The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004

Commencement of the 2004 Act

2.  22nd September 2004 is the day appointed for the purposes of the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2004 Act—

• paragraph 24 of Schedule 2;

• paragraph 26 of Schedule 2 (except for paragraph 26(2)); and

• section 16(1) and (2) (for the purposes of the above provisions of Schedule 2 and the corresponding repeals in Schedule 3).