{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-244B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-244B.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/244B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "244B",
  "heading": "Exception for overseas ships and aircraft",
  "text": "Design right is not infringed by—\n(a) the use of equipment on ships or aircraft which are registered in another country but which are temporarily in the United Kingdom;\n(b) the importation into the United Kingdom of spare parts or accessories for the purpose of repairing such ships or aircraft; or\n(c) the carrying out of repairs on such ships or aircraft.",
  "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/244B",
    "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."
}