The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005

Citation, commencement and interpretation of this Order

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st October 2005.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1977 Act” means the Patents Act 1977(1);

“the 2004 Act” means the Patents Act 2004;

“the appointed day” means the day appointed by article 2.

(1)

1977 c. 37. Sections 16, 24, 25, 28, 32, 36, 46, 62, 72, 74, 107 and 123 are amended by the provisions of the 2004 Act which are brought into force by article 2 of this Order. Previous amendments to those provisions were as follows: section 28 was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 8 to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48); section 32 was substituted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 (c. 39), and then amended by Schedule 6 to the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23); section 46 was amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; sections 72 and 74 were amended by paragraphs 10 and 18 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 8 to that Act; section 107 was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 6 to the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987; and section 123 was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 5, paragraph 22 of Schedule 7, and Schedule 8 to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. In addition, sections 120 and 123 of the 1977 Act were amended by the provisions of the 2004 Act which were brought into force on 22nd September 2004 by SI 2004/2177 (C. 94). And sections 8, 11, 12, 22, 23, 38, 40, 41, 43, 53, 60, 61, 63, 70, 75, 89, 89B, 91, 95, 103, 105, 106, 121, 130 and 131 were amended, and sections 86 and 87 repealed, by the provisions of the 2004 Act which were brought into force on 1st January 2005 by SI 2004/3205 (C. 140). Details of previous amendments to those provisions are noted in SI 2004/2177 and 2004/3205.