Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MAJOR EVENTS ACT 2014 - SECT 26

    (1)     The Minister may give notice for a major event that a symbol is a protected symbol.

    (2)     The Minister may only give notice if satisfied—

        (a)     that the symbol relates to, and is sufficiently connected to, the identity and conduct of the major event; and

        (b)     that the event organiser has commercial arrangements in relation to the event that are likely to be adversely affected by the unauthorised use of the symbol; and

        (c)     on reasonable grounds it is necessary and appropriate to do so.

    (3)     If notice is given for a major event, the Minister must state the period for which the notice is in force (the protection period ).

    (4)     A notice is a notifiable instrument.

Note     A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act

.

    (5)     The Minister must give additional public notice of the notice under subsection (4).

Note     Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1). The requirement in s (5) is in addition to the requirement for notification on the legislation register as a notifiable instrument.

    (6)     Failure to publish a notice in accordance with subsection (5) does not affect the validity of the notice.

    (7)     In this section:

"symbol"—

        (a)     means any design, emblem, image, logo, mascot, mark or word; and

        (b)     includes any visual or aural representation of any part of those things.