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Circuit Layouts Act 1989
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#### 8 Commercial exploitation
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a circuit layout shall be taken to have been commercially exploited if the layout, a copy of the layout, or an integrated circuit made in accordance with the layout (whether or not the integrated circuit is incorporated in another thing) is:
(a) sold, let for hire or otherwise distributed by way of trade;
(b) offered or exposed for sale or hire, or other distribution by way of trade; or
(c) imported for the purpose of sale, letting for hire, or other distribution by way of trade.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a copy of a circuit layout or an integrated circuit made in accordance with a circuit layout shall be taken to have been commercially exploited if it is:
(a) sold, let for hire or otherwise distributed by way of trade;
(b) offered or exposed for sale or hire, or other distribution by way of trade; or
(c) imported for the purpose of sale, letting for hire, or other distribution by way of trade.