Other amendments of the 1977 Act
I111Enforcement of damages
In section 61 of the 1977 Act (proceedings for infringement of a patent), after subsection (6) there is inserted—
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If the comptroller awards any sum by way of damages on a reference under subsection (3) above, then—
a
in England and Wales, the sum shall be recoverable, if a county court so orders, by execution issued from the county court or otherwise as if it were payable under an order of that court;
b
in Scotland, payment of the sum may be enforced in like manner as an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland;
c
in Northern Ireland, payment of the sum may be enforced as if it were a money judgment.