Explanatory note

This Order extends to the Isle of Man provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949, with modifications and exceptions. It revokes the Registered Designs Act 1949 (Isle of Man) Order 1989 (SI 1989/982) which previously provided for the extension of the 1949 Act, and makes further modifications. It also extends to the Isle of Man with modifications provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 which amended the 1949 Act, revoking and replacing so much of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Isle of Man) (No. 2) Order 1989 (SI 1989/1292) and the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Isle of Man) Order 1990 (SI 1990/1505) as relates to those provisions.

The modifications of the 1949 and 1988 Acts replicate amendments to the 1949 Act, and consequential repeals in the 1988 Act, which were made for the United Kingdom by the Registered Designs Regulations 2001 and give effect to Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs.