SCHEDULES

[F131(1)Part XII of the Companies Act 1985 (registration of charges) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In section 396 (registration of charges in England and Wales: charges which must be registered), in subsection (1)(j) for the words from “on a patent” to the end substitute “ or on any intellectual property ”, and after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A)The following are “intellectual property” for the purposes of this section—

(a)any patent, trade mark, service mark, registered design, copyright or design right;

(b)any licence under or in respect of any such right.”.

(3)In section 410 (registration of charges in Scotland: charges which must be registered), in subsection (4)(c) (incorporeal moveable property) after subparagraph (vi) insert—

“(vii)a registered design or a licence in respect of such a design,

(viii)a design right or a licence under a design right,”.]