I apologise to the noble Lord because the question of why it is 30 months is important. The answer is that it is to conform to EU law. The general principle is aligning UK law with EU law in this respect.
Intellectual Property Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Viscount Younger of Leckie
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 11 June 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Intellectual Property Bill [HL].
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Proceeding contribution
Reference
745 c360GC 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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