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/760/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:34:04.794479+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."
}