59 Special provisions as to Crown use during emergency
Patents Act 1977 (1977 c 37) | Legislation

59  Special provisions as to Crown use during emergency

(1)     During any period of emergency within the meaning of this section the powers exercisable in relation to an invention by a government department or a person authorised by a government department under section 55 above shall include power to use the invention for any purpose which appears to the department necessary or expedient—

(a)     for the efficient prosecution of any war in which Her Majesty may be engaged;

(b)     for the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community;

(c)     for securing a sufficiency

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