 In England and Wales , some sections of the statute are still technically in force , although the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 , Patents , Designs and Trade Marks Act 1883 , Statute Law Revision Act 1948 , Administration of Justice Act 1965 and Statute Law ( Repeals ) Act 1969 repealed most of the legislation . In practice however , with the Patents Act 1977 ( which brought the United Kingdom into line with the European Patent Convention ) , the statute has been implicitly repealed within England and Wales . 
