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Circuit Layouts Act 1989

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#### 11 Originality Without otherwise limiting the meaning of the word original in this Act, a circuit layout shall be taken not to be original if: (a) its making involved no creative contribution by the maker; or (b) it was commonplace at the time it was made.

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