{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-amendment-rules-1999/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-amendment-rules-1999/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3196",
  "legislation_title": "The Registered Designs (Amendment) Rules 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-amendment-rules-1999",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and transitional",
  "text": "In rule 62 (evidence)—\n(a) in paragraph (1) after the words “statutory declaration” insert the words “, witness statement”;\n(b) in paragraph (2) after the word “affidavit” insert the words “, witness statement”;\n(c) after paragraph (4) insert—\n“(5) The registrar may give a direction as he thinks fit in any particular case that evidence shall be given by affidavit or statutory declaration instead of or in addition to a witness statement.\n(6) Where in proceedings before the registrar, a party adduces evidence of a statement made by a person otherwise than while giving oral evidence in the proceedings and does not call that person as a witness, the registrar may, if he thinks fit, permit any other party to the proceedings to call that person as a witness and cross-examine him on the statement as if he had been called by the first-mentioned party and as if the statement were his evidence in chief.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3196/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:55.479428+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."
}