{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-244A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-244A.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": "section/244A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "244A",
  "heading": "Exception for private acts, experiments and teaching",
  "text": "Design right is not infringed by—\n(a) an act which is done privately and for purposes which are not commercial;\n(b) an act which is done for experimental purposes; or\n(c) an act of reproduction for teaching purposes or for the purpose of making citations provided that—\n(i) the act of reproduction is compatible with fair trade practice and does not unduly prejudice the normal exploitation of the design, and\n(ii) mention is made of the source.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 244A, 244B and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 4, 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/244A",
    "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."
}