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The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015

S.I. 2015/165 · Made 5 February 2015

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Intellectual Property

Made 5th February 2015

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of powers conferred by section 24(1) and (2) of the Intellectual Property Act 2014f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2014 c.18.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Citation and interpretation
  3. 3Commencement
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015.

2Citation and interpretation

In this Order “the Act” means the Intellectual Property Act 2014.

3Commencement

The day appointed for the coming into force of section 10(2) for all remaining purposes and sections 10(3) to (11) of the Act is 6th April 2015.

Signature

Neville-Rolfe

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

5th February 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the fourth commencement order made under the Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c.18) (“the Act”). It brings into force on 6th April 2015 sections 10(2) to (11) of the Act. Section 10(2) of the Act is already in force only to the extent necessary to appoint the appointed person (S.I. 2014/1715). This Order gives full effect to new sections 27A and 27B of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (c.88), which introduces a new route of appeal against decisions made by the registrar relating to designs. Users now have a choice of using either a person appointed by the Lord Chancellor (an “appointed person”) or the High Court.