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Olympic Insignia Protection
Amendment Act 1994

No. 44 of 1994

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section

  1. Short title etc.
  2. Commencement
  3. Interpretation
  4. Insertion of new section:
       2A. Artistic work of Olympic torch and flame may be prescribed
  5. Repeal of section 6 and substitution of new section:
       6. Ownership of design of Olympic symbol
  6. Infringement of monopoly in protected design
  7. Insertion of new section:
       9A. Trade Practices Act 1974 provides further remedies
  8. Repeal of section 10 and substitution of new section:
       10. Registration of designs

TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued

Section

  9. Extension or reduction of protection periods in relation to registered Olympic designs
 10. Insertion of new section:
       11A. Reduction of protection periods for registered torch and flame designs
 11. Register of Olympic Designs
 12. Certain purported dispositions or charges to be void
 13. Application of the Copyright Act 1968
 14. Certain marks not to be registered under the Trade Marks Act 1955
 15. Preservation of certain existing rights
 16. Further amendments

SCHEDULE

FURTHER AMENDMENTS

Olympic Insignia Protection
Amendment Act 1994

No. 44 of 1994

An Act to amend the Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987

[Assented to 15 March 1994]

  The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title etc.

1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Olympic Insignia Protection Amendment Act 1994.

(2) In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Olympic Insignia Protection Act 19871.

Commencement

  2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation

  3. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting from subsection (1) the definitions of "Olympic motto", "protected design", "protection period" and "registered Olympic design", and substituting the following definitions:

   " 'Olympic motto' means:

     (a) the motto expressed in Latin as 'citius, altius, fortius'; and

     (b) the motto expressed in English as 'faster, higher, stronger';

   'protected design' means each of the following:

     (a) the design of the Olympic symbol;

     (b) a registered Olympic design;

     (c) a registered torch and flame design;

   'protection period' means:

        (a) in relation to a registered Olympic design—the period of 12 years starting on the day the design was registered, as extended or reduced under section 11; or

        (b) in relation to a registered torch and flame design for a particular Summer or Winter Olympic Games—the period starting:

            (i) on the 1 January that is at least 3 years but less than 4 years before the opening of those Olympic Games; or

            (ii) when the design is registered;

        whichever is later, and ending on 31 December next after the closing of those Olympic Games, as reduced under section 11A;

   'registered Olympic design' means a design registered under this Act in relation to an artistic work that incorporates the Olympic