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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006/article-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006/article-46.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1975",
  "legislation_title": "The Registered Designs Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/46",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Excluded days",
  "text": "(1) The following shall be excluded days for the transaction by the public of business under the Act—\n(a) a Sunday;\n(b) Good Friday;\n(c) Christmas day; or\n(d) a day which is specified or proclaimed to be a bank holiday by or under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 .\n(2) A Saturday shall be an excluded day for the transaction by the public of business under the Act, except relevant business (see rule 45(1)).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1975/article/46",
    "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."
}