Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00655:section:23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00655
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 23
Character Range: 35470–36669

23  Notice of objection to importation
 (1) An official user for a major sporting event may give the Comptroller‑General of Customs a written notice objecting to the importation, after the date of the notice, of infringing goods.
 (2) Goods are infringing goods if a major sporting event's protected indicia or images have been applied to them, which the designated owner of the goods is not authorised by this Act to use for commercial purposes in relation to the goods.
Note: Subsection 12(3) limits when indicia or images are used for commercial purposes for the purposes of this section.
 (3) The notice must be accompanied by any fee or document prescribed by the rules.
 (4) A notice may be revoked at any time by written notice given to the Comptroller‑General of Customs by the objector.
 (5) A notice ceases to be in force at the earliest of the following times:
 (a) when the notice is revoked;
 (b) at the end of the major sporting event's protection period;
 (c) for a notice given by an authorised person in relation to protected indicia or images covered by the relevant authority—at the end of the period during which the person is authorised to use the protected indicia or images.