{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/semiconductor-products-protection-of-topography-regulations-1987/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1497",
  "legislation_title": "The Semiconductor Products (Protection of Topography) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/semiconductor-products-protection-of-topography-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/9",
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  "number": "9",
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  "text": "(1) The acts restricted by the copyright in an artistic work in accordance with section 3(5) of the Copyright Act 1956 shall exclude—\n(a) the reproduction of a topography in three dimensions;\n(b) the reproduction of a topography in two dimensions—\n(i) in the course of, and for the purposes of, the manufacture of a semiconductor product, or\n(ii) where the making of the thing from which the reproduction is immediately taken is, by virtue of this paragraph, not an act restricted by copyright; and\n(c) the publication of any such reproduction as is mentioned in subparagraph (a) or (b) above or its inclusion in a television broadcast or a cable programme.\n(2) Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall have effect for the purpose of modifying other legislation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1497/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:21:07.877790+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}