Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Patents Act 1977 (Isle of Man) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 10th June 2003.
Modification of the Patents Act 1977 in its application to the Isle of Man
2. The provisions of the Patents Act 1977 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall, in their application to the Isle of Man, have effect subject to the modifications specified in that Schedule.
3. The Patents Act 1977 shall, in its application to the Isle of Man, be construed—
(a)as if references to the Crown included the Crown in right of the Government of the Isle of Man;
(b)as if references to a government department included references to a Department of the Government of the Isle of Man, and in relation to such a Department as if references to the Treasury were references to the Treasury of the Isle of Man, and
(c)for the purposes of any arbitration in pursuance thereof and of the application thereto of the Arbitration Act 1976 (an Act of Tynwald), as if it were an Act of Tynwald.
Revocations
4. The Patents Act 1977 (Isle of Man) Order 1978(1) and the Patents Act 1977 (Isle of Man) (Variation) Order 1990(2) are revoked.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council