Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88)

Powers and Duties of Registrar U.K.

[F1 30 Costs and security for costs. U.K.

(1) Rules made by the Secretary of State under this Act may make provision empowering the registrar, in any proceedings before him under this Act—

(a) to award any party such costs as he may consider reasonable, and

(b) to direct how and by what parties they are to be paid.

(2) Any such order of the registrar may be enforced—

(a) in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, in the same way as an order of the High Court;

(b) in Scotland, in the same way as a decree for expenses granted by the Court of Session.

(3) Rules made by the Secretary of State under this Act may make provision empowering the registrar to require a person, in such cases as may be prescribed, to give security for the costs of—

(a) an application for [F2 invalidation] of the registration of a design,

F3 ( b ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) an appeal from any decision of the registrar under this Act,

and enabling the application or appeal to be treated as abandoned in default of such security being given.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 30 substituted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 272, Sch. 3 para. 19

F2 Word in s. 30(3)(a) substituted (9.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3949, reg. 9(1), Sch. 1 para. 9 (with transitional provisions in regs. 10-14)

F3 S. 30(3)(b) repealed (9.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3949, reg. 9(2), Sch. 2 (with transitional provisions in regs. 10-14)