{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-249A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-249A.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/249A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "249A",
  "heading": "Opinions service",
  "text": "The descriptions of designs which may be specified in regulations under subsection (1)(b) of section 28A of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (requests to the comptroller for opinions on designs) include, in particular—\n(a) designs in which design right subsists in accordance with this Part, and\n(b) designs in relation to which there is a question whether design right so subsists.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 249A inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 11(2), 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/249A",
    "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."
}