Part 8

Patent allowances
Chapter 5

Supplementary provisions

Sums paid for Crown use etc. treated as paid under licence
482
1
This section applies if an invention which is the subject of a patent is used by or for the services of—
a
the Crown under sections 55 to 59 of the Patents Act 1977 (c. 37), or
b
the government of a country outside the United Kingdom under corresponding provisions of the law of that country.
2
The use is to be treated as having taken place under a licence.
3
Sums paid in respect of the use are to be treated as having been paid under a licence.