{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/schedule-7/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/schedule-7/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/48",
  "legislation_title": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Part XII of the Companies Act 1985 (registration of charges) is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 396 (registration of charges in England and Wales: charges which must be registered), in subsection (1)(j) for the words from “on a patent” to the end substitute “ or on any intellectual property ” , and after subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) The following are “ intellectual property ” for the purposes of this section—\n(a) any patent, trade mark, service mark, registered design, copyright or design right;\n(b) any licence under or in respect of any such right.”.\n(3) In section 410 (registration of charges in Scotland: charges which must be registered), in subsection (4)(c) (incorporeal moveable property) after subparagraph (vi) insert—\n“(vii) a registered design or a licence in respect of such a design,\n(viii) a design right or a licence under a design right,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5A inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498) , reg. 24(2) , Sch. 3 (with regs. 31-40 )"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 31 repealed (prosp.) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 212, 215(2), Sch. 24"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/schedule/7/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:40.311838+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}