Registered Designs Act

The Registered Designs Act 1949, as amended by the Regulatory Reform Order 2006, is the current law which provides for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the United Kingdom.

If you go to the PDF document, the text you will view has been prepared from the original and authoritative version of the Registered Designs Act 1949, as amended by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Registered Designs Regulations 2001, Registered Designs Regulations 2003 and the 2003 Regulatory Reform Order 2006.

A consolidated version of the Act (715Kb) incorporating the changes since the Regulatory Reform (Registered Designs) Order 2006 came into force on 1 October 2006 is available.

Printed copies of the authoritative version are published by The Stationery Office Limited, and available from The Stationery Office Bookstore