Removal of compulsory licence regimes U.K.

6.—(1) Section 10 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (compulsory licence in respect of registered design) shall be omitted.

(2) In section 11A of that Act(1) (powers exercisable for protection of the public interest), in subsection (3) (power to ensure licences available as of right)—

(a) paragraph (b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it shall be omitted; and

(b) the words from “or may, instead” to the end of the subsection shall be omitted.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 6 in force at 9.12.2001, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Section 11A was inserted by section 270 of the 1988 Act.