Introductory text

designs

Made 28th November 2007

Laid before Parliament 30th November 2007

Coming into force 1st January 2008

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1 in relation to intellectual property (including both registered and unregistered rights)^f2.

Accordingly the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2(2) of that Act, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a).
f2: S.I. 2006/608.