Amendment to the Registered Designs Act 19492
1
The Registered Designs Act 19493 (“the Act”) shall be amended as follows.
2
In section 1A(2)(b) of the Act, after “this Act” there shall be inserted “or the Community Design Regulation”.
3
In section 11ZB(4) of the Act—
a
after “this Act” there shall be inserted “or the Community Design Regulation”; and
b
after “the design” there shall be inserted “, the holder of the registered Community design”.
4
In section 20(1B) of the Act—
a
after “this Act” there shall be inserted “or the Community Design Regulation”; and
b
after “the design” there shall be inserted “, the holder of the registered Community design”.
5
In section 44(1) of the Act, at the appropriate places, there shall be inserted—
“Community Design Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) 6/2002 of 12th December 2001 on Community Designs4;
“registered Community design” means a design that complies with the conditions contained in, and is registered in the manner provided for in, the Community Design Regulation;