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Health and Social Care Act 2012, United Kingdom
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Year of Version
2012
Dates
Entry into force:
March 27, 2013
Type of Text
IP-related Laws
Subject Matter
Other,
Patents (Inventions),
Industrial Designs
Notes
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 is a Law to establish provisions about public health, a National Service Commissioning Board and the National Health Service in England.
This Law is structured into 12 Parts and 23 Schedules. Schedule 4 Part 12 section 271A makes provisions for the services to be treated as services of the Crown for certain purposes and sets out that services in section 55 to 59 of the Patents Act 1977 “Use of patented inventions for the services of the Crown” and in Schedule 1 to the Registered Designs Act 1949 (provisions as to the use of registered designs for the services of the Crown) shall be treated as services of the Crown.
The text of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 is subject to Crown copyright protection (@Crown Copyright 2012).
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WIPO Lex No.
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