Citation, commencement and extent
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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Patents (European Patent with Unitary Effect and Unified Patent Court) Order 2016.
(2) This Order comes into force on the date of entry into force of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court signed at Brussels on 19th February 2013(1).
(3) This Order has the same extent as the Patents Act 1977, except that it does not extend to the Isle of Man.
(1)
Cm 8653. The date on which the treaty enters into force for the United Kingdom may be found on the relevant page on UK Treaties Online at this link: http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treatyrecord.htm?tid=14651