Amendment to the Registered Designs Act 1949
2.—(1) The Registered Designs Act 1949(1) (“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 Designs(2);”;
““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;”.
1949 c. 88. Sections 1A, 11ZB and 20(1B) were added by the Registered Designs Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3949).
OJ No. L 3, 5.1.2002, p. 1.