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IP/N/1/GBR/T/61  
 
18 March 2021  
(21-2261)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
UNITED KINGDOM : LEGAL SERVICES ACT 2007 (FUNCTIONS OF  
AN APPROVED REGULATOR) ORDER 2009  
Notifying Member  UNITED KINGDOM  
 
Details of the notified legal text 
 
Title Legal Services Act 2007 (Functions of an Approved Regulator) Order 2009  
Subject matter  Trademarks  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2021/IP/GBR/21_1491_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/GBR /T/1 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
This Order amends section 83A(7) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26) as inserted by 
section  184(3) of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) to extend the power of the person keeping 
the register to make regulations which regulate work done in the course of carrying on the 
business of acting as agent for others for the purpose of applying for or obtaining the registration 
of trade marks outside the United Kingdom, in addition to that work carried out in th e United 
Kingdom.  
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  15 December 2009  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  9 February 2021  IP/N/1/GBR/167 • IP/N/1/GBR/T/61  
 
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  Other information  https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3339/note/made  
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  UK Intellectual Property Office  
 
Concept House  
Cardiff Road  
Newport  
South Wales  
NP10 8QQ  
United Kingdom  
 
information@ipo.gov.uk  
 
0300 300 2000  
 
Outside the UK:  
+44 (0)1633 814000  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  