{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-act-1949/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-act-1949/section-46.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/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Application to Northern Ireland.",
  "text": "In the application of this Act to Northern Ireland—\n(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) References to enactments include enactments comprised in Northern Ireland legislation:\n(3A) References to the Crown include the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland:\n(4) References to a Government department shall be construed as including references to a Northern Ireland departmentand in relation to a Northern Ireland department references to the Treasury shall be construed as references to the Department of Finance and Personnel:\n(4A) Any reference to a claimant includes a reference to a plaintiff.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 46(1)(2) repealed by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), ss. 272, 303(2), Sch. 3 para. 33(2), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 46(3) substituted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 272, Sch. 3 para. 33(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 46(3A) inserted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 272, Sch. 3 para. 33(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), ss. 272, 305(3), Sch. 3 para. 33(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words added by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A) s. 272, Sch. 3 para. 33(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 46(4A) inserted (29.4.2006) by Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1028), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 46(5) repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1962 (c. 30), Sch. 4 Pt. IV."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/88/section/46",
    "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."
}