Contents

Chapter 1--Introduction                                                                                                    1

Part 1.1--Introduction                                                                                                         1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

1A......... Simplified outline ................................................................................ 1

Chapter 2--Copyright and design protection                                                       2

Part 2.1--Introduction                                                                                                         2

2............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 2

2A......... Artistic work of olympic torch and flame may be prescribed .............. 4

3............ Act to bind Crown .............................................................................. 4

4............ Extension of Act to external Territories ............................................... 4

Part 2.2--Copyright protection                                                                                      5

5............ Ownership etc. of copyright in the olympic symbol ............................ 5

Part 2.3--Design protection                                                                                              6

6............ Ownership of design of olympic symbol ............................................ 6

7............ Monopoly of design ............................................................................ 6

8............ Infringement of monopoly in protected design .................................... 6

9............ Remedies for infringement of monopoly in protected design .............. 8

9A......... Australian Consumer Law provides further remedies ......................... 8

10.......... Registration of designs ........................................................................ 9

11.......... Extension or reduction of protection periods in relation to registered olympic designs             10

11A....... Reduction of protection periods for registered torch and flame designs 12

12.......... Register of Olympic Designs ............................................................ 12

13.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 13

14.......... Approved forms ................................................................................ 13

14A....... Doing act when Designs Office reopens after end of period otherwise provided for doing act                 13

Part 2.4--Miscellaneous                                                                                                    15

15.......... Certain purported dispositions or charges to be void ........................ 15

16.......... Validation of certain licences ............................................................. 15

17.......... Application of the Copyright Act 1968 .............................................. 16

18.......... Protected designs not to be registered under the Designs Act 1906 ... 17

18A....... AOC to maintain Register of licences ............................................... 17

19.......... Certain marks not to be registered under the Trade Marks Act 1995 17

20.......... Preservation of certain existing rights ............................................... 18

21.......... Compensation for acquisition of property ......................................... 19

Chapter 3--Protected olympic expressions                                                           20

Part 3.1--Introduction                                                                                                       20

Division 1--General provisions                                                                             20

22.......... Object of Chapter .............................................................................. 20

23.......... Definitions ........................................................................................ 20

24.......... Protected olympic expressions .......................................................... 22

25.......... Chapter binds the Crown .................................................................. 22

26.......... Application of Chapter ...................................................................... 22

27.......... Additional operation of Chapter ........................................................ 23

Division 2--Use for commercial purposes etc.                                              24

28.......... Application of expressions or statements .......................................... 24

29.......... Sponsorship-like support .................................................................. 24

30.......... Use for commercial purposes ............................................................ 25

31.......... Exemption--statements about past participation of Olympians ......... 27

32.......... Exemption--statements about preparation or training of Olympians by sporting organisations and institutes          28

33.......... Exemption--statements about sports-related personal services ......... 29

34.......... Exemption--statements about supply of goods or services to past teams or Games                 30

35.......... Certain uses not alone sufficient to suggest sponsorship or sponsorship-like support              31

Part 3.2--Protection of protected olympic expressions                                 32

36.......... Regulation of use of protected olympic expressions ......................... 32

37.......... Persons involved in contraventions of section 36 ............................. 32

Part 3.3--Licensing                                                                                                              33

38.......... Licensing by the AOC ...................................................................... 33

39.......... Limitation on licence ......................................................................... 33

40.......... AOC to maintain Register of licences ............................................... 33

Part 3.4--Enforcement                                                                                                      34

Division 1--Remedies                                                                                                  34

41.......... Injunctions ........................................................................................ 34

42.......... Interim injunctions ............................................................................ 35

43.......... Corrective advertisements ................................................................. 35

44.......... Damages ........................................................................................... 35

45.......... Account of profits ............................................................................. 36

46.......... Destruction or delivery of goods ....................................................... 36

47.......... Consent of the AOC to institute remedial proceedings ...................... 37

48.......... Other remedies .................................................................................. 37

Division 2--Importation of goods                                                                         39

49.......... Definitions ........................................................................................ 39

50.......... Determinations about owners of goods ............................................. 39

51.......... Importation of goods by the AOC .................................................... 40

52.......... Notice of objection to importation ..................................................... 40

53.......... Consent of the AOC to giving of notices .......................................... 41

54.......... CEO may seize goods ....................................................................... 41

55.......... Notice of seizure ............................................................................... 42

56.......... Forfeiture of goods--by consent ...................................................... 43

57.......... Release of goods--no application for injunction ............................... 43

58.......... Application for injunction--additional parties, relief etc. .................. 44

59.......... Disposal of goods ordered to be forfeited ......................................... 45

60.......... Power of CEO to retain control of goods .......................................... 45

61.......... Insufficient security ........................................................................... 45

62.......... Commonwealth not liable for loss etc. suffered because of seizure ... 45

63.......... Modification in relation to Christmas Island etc. ............................... 45

Division 3--Groundless threats                                                                             47

64.......... Groundless threats of legal proceedings ............................................ 47

65.......... Counterclaim in action on groundless threats .................................... 47

Part 3.5--Jurisdiction of prescribed courts etc.                                                 49

66.......... Prescribed courts ............................................................................... 49

67.......... Jurisdiction of Federal Court ............................................................. 49

68.......... Jurisdiction of other prescribed courts .............................................. 49

69.......... Transfer of proceedings .................................................................... 49

Part 3.6--Miscellaneous                                                                                                    51

70.......... Concurrent operation of State and Territory laws .............................. 51

71.......... Preservation of existing rights ........................................................... 51

72.......... Acquisition of property ..................................................................... 52

73.......... Implied freedom of political communication ..................................... 52

74.......... Chapter has effect in addition to contracts ......................................... 53

75.......... Validation of certain licences ............................................................. 53

Chapter 4--Regulations                                                                                                    54

Part 4.1--Regulations                                                                                                         54

76.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 54

Schedule--Outline of the olympic symbol                                                              55

Notes                                                                                                                                              57

  

Notes to the Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987

Note 1

The Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 27, 1987 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For application, saving or transitional provisions made by Schedule 1 (item 6) of the Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) Act 2011, see Act No. 172, 2011.

For all other relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987	27, 1987	26 May 1987	23 June 1987
Olympic Insignia Protection Amendment Act 1994	44, 1994	15 Mar 1994	15 Mar 1994	--
Olympic Insignia Protection Amendment Act 2001	156, 2001	1 Oct 2001	29 Oct 2001	--
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2006	7, 2006	7 Mar 2006	Schedule 1 (item 9): 13 Mar 2006 (see s. 2(1) and F2006L00764)	--
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 2006	106, 2006	27 Sept 2006	Schedule 12 (item 3): 27 Mar 2007	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2010	8, 2010	1 Mar 2010	Schedule 5 (item 76): Royal Assent Schedule 5 (item 137(a)): (a)	--
Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010	103, 2010	13 July 2010	Schedule 6 (items 176-188): 1 Jan 2011	--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (item 893) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11)
Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011	127, 2011	3 Nov 2011	Schedule 2 (item 24): 20 Apr 2012 (see s. 2(1))	--

(a)     Subsection 2(1) (items 31 and 38) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2010 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
31.  Schedule 5, items 1 to 51	The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.	1 March 2010
38.  Schedule 5, Parts 2 and 3	Immediately after the provision(s) covered by table item 31.	1 March 2010

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted    am. = amended    rep. = repealed    rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Title.....................................	am. No. 156, 2001
Chapter 1
Heading to Chapt. 1..........	ad. No. 156, 2001
Part 1.1
Heading to Part I................	rep. No. 156, 2001
Heading to Part 1.1............ of Chapt. 1	ad. No. 156, 2001
S. 1A....................................	ad. No. 156, 2001
Chapter 2
Heading to Chapt. 2..........	ad. No. 156, 2001
Part 2.1
Heading to Part 2.1............ of Chapt. 2	ad. No. 156, 2001
S. 2......................................	am. No. 44, 1994; No. 156, 2001; No. 103, 2010
S. 2A....................................	ad. No. 44, 1994; No. 156, 2001
Ss. 3, 4................................	am. No. 156, 2001
Part 2.2
Heading to Part II...............	rep. No. 156, 2001
Heading to Part 2.2............ of Chapt. 2	ad. No. 156, 2001
S. 5......................................	am. No. 44, 1994; No. 156, 2001
Part 2.3
Heading to Part III..............	rep. No. 156, 2001
Heading to Part 2.3............ of Chapt. 2	ad. No. 156, 2001
S. 6......................................	rs. No. 44, 1994
	am. No. 156, 2001
Ss. 7, 8................................	am. No. 44, 1994; No. 156, 2001
Heading to s. 9A................	am. No. 103, 2010
S. 9A....................................	ad. No. 44, 1994
	am. No. 156, 2001; No. 103, 2010
S. 10....................................	rs. No. 44, 1994
	am. No. 156, 2001
S. 11....................................	am. No. 44, 1994; No. 156, 2001
S. 11A..................................	ad. No. 44, 1994
	am. No. 156, 2001
S. 12....................................	am. No. 44, 1994
S. 14A..................................	ad. No. 106, 2006
Part 2.4
Heading to Part IV..............	rep. No. 156, 2001
Heading to Part 2.4............ of Chapt. 2	ad. No. 156, 2001
Ss. 15, 16............................	am. No. 44, 1994; No. 156, 2001
S. 17....................................	am. No. 44, 1994
S. 18A..................................	ad. No. 156, 2001
	am. No. 8, 2010
Heading to s. 19.................	am. No. 156, 2001
S. 19....................................	am. No. 44, 1994; No. 156, 2001
S. 20....................................	am. No. 44, 1994; No. 156, 2001
S. 21....................................	am. No. 156, 2001
Chapter 3
Chapt. 3..............................	ad. No. 156, 2001
Part 3.1
Division 1
S. 22....................................	ad. No. 156, 2001
S. 23....................................	ad. No. 156, 2001
	am. No. 7, 2006; No. 8, 2010; No. 46, 2011
Ss. 24-27............................	ad. No. 156, 2001
Division 2
Ss. 28-34............................	ad. No. 156, 2001
S. 35....................................	ad. No. 156, 2001
	am. No. 8, 2010
Part 3.2
Ss. 36, 37............................	ad. No. 156, 2001
Part 3.3
Ss. 38, 39............................	ad. No. 156, 2001
S. 40....................................	ad. No. 156, 2001
	am. No. 8, 2010
Part 3.4
Division 1
Ss. 41, 42............................	ad. No. 156, 2001
S. 43....................................	ad. No. 156, 2001
	am. No. 8, 2010
Ss. 44-47............................	ad. No. 156, 2001
S. 48....................................	ad. No. 156, 2001
	am. No. 103, 2010
Division 2
Ss. 49-63............................	ad. No. 156, 2001
Division 3
Ss. 64, 65............................	ad. No. 156, 2001
Part 3.5
Ss. 66-69............................	ad. No. 156, 2001
Part 3.6
S. 70....................................	ad. No. 156, 2001
S. 71....................................	ad. No. 156, 2001
	am. No. 127, 2011
Ss. 72-75............................	ad. No. 156, 2001
Chapter 4
Heading to Chapt. 4..........	ad. No. 156, 2001
Part 4.1
Heading to Part 4.1 of ....... Chapt.4	ad. No. 156, 2001
S. 22 Renumbered s. 76 .........	No. 156, 2001

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.