Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the Agreement” means the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court done in Brussels on 19th February 2013(1);
“Committee” means any of the Administrative Committee, the Budget Committee and the Advisory Committee established under Article 11 of the Agreement;
“the Court” means the Unified Patent Court established under Article 1 of the Agreement;
“Deputy-Registrar” means the Deputy-Registrar appointed under Article 25 of the Statute;
“Judge” means a Judge of the Court;
“official activities” in relation to the Court means the activities that are necessary for the purposes and functions conferred upon it by the Agreement and the Statute;
“premises of the Court” means land and buildings made available to the Court by a State party to the Agreement in accordance with Article 37 of the Agreement and used for the official activities of the Court;
“the Presidium” means the Presidium referred to in Article 15 of the Statute;
“the Protocol” means the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Unified Patent Court done in Brussels on 29th June 2016(2);
“Registrar” means the Registrar appointed under Article 22 of the Statute;
“Staff” means all personnel employed by the Court as officials and other servants of the Court except the Judges, Registrar and Deputy-Registrar;
“State Party” means a State party to the Protocol; and
“the Statute” means the Statute of the Court as set out in Annex I of the Agreement.
Cm 8653.
Cm 9405.