(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.