Schedule 2paragraphs 25(a) and 25(b)
109.These paragraphs amend section 121 in order to clarify the position with regard to the laying before Parliament of the comptroller’s annual report. The effect of article 6 of the Patent Office Trading Fund Order 1991 (SI 1991 No.1796) is that the requirement of section 121 is satisfied if a report for each financial year is laid on or before 30th November of the following financial year. This requirement is now on the face of the 1977 Act, and article 6 is revoked by section 16(3).