§ 247 Page 123, line 11, at end insert:
§ 'The Patents Act 1977 (c.37)
§ 9B.—(1) In section 102 of the Patents Act 1977 (right of audience etc in proceedings before the comptroller), the following subsection shall be added at the end—
§ "(5) Nothing in this section shall be taken to limit the right to draw or prepare deeds given to a registered patent agent by section (Preparation of documents etc. by registered patent agents and trade mark agents) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990."
§ (2) In section 102A of that Act (right of audience etc in proceedings on appeal from the comptroller), the following subsection shall be added at the end—
§ "(6) Nothing in this section shall be taken to limit the right to draw or prepare deeds given to a registered patent agent by section (Preparation of documents etc. by registered patent agents and trade mark agents) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." '.
§ 'The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c.22)
§ 9C. In section 16 of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (powers of court to make orders for the protection of a party to marriage or a child of the family), in subsection (6) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted "that the respondent has not been given such notice of the proceedings as may be prescribed by rules".'.
§ 'The Estate Agents Act 1979 (c.38)
§ 9D.—(1) In section 10(3) of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (purposes for which certain information obtained under the Act may be disclosed), in paragraph (a)—
- (a) after the words "Regulations 1988" there shall be inserted "or the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990"; and
- (b) after the words "Electricity Supply" there shall be inserted "or the Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board".'.
§ The Competition Act 1980 (c.21)
§ 9E. Section 19 of the Competition Act 1980 (restriction on disclosure of information) shall be amended as follows.
§ (2) In subsection (2), after the words "Electricity Supply" there shall be inserted "the Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board".
§ (3) In subsection (3) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (1)—
§ "(m) the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990".'.
§ The Lord ChancellorMy Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 247. This amendment makes changes in three broad areas which we have already considered in relation to the preparation of documents by registered patent agents and trade mark agents, 1502 family proceedings in magistrates' courts and related matters and paragraphs consequential on the six new clauses.
Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 247.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.