WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  IP/N/1/AUS/L/2/Add.1 
20 December 2007 
 (07-5691) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English/ 
 anglais/ 
 inglés 
 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
AUSTRALIA 
 
Addendum  
 
 The present document reproduces the text1 of the following laws and regulations, not ified by Australia under Article 63.2 of the 
Agreement (see document IP/N/1/AUS/2). 
 Page 
- Circuit Layouts Amendment Regulations 1991 No. 459 2 - Circuit Layouts Amendment Regulations 1995 No. 404 3 
- Circuit Layouts Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1) - 1998 No. 358 5 
- Circuit Layouts Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1) - 2003 No. 336 9 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE 
NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
 
AUSTRALIE 
 
Addendum  
 
 Le présent document contient le texte1 des lois et réglementations notifiées par l'Au stralie au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord 
(voir le document IP/N/1/AUS/2).  Page 
- Règlement de 1991 portant modi fication du Règlement sur les sc hémas de configuration des circuits intégrés, n° 459 2 
- Règlement de 1995 portant modi fication du Règlement sur les sc hémas de configuration des circuits intégrés, n° 404 3 
- Règlement de 1998 (n° 1) portant modifi cation du Règlement sur les schémas de c onfiguration des circuits intégrés – 
1998, n° 358 5 
- Règlement de 2003 (n° 1) portant modifi cation du Règlement sur les schémas de c onfiguration des circuits intégrés – 
2003, n° 336 9 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relaciona dos con el Comercio  
 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL 
NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
 
AUSTRALIA 
 
Addendum  
 
 En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 de los siguientes leyes y reglamentos notif icados por Australia en virtud de lo 
dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/AUS/2). 
 Página 
- Reglamento de Modificación relativo a los Esquemas de Trazado de los Circuitos Integrados de 1991 Nº 459 2 
- Reglamento de Modificación relativo a los Esquemas de Trazado de los Circuitos Integrados de 1995 Nº 404 3 
- Reglamento de Modificación relativo a los Esquemas de Trazado de los Circuitos In tegrados de 1998 (Nº 1) - 
1998 Nº 358 5 
- Reglamento de Modificación relativo a los Esquemas de Trazado de los Circuitos In tegrados de 2003 (Nº 1) - 
2003 Nº 336 9 
 
                                                      
1 In English only./En anglais se ulement./En inglés solamente.  IP/N/1/AUS/L/2/Add.1 
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  1991 No. 459*1* CIRCUIT LAYOUTS REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) 
 
*1*Notified in the Commonwealth of Au stralia Gazette on 19 December 1991. 
 *2*Statutory Rules 1990 No. 302. 
 
 
1991 No. 459 CIRCUIT LAYOUTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1 
 
1.   Amendment 
 
REG    1.1   The Circuit Layouts Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations. 
 
(NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazetta l: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s.48) 
 
1991 No. 459 CIRCUIT LAYOUTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2 
 
2.   Schedule (Eligible foreign countries)  
REG 
   2.1   Insert in the Schedule:        "New Zealand".  IP/N/1/AUS/L/2/Add.1 
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  1995 No. 404*1* CIRCUIT LAYOUTS REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) 
 
- Dated 12 December 1995 
 *1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Au stralia Gazette on 19 December 1995. 
 
*2* Statutory Rules 1990 No. 302 as amended by 1991 No. 459.   
1995 No. 404 CIRCUIT LAYOUTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1 
 
1. Amendment  REG  
  1.1 The Circuit Layouts Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations. 
 (NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazetta l: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.) 
 
1995 No. 404 CIRCUIT LAYOUTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2 
 2. Schedule (Eligible foreign countries) 
 REG    2.1 Omit the Schedule, substitute: 
 
         S C H E D U L E                        Regulation 3 
 
ELIGIBLE FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
      Antigua and Barbuda 
  Argentina 
  Austria   Bahrain   Bangladesh   Barbados 
  Belgium 
  Belize   Bolivia   Botswana   Brazil   Brunei Darussalam 
  Burkina Faso 
  Burundi   Canada   Central African Republic   Chile 
  Colombia 
  Costa Rica   Cote d'Ivoire   Cuba   Cyprus     Czech   Republic 
  Denmark   
  Djibouti   Dominica   Dominican Republic   Egypt 
  El Salvador 
  Finland   France   Gabon   Germany 
  Ghana 
  Greece   Guatemala   Guinea   Guinea Bissau   Guyana 
  Honduras 
  Hong Kong   Hungary   Iceland   India    Indonesia 
  Ireland 
  Israel   Italy     Jamaica   Japan 
  Kenya 
  Korea, Republic of   Kuwait   Lesotho   Liechtenstein 
  Luxembourg 
  Macau   Malawi   Malaysia   Maldives   Mali 
  Malta 
  Mauritania   Mauritius   Mexico   Morocco IP/N/1/AUS/L/2/Add.1 
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    Mozambique 
  Myanmar   Namibia   Netherlands (for the Kingdom     in Europe and the 
    Netherlands Antilles) 
  New Zealand   Nicaragua   Nigeria   Norway 
  Pakistan 
  Paraguay   Peru   Philippines   Poland   Portugal 
  Romania   Saint Lucia   Saint Vincent and the     Grenadines 
  Senegal 
  Sierra Leone   Singapore   Slovak Republic   Slovenia 
  South Africa 
  Spain   Sri Lanka   Suriname   Swaziland   Sweden 
  Switzerland   Tanzania   Thailand   Togo 
  Trinidad and Tobago 
  Tunisia   Turkey   Uganda   United Kingdom 
  United States of America 
  Uruguay   Venezuela   Zambia   Zimbabwe 
 
                          
  
           IP/N/1/AUS/L/2/Add.1 
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Circuit Layouts Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1)  
 Statutory Rules 1998    No. 358 
__________________________________________________________________________________  
I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council make the following Regulations under the Circuit 
Layouts Act 1989 . 
 Dated 17 December 1998. 
 
WILLIAM DEANE 
Governor-General 
By His Excellency’s Command,  
 
  DARYL WILLIAMS Attorney-General IP/N/1/AUS/L/2/Add.1 
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Circuit Layouts Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1) 1 
 Statutory Rules 1998    No. 358
2 
 made under the 
 
Circuit Layouts Act 1989 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
  Contents  
 1 Name of regulations 
  2 Commencement 
 
 3 Amendment of Circuit Layouts Regulations  
Schedule 1 Amendments of Circuit Layouts Regulations 
 
    1 Name of regulations 
  These regulations are the Circuit Layouts Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1).  
 
2 Commencement 
 
 These regulations commence on gazettal. 
 
3 Amendment of Circuit Layouts Regulations 
 
 Schedule 1 amends the Circ uits Layouts Regulations. 
  IP/N/1/AUS/L/2/Add.1 
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  Schedule 1 Amendments of Circuit Layouts Regulations 
 
[1] Regulation 1 
 
     substitute 
 
 1 Name of regulations 
 
  These regulations are the Circuit Layouts Regulations 1990 . 
 [2] Schedule (Eligible foreign countries) 
 
     substitute 
 
Schedule Eligible foreign countries 
(regulation 3) 
 Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Austria 
Bahrain 
Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize 
Benin 
Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam 
Bulgaria 
Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada Central African  Republic 
Chad 
Chile Colombia Congo Costa Rica 
Côte d’Ivoire 
Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of 
   the Congo 
Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt 
El Salvador Fiji Finland 
France 
Gabon Gambia Germany Ghana 
Greece  
Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti Honduras Hong Kong, China Hungary Iceland 
India 
Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy 
Jamaica 
Japan Kenya Korea, Republic of Kuwait 
Lesotho 
Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi IP/N/1/AUS/L/2/Add.1 
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  Malaysia 
Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania 
Mauritius 
Mexico Mongolia Morocco Mozambique 
Myanmar 
Namibia Netherlands (for    the Kingdom in     Europe and the 
   Netherlands Antilles) 
New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria 
Norway 
Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru 
Philippines 
Poland Portugal Qatar Romania 
Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis 
Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and    the Grenadines Senegal 
Sierra Leone 
Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands 
South Africa 
Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland 
Sweden 
Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Togo 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom 
United States of 
   America Uruguay Venezuela Zambia 
Zimbabwe 
 
Notes 
 
1. These regulations amend Statutory Rules 1990 No . 302 as amended by 1991 No. 459; 1995 No. 404. 
 
2. Made by the Governor-General on 17 December 1998, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette  
on 22 December 1998. Administered by the Attorney-General  IP/N/1/AUS/L/2/Add.1 
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Circuit Layouts Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)1 
 
Statutory Rules 2003 No. 3362 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with 
the advice of the Federal Executive Council,  make the following Regulations under the Circuit 
Layouts Act 1989 . 
 Dated 18 December 2003   
 
 
P. M. JEFFERY 
Governor-General 
 By His Excellency’s Command 
 
   PHILIP RUDDOCK 
Attorney-General IP/N/1/AUS/L/2/Add.1 
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  1 Name of Regulations 
 
 These Regulations are the Circuits Layouts Regulations 2003 (No. 1). . 
 
2 Commencement 
 
 These Regulations commence on gazettal.  
3 Amendment of Circuit Layouts Regulations 1990  
  Schedule 1 amends the Circuit Layouts Regulations 1990 . 
  
Schedule 1 Amendments 
  (regulation 3)    
[1] Regulation 2  
 
     substitute 
 
2 Definition 
 
 In these Regulations: 
 
 Act  means the Circuit Layouts Act 1989 . 
 [2] Schedule 
 
     before 
 
 Angola       insert 
 
 Albania  
[3] Further amendments — Schedule 
  The Schedule is amended by inserting, after a country mentioned in column 2 of an item in 
the following table, the country or countries mentioned in column 3 of that item. 
 
Item after insert 
1 Argentina 
 Armenia 
2 Chile China 
Chinese Taipei  
3 Côte d’Ivoire 
 Croatia  IP/N/1/AUS/L/2/Add.1 
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  4 El Salvador Estonia 
 
5 Finland Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia 
 
6 Gambia Georgia 
 
7 Japan Jordan 
 
8 Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic 
Latvia  
9 Liechtenstein Lithuania 
 
10 Mexico Moldova 
 
11 Norway Oman 
 
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Notes 
 
1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1990 No . 302, as amended by 1991 No. 459; 1995 No. 404; 1998 
No. 358. 
 
2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette  on 23 December 2003. 
 
 
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