Repeals of provisions of 1949 Act
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Subject to the provisions of Schedule 4 below, the provisions of the 1949 Act referred to in paragraph 2 below (which have no counterpart in the new law of patents established by this Act in relation to future patents and applications) shall cease to have effect.
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The provisions are:
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(a) section 14 (opposition to grant of patent);
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(b) section 32(3) (revocation for refusal to comply with Crown request to use invention);
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(c) section 41 (inventions relating to food or medicine, etc.);
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(d) section 42 (controller’s power to revoke patent after expiry of two years from grant of compulsory licence);
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(e) section 71 (extension of time for certain convention applications);
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(f) section 72 (protection of inventions communicated under international agreements).