{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-act-1949/section-31A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-act-1949/section-31A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/88",
  "legislation_title": "Registered Designs Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-act-1949",
  "path": "section/31A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31A",
  "heading": "Power to require use of forms",
  "text": "(1) The registrar may require the use of such forms as the registrar may direct for—\n(a) an application for the registration of a design;\n(b) representations or specimens of designs or other documents which may be filed at the Patent Office.\n(2) The forms, and any directions by the registrar about their use, are to be published in the prescribed manner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 31A inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 12(1), 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/88/section/31A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:19:58.992093+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."
}