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created_at: 2025-11-28 03:16:29
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{"local_path":"raw/uk/patents-act-1977","document_name":"Patents Act 1977","sha256":"19df13c0375d1620efa7b8fab54dedb7c580e5e919053252b7a13bd11c8c1d90","chroma:document":"gCommentaryText\">S. 61(7) inserted (1.1.2005) by <a class=\"LegCitation\" title=\"Patents Act 2004\" rel=\"cite\" href=\"/id/ukpga/2004/16\">Patents Act 2004 (c. 16)</a>, <a class=\"LegCitation\" href=\"/id/ukpga/2004/16/section/11\" title=\"Go to Patents Act 2004 ss. 11\" rel=\"cite\"><strong>ss. 11</strong></a>, <a class=\"LegCitation\" href=\"/id/ukpga/2004/16/section/17/1\" title=\"Go to Patents Act 2004 17(1)\" rel=\"cite\">17(1)</a>; <a class=\"LegCitation\" title=\"The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential, etc. and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004\" rel=\"cite\" href=\"/id/uksi/2004/3205\">S.I. 2004/3205</a>, <a class=\"LegCitation\" href=\"/id/uksi/2004/3205/article/2/d\" title=\"Go to The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential, etc. and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004 art. 2(d)\" rel=\"cite\">art. 2(d)</a> (with <a class=\"LegCitation\" href=\"/id/uksi/2004/3205/article/9\" title=\"Go to The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential, etc. and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004 art. 9\" rel=\"cite\">art. 9</a>)</span></p></div><div class=\"LegCommentaryItem\" id=\"commentary-key-a150e770eb8e79ec1e9b7b0d60fea4f8\"><p class=\"LegCommentaryPara\"><span class=\"LegCommentaryType\"><a href=\"#reference-key-a150e770eb8e79ec1e9b7b0d60fea4f8\" title=\"Go back to reference for this commentary item\">F173</a></span><span class=\"LegCommentaryText\">Words in s. 61(7)(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (22.4.2014) by <a class=\"LegCitation\" title=\"Crime and Courts Act 2013\" rel=\"cite\" href=\"/id/ukp","inventory_path":"8. UNITED KINGDOM / 8.1 Acts of Parliament"}


created_at: 2025-11-28 03:16:30
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created_at: 2025-11-28 03:16:30
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created_at: 2025-11-28 03:16:31
topic: persistent://default/default/4137acb2-16ce-454d-b45d-491d6e9d234b
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created_at: 2025-11-28 03:16:31
topic: persistent://default/default/4137acb2-16ce-454d-b45d-491d6e9d234b
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created_at: 2025-11-28 03:16:32
topic: persistent://default/default/4137acb2-16ce-454d-b45d-491d6e9d234b
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created_at: 2025-11-28 03:16:32
topic: persistent://default/default/4137acb2-16ce-454d-b45d-491d6e9d234b
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created_at: 2025-11-28 03:16:33
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created_at: 2025-11-28 03:16:33
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{"chroma:document":"gP2Text\"><span class=\"LegSubstitution\">In sections 70C and 70D “</span><span class=\"LegTerm\"><span class=\"LegSubstitution\">an actionable threat</span></span><span class=\"LegSubstitution\">” means a threat of infringement proceedings that is actionable in accordance with this section.</span></span>&#xD;</p><div class=\"LegAnnotations\"><p class=\"LegAnnotationsGroupHeading\">Textual Amendments</p><div class=\"LegCommentaryItem\" id=\"commentary-key-0c1cd21b3431b8ad0614c223857a39c4\"><p class=\"LegCommentaryPara\"><span class=\"LegCommentaryType\"><a href=\"#reference-key-0c1cd21b3431b8ad0614c223857a39c4\" title=\"Go back to reference for this commentary item\">F184</a></span><span class=\"LegCommentaryText\">Ss. 70-70F substituted for s. 70 (1.10.2017) by <a class=\"LegCitation\" title=\"Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017\" rel=\"cite\" href=\"/id/ukpga/2017/14\">Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 (c. 14)</a>, <a class=\"LegCitation\" href=\"/id/ukpga/2017/14/section/1/2\" title=\"Go to Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 ss. 1(2)\" rel=\"cite\"><strong>ss. 1(2)</strong></a>, <a class=\"LegCitation\" href=\"/id/ukpga/2017/14/section/8\" title=\"Go to Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 8\" rel=\"cite\">8</a>; <a class=\"LegCitation\" title=\"The Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017\" rel=\"cite\" href=\"/id/uksi/2017/771\">S.I. 2017/771</a>, <a class=\"LegCitation\" href=\"/id/uksi/2017","inventory_path":"8. UNITED KINGDOM / 8.1 Acts of Parliament","sha256":"19df13c0375d1620efa7b8fab54dedb7c580e5e919053252b7a13bd11c8c1d90","local_path":"raw/uk/patents-act-1977","document_name":"Patents Act 1977"}


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created_at: 2025-11-28 03:16:59
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{"chroma:document":"oyee. The employer must pay at least the prescribed minimum wage to the employee without taking into account any gratuities or tips the employee receives.\nAny gratuity or tip collected by the employer shall be remitted in full to the employee who rendered the service. The words gratuity and tip include service charges added to the patron’s bill but do not include any administrative costs added to the bill.\nThe employer may not impose an arrangement to share gratuities or a tip-sharing arrangement. Nor may the employer intervene, in any manner whatsoever, in the establishment of an arrangement to share gratuities or a tip-sharing arrangement. Such an arrangement must result solely from the free and voluntary consent of the employees entitled to gratuities or tips.\nHowever, an indemnity provided for in any of sections 58, 62, 74, 76, 79.7, 79.16, 80, 81, 81.1, 83 and 84.0.13 is computed, in the case of an employee who is an employee referred to in section 42.11 or 1019.4 of the Taxation Act (\nchapter I-3\n), on the basis of the wages increased by the tips attributed under that section 42.11 or reported under that section 1019.4.\n\n\n1979, c. 45, s. 50\n; \n1983, c. 43, s. 11\n; \n1997, c. 85, s. 365\n; \n2002, c. 80, s. 11\n; \n2018, c. 21\n2018, c. 21\n, \ns. \n7\n1\n.\n50.1\n.\n \nNo employer may require an employee to pay credit card costs.\n\n\n1997, c. 85, s. 366\n; \n2002, c. 80, s. 12\n.\n50.2\n.\n \nNo employer may refuse to receive a written report made pursuant to section 1019.4 of the Taxation Act","local_path":"raw/canada/labour-standards-act.html","document_name":"Labour Standards Act","inventory_path":"6. CANADA / 6.2 Provincial Legislation","sha256":"74378c3e9cdd436c1cade59725764179394f78ab538738323663e16d171c2365"}


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{"local_path":"raw/canada/labour-standards-act.html","document_name":"Labour Standards Act","inventory_path":"6. CANADA / 6.2 Provincial Legislation","chroma:document":"uire an employee to pay credit card costs.\n\n\n1997, c. 85, s. 366\n; \n2002, c. 80, s. 12\n.\n50.2\n.\n \nNo employer may refuse to receive a written report made pursuant to section 1019.4 of the Taxation Act (\nchapter I-3\n).\n\n\n1997, c. 85, s. 366\n.\n51\n.\n \nThe maximum amount that an employer may require for room and board from one of his employees is that which is fixed by regulation of the Government.\n\n\n1979, c. 45, s. 51\n.\n51.0.1\n.\n \nNotwithstanding section 51, an employer may not require an amount for room and board from a domestic who is housed or takes meals in the employer’s residence.\n\n\n1997, c. 72, s. 4\n.\n51.1\n.\n \nNo employer may, directly or indirectly, be reimbursed by an employee for the contribution provided for in Chapter III.1.\n\n\n1994, c. 46, s. 7\n.\nDIVISION \nII\nHOURS OF WORK\n52\n.\n \nFor the purposes of computing overtime, the regular workweek is 40 hours except in the cases where it is fixed by regulation of the Government.\n\n\n1979, c. 45, s. 52\n; \n1997, c. 45, s. 1\n; \n2002, c. 80, s. 13\n.\n53\n.\n \nAn employer may, with the authorization of the Commission, stagger the working-hours of his employees on a basis other than a weekly basis, provided that the average of the working-hours is equivalent to the standard provided for in the law or the regulations.\nA collective agreement or a decree may provide, on the same conditions, without the authorization provided for under the first paragraph being necessary, for the staggering of working hours on a basis other than a weekly b","sha256":"74378c3e9cdd436c1cade59725764179394f78ab538738323663e16d171c2365"}


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{"local_path":"raw/canada/labour-standards-act.html","chroma:document":" or a decree may provide, on the same conditions, without the authorization provided for under the first paragraph being necessary, for the staggering of working hours on a basis other than a weekly basis.\nThe employer and the employee may also agree, on the same conditions, on the staggering of working hours on a basis other than a weekly basis, without the authorization provided for in the first paragraph being necessary. In such a case, the following conditions also apply:\n1\n° \n \nthe agreement must be evidenced in writing and provide for the staggering of working hours over a maximum period of four weeks;\n2\n° \n \na work week may not exceed the standard provided for in the law or the regulations by more than 10 hours; and\n3\n° \n \neither the employee or the employer may resiliate the agreement with notice of at least two weeks before the expected end of the staggering period agreed upon.\n\n\n1979, c. 45, s. 53\n; \n2018, c. 21\n2018, c. 21\n, \ns. \n8\n1\n1\n.\n54\n.\n \nThe number of hours of the regular workweek determined in section 52 does not apply, as regards the computing of overtime hours for the purpose of the increase in the usual hourly wage, to the following employees:\n1\n° \n \n(subparagraph repealed)\n;\n2\n° \n \na student employed in a vacation camp or in a social or community non-profit organization such as a recreational organization;\n3\n° \n \nthe managerial personnel of an undertaking;\n4\n° \n \nan employee who works outside an establishment whose working-hours cannot be controlled;\n5\n","sha256":"74378c3e9cdd436c1cade59725764179394f78ab538738323663e16d171c2365","document_name":"Labour Standards Act","inventory_path":"6. CANADA / 6.2 Provincial Legislation"}


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{"chroma:document":"d on an hourly basis.\nNotwithstanding the first paragraph, the employer may, at the request of the employee or in the cases provided for by a collective agreement or decree, replace the payment of overtime by paid leave equivalent to the overtime worked plus 50%.\nSubject to a provision of a collective agreement or decree, the leave must be taken during the 12 months following the overtime at a date agreed between the employer and the employee; otherwise the overtime must be paid.  However, where the contract of employment is terminated before the employee is able to benefit from the leave, the overtime must be paid at the same time as the last payment of wages.\n\n\n1979, c. 45, s. 55\n; \n1990, c. 73, s. 17\n.\n56\n.\n \nFor the purposes of computing overtime, annual leave and statutory general holidays with pay are counted as days of work.\n\n\n1979, c. 45, s. 56\n.\n57\n.\n \nAn employee is deemed to be at work\n1\n° \n \nwhile available to the employer at the place of employment and required to wait for work to be assigned;\n2\n° \n \nsubject to section 79, during the break periods granted by the employer;\n3\n° \n \nwhen travel is required by the employer;\n4\n° \n \nduring any trial period or training required by the employer.\n\n\n1979, c. 45, s. 57\n; \n2002, c. 80, s. 15\n.\n58\n.\n \nAn employee who reports for work at their place of employment at the express demand of their employer or in the regular course of their employment and who works fewer than three consecutive hours, except in the case of superior f","sha256":"74378c3e9cdd436c1cade59725764179394f78ab538738323663e16d171c2365","document_name":"Labour Standards Act","inventory_path":"6. CANADA / 6.2 Provincial Legislation","local_path":"raw/canada/labour-standards-act.html"}


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{"chroma:document":"ork at their place of employment at the express demand of their employer or in the regular course of their employment and who works fewer than three consecutive hours, except in the case of superior force, is entitled, to an indemnity equal to three hours’ wages at the prevailing hourly rate except where the application of section 55 entitles the employee to a greater amount.\nThis provision does not apply in the case where the nature of the work or the conditions of its execution require the employee to be present several times in the same day, for less than three hours each time, such as that of a school crossing guard or a bus driver.\nNeither does it apply where the nature of the work or the conditions of execution are such that it is ordinarily completed within a three hour period, such as the work of a school-crossing guard or usher.\n\n\n1979, c. 45, s. 58\n; \n2022, c. 22\n2022, c. 22\n, \ns. \n179\n1\n2\na\n.\n59\n.\n \n(Repealed).\n\n\n1979, c. 45, s. 59\n; \n2002, c. 80, s. 16\n.\n59.0.1\n.\n \nAn employee may refuse to work\n1\n° \n \nmore than two hours after regular daily working hours or more than 14 working hours per 24 hour period, whichever period is the shortest or, for an employee whose daily working hours are flexible or non-continuous, more than 12 working hours per 24 hour period;\n2\n° \n \nsubject to section 53, more than 50 working hours per week or, for an employee working in an isolated area or carrying out work in the James Bay territory, more than 60 working hours per week;\n3\n° \n \ni","local_path":"raw/canada/labour-standards-act.html","inventory_path":"6. CANADA / 6.2 Provincial Legislation","document_name":"Labour Standards Act","sha256":"74378c3e9cdd436c1cade59725764179394f78ab538738323663e16d171c2365"}


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{"sha256":"74378c3e9cdd436c1cade59725764179394f78ab538738323663e16d171c2365","inventory_path":"6. CANADA / 6.2 Provincial Legislation","document_name":"Labour Standards Act","local_path":"raw/canada/labour-standards-act.html","chroma:document":"ork stoppage, the employee is entitled to a special leave, without pay, for the duration indicated in the medical certificate attesting the existing risk and indicating the expected date of delivery.\nThe leave is, where applicable, deemed to be the leave provided for in section 81.4 from the beginning of the fourth week preceding the expected date of delivery.\n\n\n2002, c. 80, s. 36\n; \n2022, c. 22\n2022, c. 22\n, \ns. \n165\n1\n1\na\n.\n81.5.2\n.\n \nWhere there is termination of pregnancy before the beginning of the twentieth week preceding the expected date of delivery, the employee is entitled to a special leave, without pay, for a period of no longer than three weeks, unless a medical certificate attests that the employee needs an extended leave.\nIf the termination of pregnancy occurs in or after the twentieth week, the employee is entitled to the leave provided for in section 81.4. Section 81.5 applies to that leave, with the necessary modifications.\n\n\n2002, c. 80, s. 36\n; \n2020, c. 23\n2020, c. 23\n, \ns. \n28\n1\n; \n2022, c. 22\n2022, c. 22\n, \ns. \n166\n1\n1\n.\n81.5.3\n.\n \nIn the case of a termination of pregnancy or a premature birth, the employee must, as soon as possible, give written notice to the employer informing the employer of the event and the expected date of the employee's return to work, accompanied with a medical certificate attesting to the event.\n\n\n2002, c. 80, s. 36\n; \n2022, c. 22\n2022, c. 22\n, \ns. \n179\n1\n2\nc\n.\n81.6\n.\n \nThe leave provided for in section 81.4 may be taken after "}


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{"inventory_path":"6. CANADA / 6.2 Provincial Legislation","document_name":"Labour Standards Act","chroma:document":"k, accompanied with a medical certificate attesting to the event.\n\n\n2002, c. 80, s. 36\n; \n2022, c. 22\n2022, c. 22\n, \ns. \n179\n1\n2\nc\n.\n81.6\n.\n \nThe leave provided for in section 81.4 may be taken after giving written notice of not less than three weeks to the employer, stating the date on which the leave will begin and the date on which the employee will return to work. The notice must be accompanied with a medical certificate attesting to the pregnancy and the expected date of delivery. Where applicable, the medical certificate may be replaced by a written report signed by a health professional authorized to provide pregnancy care.\nThe notice may be of less than three weeks if the medical certificate attests that the employee needs to stop working within a shorter time.\n\n\n1990, c. 73, s. 34\n; \n1999, c. 24, s. 22\n; \n2022, c. 2\n2022, c. 2\n, \ns. \n39\n1\n; \n2022, c. 22\n2022, c. 22\n, \ns. \n167\n1\n1\n.\n81.7\n.\n \n(Repealed).\n\n\n1990, c. 73, s. 34\n; \n2002, c. 80, s. 37\n.\n81.8\n.\n \nFrom the sixth week preceding the expected date of delivery, the employer may, in writing, require a pregnant employee who is still at work to produce a medical certificate attesting that the employee is fit to work.\nIf the employee refuses or neglects to produce the certificate within eight days, the employer may oblige the employee to take the leave provided for in section 81.4 immediately by sending the employee a written notice to that effect giving reasons.\n\n\n1990, c. 73, s. 34\n; \n2022, c. 22\n2022, c. 22\n, \ns. ","local_path":"raw/canada/labour-standards-act.html","sha256":"74378c3e9cdd436c1cade59725764179394f78ab538738323663e16d171c2365"}


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