{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006/article-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006/article-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1975",
  "legislation_title": "The Registered Designs Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Registrar shall have the powers of official referee",
  "text": "The registrar shall have the powers of an official referee of the Supreme Court as regards—\n(a) the attendance of witnesses and their examination on oath; and\n(b) the discovery and production of documents,\nbut he shall have no power to punish summarily for contempt.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rule 24 applied (6.4.2015) by The Appointed Person (Designs) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/169), rules 1, 7(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1975/article/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:24:55.526032+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."
}