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86. Enforcement orders: general provisions

(1) An enforcement order may extend to a person's conduct outside the United Kingdom if (and only if) he is -

(a) a United Kingdom national;

(b) a body incorporated under the law of the United Kingdom or of any part of the United Kingdom; or

(c) a person carrying on business in the United Kingdom.

(2) Nothing in an enforcement order shall have effect so as to -

(a) cancel or modify conditions in licences granted -

(i) under a patent granted under the Patents Act 1977 or a European patent (UK) (within the meaning of the Act of 1977); or

(ii) in respect of a design registered under the Registered Designs Act 1949;

by the proprietor of the patent or design; or

(b) require an entry to be made in the register of patents or the register of designs to the effect that licences under such a patent or such a design are to be available as of right.

(3) An enforcement order may prohibit the performance of an agreement already in existence when the order is made.

(4) Schedule 8 (which provides for

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