Moved by
Lord Young of Norwood Green
10: Clause 16, page 16, line 30, at end insert—
“(2A) In making an order under this section, which confers jurisdiction on a court, removes jurisdiction from a court or varies the jurisdiction of a court, the Secretary of State shall, where the number of patent cases is such as to meet the requirements as set out in Article 7 of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, consider conferring local divisional court jurisdiction on—
(a) in England and Wales, the High Court;
(b) in Scotland, the Court of Session;
(c) in Northern Ireland, the High Court.”