Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

286 Interpretation. U.K.

In this Part—

• “the comptroller” means the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks;

• “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means any member of the body corporate;

• “the European list” means the list of professional representatives maintained by the European Patent Office in pursuance of the European Patent Convention;

• “registered patent [F1 attorney”] has the meaning given by section 275 [F2 (2)];

• F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 286 substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208(1), 211, Sch. 21 para. 79(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h) (with art. 9)

F2 Word in s. 286 substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208(1), 211, Sch. 21 para. 79(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/2350, art. 2(h) (with art. 9)

F3 Definition in s. 286 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/2550, art. 2