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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-infringing-intellectual-property-rights-consequential-provisions-regulations-1999/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1618",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-infringing-intellectual-property-rights-consequential-provisions-regulations-1999",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If, in the course of checks carried out in relation to goods as regards which any of the conditions mentioned in Article 1(1)(a) of the Council Regulation applies and before an application is made in respect of those goods, or, if made, before a decision is given, it appears to the Commissioners that the goods are goods infringing an intellectual property right, the Commissioners may, in accordance with Article 4 of the Council Regulation–\n(a) notify a holder of a right of the possible infringement of the right;\n(b) suspend the release of, or detain, those goods; and\n(c) if they do so suspend or detain, invite the holder of a right, in the absence of an existing application, to make an application within three business days of the date of suspension or detention.\n(2) If at any time during the period of suspension or detention under paragraph (1) above a decision is given in respect of the goods, the condition mentioned in Article 1(1)(a) of the Council Regulation shall be taken to have applied during the period specified in the decision for the purposes of regulation 3 above.\n(3) Where no application in respect of the goods is or has been made by any holder of a right within three business days of the date of suspension or detention, the suspension or detention shall cease.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1618/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:38:10.388264+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."
}