The Semiconductor Products (Protection of Topography) Regulations 1987

9.—(1) The acts restricted by the copyright in an artistic work in accordance with section 3(5) of the Copyright Act 1956 shall exclude—

(a)the reproduction of a topography in three dimensions;

(b)the reproduction of a topography in two dimensions—

(i)in the course of, and for the purposes of, the manufacture of a semiconductor product, or

(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

(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.

(2) Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall have effect for the purpose of modifying other legislation.