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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-trade-marks-and-designs-address-for-service-rules-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/546",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-trade-marks-and-designs-address-for-service-rules-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Intellectual Property\nMade 4th March 2009\nLaid before Parliament 13th March 2009\nComing into force 6th April 2009\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 250 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 36 of the Registered Designs Act 1949, section 123 of the Patents Act 1977 and section 78 of the Trade Marks Act 1994.\nIn accordance with section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, the Secretary of State has consulted the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council before making these Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1949 c.88; section 36 was amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 3 to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; there are other amendments but none are relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1977 c.37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1994 c. 26."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1992 c.53; the definition of “Council” was amended by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c.15), Schedule 8, paragraph 30."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/546/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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