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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Legal Services Act 2007 (the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys) (Modification of Functions) Order 2014 No. 3238
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys) (Modification of Functions) Order 2014.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1988 Act” means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988(1);
“the 1994 Act” means the Trade Marks Act 1994(2);
“the 2007 Act” means the Legal Services Act 2007;
“CIPA” means the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys;
“CIPA-registered body” means a body (corporate or unincorporate) which is entered on the register kept by CIPA under section 275 of the 1988 Act and in relation to which CIPA is a relevant approved regulator within the meaning of section 20(4) of the 2007 Act;
“ITMA” means the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys;
“ITMA-registered body” means a body (corporate or unincorporate) which is entered on the register kept by ITMA under section 83 of the 1994 Act and in relation to which ITMA is a relevant approved regulator within the meaning of section 20(4) of the 2007 Act.
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