{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-261",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-261.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/261",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "261",
  "heading": "Requirement of signature: application in relation to body corporate.",
  "text": "The requirement in the following provisions that an instrument be signed by or on behalf of a person is also satisfied in the case of a body corporate by the affixing of its seal—\nsection 222(3) (assignment of design right),\nsection 223(1) (assignment of future design right),\nsection 225(1) (grant of exclusive licence).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/261",
    "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."
}