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Intellectual Property & Technology: Legislation Programme Autumn/Winter 2015

September 30, 2015

 

Bill

Purpose

Expected Publication Date

Data-Sharing and Governance Bill

To implement measures to improve data-sharing and governance

2016

Data Sharing Bill

To underpin better risk-based enforcement, efficiency and cooperation in business regulation, by allowing specified public bodies to share specified data relating to businesses

No indication as to when publication is expected

Criminal Justice (Offences relating to Information Systems) Bill

 

To enable ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime and the transposition of the EU Directive 2013/40 on attacks against Information Systems

During the Autumn/Winter 2015 Session

Amendment of the Constitution (Unified Patent Court) Bill

To amend Article 29 of the Constitution to recognise the International Agreement on a Unified Patent Court

No indication as to when publication is expected