Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “the 2006 Rules” means the Registered Design Rules 2006^f1;

• “the Act” means the Registered Designs Act 1949 and “section” means a section of that Act;

• “Common Regulations” means the regulations adopted under Article 24 of the Geneva Act with effect from 1st January 2017;

• “Geneva Act” means the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs adopted by the diplomatic conference on 2nd July 1999^f2;

• “holder”, in relation to an international registration, means the person in whose name an international registration is recorded in the International Register;

• “International Bureau” means the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation;

• “International Register” means the register of industrial designs maintained by the International Bureau for the purposes of the Geneva Act;

• “international registration” means a registration of a design in the International Register for the purpose of the Geneva Act and the Common Regulations;

• “protected international registration (UK)” means a grant of protection under Rule 18bis of the Common Regulations for a design which is the subject of a request for international registration (UK), and references to “protection” and “protected” are construed accordingly;

• “request for international registration (UK)”means a request for international registration made in pursuance of Article 5(1) of the Geneva Act in respect of which the United Kingdom is a designated Contracting Party.