Section 22: inspection of registered designs
12(1)Section 22 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (inspection of registered designs) is amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (1) substitute—
“(1)Where a design has been registered under this Act, there shall be open to inspection at the Patent Office on and after the day on which the certificate of registration is issued—
(a)the representation or specimen of the design, and
(b)any evidence filed in support of the applicant’s contention that the appearance of an article is material (for the purposes of section 1(3) of this Act).
This subsection has effect subject to the following provisions of this section and to any rules made under section 5(2) of this Act.”.
(3)In subsection (2), subsection (3) (twice) and subsection (4) for “representation or specimen of the design” substitute “representation, specimen or evidence”.