{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intellectual-property-act-2014-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2014/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intellectual-property-act-2014-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2014/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2330",
  "legislation_title": "The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intellectual-property-act-2014-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2014",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transitional provision regarding ownership of design",
  "text": "Section 6(1) of the Act does not apply to—\n(a) any design created before the commencement date, or\n(b) any design created on or after the commencement date in pursuance of a commission (irrespective of whether the design was commissioned before, on or after the commencement date) provided that—\n(i) the designer and the commissioner of the design have entered into a contract relating to the commission of the design, and\n(ii) the contract was entered into before the commencement date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2330/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:04:18.420102+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."
}