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The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

S.I. 2018/1052 · Made 9 October 2018

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Exiting The European Union

Designs

Sift requirements satisfied 5th September 2018

Made 9th October 2018

Laid before Parliament 9th October 2018

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018f1 (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21(b) of Schedule 7 to, that Actf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2018 c.16.

f2

See section 20(1) of that Act for a definition of “Minister of the Crown”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 and come into force on exit day.

2Amendment of the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989

(1)

Regulation 4 (qualification) of the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (2) for “another” substitute “a”.

(3)

In paragraph (4)—

(a)

for “every member State of the European Economic Community” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(b)

for “any member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(c)

omit from “and subsection (4)” to the end of the sentence.

Signature

Sam Gyimah

Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

9th October 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989 in order to address failures of those Regulations to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under sections 8(2)(a) and (g)) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16)) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

An impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, public and voluntary sectors is foreseen. An explanatory memorandum is available alongside this instrument on the Legislation UK website at www.legislation.gov.ukand it may also be obtained from the Intellectual Property Office, Concept House, Cardiff Road, Duffryn, Newport, NP10 8QQ.