(1) Protection under this Act does not depend upon whether or not the integrated circuit which
incorporates the protected layout‐design is itself incorporated in an article.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) and section 16, the following acts if performed without the authorization of
the right holder is unlawful
(a) an act which reproduces, whether by incorporation in an integrated circuit or otherwise, the
protected layout‐design in its entirety or any part of it, except the act of reproducing any part that does
not comply with the requirement of originality referred to in section 2;
(b) the act of importing, selling or otherwise distributing for commercial purposes;
(i) the protected layout‐design;
(ii) an integrated circuit in which the protected layout‐design is incorporated; or
(iii) an article incorporating the integrated circuit in so far as the integrated circuit or article continues to
contain an unlawfully reproduced layout‐design.
(3) The effect of protection of a layout‐design under this Act does not extend to
(a) the reproduction of the protected layout‐design for private purposes or for the sole purpose of
evaluation, analysis, research or teaching;
(b) the incorporation in an integrated circuit of a layout‐design created on the basis of the analysis or
evaluation and which is itself original within the meaning of section 2 or the performance of any of the
acts referred to in subsection (2) in respect of that layout‐design;