How long do circuit layout rights last?

Circuit layout rights last:

• if they are not commercially exploited – 10 years from when the plan or design is created, or
• if they are commercially exploited within that time – 10 years after the calendar year in which the layout was first commercially exploited (see section 8 of the Circuit Layouts Act 1989 (Cwlth) for a definition of 'commercially exploited'.