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The Patents Act 1977 (Isle of Man) Order 2003 (Note)

The Patents Act 1977 (Isle of Man) Order 2003

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2003 No. 1249

PATENTS

The Patents Act 1977 (Isle of Man) Order 2003

Made 8th May 2003

Laid before Parliament 20th May 2003

Coming into force 10th June 2003

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of May 2003

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 124(3) and 132(2) of the Patents Act 1977[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Patents Act 1977 (Isle of Man) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 10th June 2003.

Modification of the Patents Act 1977 in its application to the Isle of Man

2. The provisions of the Patents Act 1977 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall, in their application to the Isle of Man, have effect subject to the modifications specified in that Schedule.

3. The Patents Act 1977 shall, in its application to the Isle of Man, be construed -

(a) as if references to the Crown included the Crown in right of the Government of the Isle of Man;

(b) as if references to a government department included references to a Department of the Government of the Isle of Man, and in relation to such a Department as if references to the Treasury were references to the Treasury of the Isle of Man, and

(c) for the purposes of any arbitration in pursuance thereof and of the application thereto of the Arbitration Act 1976 (an Act of Tynwald), as if it were an Act of Tynwald.

Revocations

4. The Patents Act 1977 (Isle of Man) Order 1978[2] and the Patents Act 1977 (Isle of Man) (Variation) Order 1990[#note...

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