Supplemental
P144 Interpretation.
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In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned by them, that is to say
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“assignee” includes the personal representative of a deceased assignee, and references to the assignee of any person include references to the assignee of the personal representative or assignee of that person;
F2 “ author ”in relation to a design, has the meaning given by section 2(3) and (4);
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F1. . .
F4 “ the court ” shall be construed in accordance with section 27 of this Act;
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F5“complex product” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(3) of this Act;
“design” has the meaning assigned to it by F6F7section 1(2) of this Act;
F13“electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000;
F8 “ employee ”, “ employment ”, and “ employer ” refer to employment under a contract of service or of apprenticeship,
F5“national unregistered design right” means design right within the meaning of Part III of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;
F9. . .
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by F10the Secretary of State under this Act;
F5“product” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(3) of this Act;
“proprietor” has the meaning assigned to it by section two of this Act;
F15. . .
“registered proprietor” means the person or persons for the time being entered in the register of designs as proprietor of the design;
“registrar” means the Comptroller-General of Patents Designs and Trade Marks;
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For the purposes of subsection (1) of F12section 14 of this Act, the expression “personal representative”, in relation to a deceased person, includes the legal representative of the deceased appointed in any country outside the United Kingdom.