Section 263(1)

In this Part— “British design” means a design which qualifies for design right protection by reason of a connection with the United Kingdom of the designer or the person by whom ... the designer is employed; “business” includes a trade or profession; ... “the comptroller” means the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks; “computer-generated”, in relation to a design, means that the design is generated by computer in circumstances such that there is no human designer, “country” includes any territory; “the Crown” includes the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland and the Crown in right of the Scottish Administrationand the Crown in right of the Welsh Assembly Government; “design document” means any record of a design, whether in the form of a drawing, a written description, a photograph, data stored in a computer or otherwise; “employee”, “employment” and “employer” refer to employment under a contract of service or of apprenticeship; “government department” includes a Northern Ireland department and any part of the Scottish Administrationand any part of the Welsh Assembly Government.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04