This statutory instrument corrects errors in the Intellectual Property Act 2014 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Act.
Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 2329
Intellectual Property
The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Made
28th August 2014
Laid before Parliament
3rd September 2014
Coming into force
29th September 2014
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated( 1 ) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 2 ) in relation to intellectual property (including both registered and unregistered rights).
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act, makes the following Regulations.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 29th September 2014.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations “the Act” means the Intellectual Property Act 2014( 3 ).
Amendment to section 13 of the Act: new section 35ZD (forfeiture in Scotland)
3. —(1) In section 13 of the Act (which inserts new sections 35ZA to 35ZD into the Registered Designs Act 1949( 4 ) in subsection (4) of section 35ZD of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (cases where court may infer offence has been committed) after “articles” insert “if it is satisfied that such an offence has been committed in relation to products or articles”.
(2) In subsection (5) of section 35ZD of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (duty of procurator fiscal to give notice of application for forfeiture to owner etc of products or articles) for “an application under this section relates is entitled” substitute “the application relates a copy of the application, together with a notice giving the person the opportunity”.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
28th August 2014
1972 c.68 ; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) , section 27(1) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) , section 3(3) and Part 1 of the Schedule.