The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential, etc. and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004 No. 3205 (C. 140)

Commencement of the 2004 Act

2.  1st January 2005 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2004 Act—

(a) section 5 (for the purposes of the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) and (j) below);

(b) section 6;

(c) section 7;

(d) sections 10 to 12;

(e) section 14;

(f) section 16(1) (for the purposes of the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (k) below);

(g) section 16(2) (for the purposes of the entries in Schedule 3 relating to provisions brought into force by this article and to the amendment of section 106 of the 1977 Act);

(h) section 16(3);

(i) paragraphs 1, 6, 7 and 8, and paragraph 9(1), (2)(a) and (3), of Schedule 1;

(j) paragraph 9(2)(b) of Schedule 1 (for the purposes of the Patent Co-operation Treaty);

(k) paragraphs 1, 5, 8, 10 to 14, 16, 17, 19, 20 to 22, 25, 27 and 28 of Schedule 2.