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In accordance with section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) and in order to give effect to certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 1610/96 of the European Parliament and the Council concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products, these Regulations—
(a)extend the power of the Secretary of State to make rules under section 123 of the Patents Act 1977 (c. 37) in respect of patents and applications for patents so as to enable him to make rules relating to the procedure to be applied to, and the fees in respect of, supplementary protection certificates for plant protection products and applications therefor, and
(b)extend and apply in the appropriate cases existing provisions of the Patents Act 1977 and the Patents Act 1949 (c. 87) and rules made thereunder, relating to patents and applications for patents, to certificates and applications for certificates.
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