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United Kingdom

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to registered designs.

[16th December 1949]C1 C2 C3 I1 E1 C4 C5 C6

Annotations

C1: Act restricted (retrospectively) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(4); S.I. 1994/2550, art. 2; and modified (9.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3678, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1
C2: Functions of Board of Trade and of President of Board of Trade now exercisable concurrently by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1537, art. 2(1)
C3: Act reprinted as amended by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 273, Sch. 4
C4: Act extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (11.11.2013) by The Registered Designs (Isle of Man) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2533), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (as amended (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/1335, art. 2, Sch. 1; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))
C5: Act applied in part (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Designs (International Registration of Industrial Designs) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/23), arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. 1 Pt. 1, Sch. 2 Pt. 1
C6: Act: power to amend conferred (24.5.2024 for specified purposes, 1.1.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), ss. 138(2)-(7), 339(2)(c); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2) (with Sch. para. 10, 20)