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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Amendment of the Patents Act 1977

  4. 3.In section 1 (patentable inventions), for subsections (3) and (4)...

  5. 4.In section 60 (meaning of infringement)— (a) in subsection (5),...

  6. 5.After section 76 insert— Biotechnological inventions (1) Any provision of, or made under, this Act is...

  7. 6.(1) Section 125A (disclosure of invention by specification: availability of...

  8. 7.In section 130 (interpretation) insert in proper alphabetical order— “biological...

  9. 8.(1) Insert the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to...

  10. 9.Transitional provisions

  11. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

    2. SCHEDULE 2

  13. Explanatory Note