{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-act-1949/section-40",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/88",
  "legislation_title": "Registered Designs Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-act-1949",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Fees.",
  "text": "There shall be paid in respect of the registration of designs and applications therefor, and in respect of other matters relating to designs arising under this Act, such fees as may be prescribed by rules made by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 272, Sch. 3 para. 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 40: s. 36 (with ss. 40 and 44(1)) power exercised by S.I. 1991/1628"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P2",
      "text": "S. 40: for previous exercises of this power see Index to Government Orders."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/88/section/40",
    "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."
}