# Registered Designs Act 1949, Paragraph 15: Application of Part


(1) This Part applies to a design in respect of which the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are satisfied (an “expired Community design”).
(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are that—
(a) immediately before the transitional period, the design was the subject of a registration under the Community Design Regulation,
(b) the registration of the design expired during the transitional period (such that the design did not fall within paragraph 1(1)), and
(c) the registration of the design would have been capable of being renewed under Article 13 for at least one further period of five years had a request for renewal been made under Article 13 prior to that expiry.
(3) An expired Community design is to be treated as if it were an existing registered Community design.
(4) The provisions of Part 1 of this Schedule apply to an expired Community design as they apply to an existing Community design subject to the provisions of this Part of the Schedule.
(5) Notwithstanding the entry in the register of designs (under paragraph 2, as applied by sub-paragraph (4)) of a re-registered design which derives from an expired Community design, the right in the re-registered design is expired until the period for which it subsists is extended in accordance with paragraph 16 (or the re-registered design is removed from the register in accordance with paragraph 16(3)).
(6) In this paragraph, “transitional period” means the period of six months ending with IP completion day.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/88/schedule/1A/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-act-1949/schedule-1A/paragraph-15
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