Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

24(1)Section 35 of the M1Registered Designs Act 1949 (fine for falsely representing a design as registered) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (1) for the words from “a fine not exceeding £50” substitute “ a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale ”.

(3)In subsection (2)—

(a)for “the copyright in a registered design” substitute “ the right in a registered design ”;

(b)for “subsisting copyright in the design” substitute “ subsisting right in the design under this Act ”; and

(c)for the words from “a fine” to the end substitute “ a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale ”.

(4)The amendment in sub-paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to offences committed before the commencement of Part IV.

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