Patents Act 1977

131 Northern Ireland.U.K.

In the application of this Act to Northern Ireland—

(a)enactment” includes an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

(b)any reference to a government department includes a reference to a Department of the Government of Northern Ireland;

(c)any reference to the Crown includes a reference to the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland;

(d)any reference to the [F1Companies Act 1985] includes a reference to the corresponding enactments in force in Northern Ireland; and

F2(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3(f)any reference to a claimant includes a reference to a plaintiff.]