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F2SCHEDULE 7 Consequential amendments: general

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Amendments (Textual)

Companies Act 1985 (c. 6)

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1

Part XII of the Companies Act 1985 (registration of charges) is amended as follows.

2

In section 396 (registration of charges in England and Wales: charges which must be registered), in subsection (1)(j) for the words from “on a patent” to the end substitute “ or on any intellectual property ” , and after subsection (3) insert—

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The following are “ intellectual property ” for the purposes of this section—

a

any patent, trade mark, service mark, registered design, copyright or design right;

b

any licence under or in respect of any such right.

3

In section 410 (registration of charges in Scotland: charges which must be registered), in subsection (4)(c) (incorporeal moveable property) after subparagraph (vi) insert—

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a registered design or a licence in respect of such a design,

viii

a design right or a licence under a design right,