Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Registered designs: minor and consequential amendments of 1949 Act

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 3 extended (with modifications) (Isle of Man) (9.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3678, art. 3, Sch. 3

C2 Sch. 3 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (11.11.2013) by The Registered Designs (Isle of Man) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2533), arts. 1, 3(2), Sch. 2

Section 47A: territorial waters and the continental shelf U.K.

35 U.K. In the Registered Designs Act 1949, after section 47 insert—

“47A Territorial waters and the continental shelf.

(1) For the purposes of this Act the territorial waters of the United Kingdom shall be treated as part of the United Kingdom.

(2) This Act applies to things done in the United Kingdom sector of the continental shelf on a structure or vessel which is present there for purposes directly connected with the exploration of the sea bed or subsoil or the exploitation of their natural resources as it applies to things done in the United Kingdom.

(3) The United Kingdom sector of the continental shelf means the areas designated by order under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964.”.