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Olympic Insignia Protection Regulations 1993 (consolidated as of October 1, 2020), Australia

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Details Details Year of Version 2020 Dates Consolidated: October 1, 2020 Commenced: September 9, 1993 Issued: September 2, 1993 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Industrial Designs, Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) Notes This consolidated version of October 1, 2002 of the Olympic Insignia Protection Regulations 1993 (Statutory Rules No. 234 of 1993) takes into account amendments up to the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Fee Amounts and Other Measures) Regulations 2020, which entered into force on October 1, 2020. Items 9 to 10 under Part 1, Schedule 1 of the said amending Regulations introduced amendments to the following provisions of this consolidated version, relating to changes to fees of Olympic designs, which entered into force on October 1, 2020: - Repealed the "definition of Designs Regulations" in regulation 2; - Repealed regulations 3 to 5 and created new regulations 3 and 5.

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 Olympic Insignia Protection Regulations 1993 (consolidated as of October 1, 2020)

Prepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Canberra

Olympic Insignia Protection

Regulations 1993

Statutory Rules No. 234, 1993

made under the

Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987

Compilation No. 6

Compilation date: 1 October 2020

Includes amendments up to: F2020L00997

Registered: 15 October 2020

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About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Olympic Insignia Protection Regulations 1993 that

shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 October 2020 (the

compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information

about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled

law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the

compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible

on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of

amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are

underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced

amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled

law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and

amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by

an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this

compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see

the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as

modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly,

this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For

more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation

Register for the compiled law.

Self-repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a

provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

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Contents 1 Name of Regulations......................................................................... 1

2 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1

3 Fees................................................................................................... 1

5 Times for inspection of Register of Olympic Designs ...................... 1

6 Correction of Register of Olympic Designs ...................................... 1

6A Period for doing certain acts—office not open for business.............. 1

6B Days when office not open for business............................................ 2

6C Period for doing certain acts—acts to which section 14A

does not apply ................................................................................... 2

7 Register of licences for copyright in the olympic symbol and

for protected designs ......................................................................... 2

8 Register of licences for use of protected olympic expressions .......... 3

9 Period of effect of notice of objection to importation ....................... 3

Endnotes 4

Endnote 1—About the endnotes 4

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key 5

Endnote 3—Legislation history 6

Endnote 4—Amendment history 7

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Regulation 1

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1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Olympic Insignia Protection Regulations 1993.

2 Definitions

In these Regulations:

Act means Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987.

approved form means a form mentioned in subsection 14 (1) of the Act.

3 Fees

For the purposes of the provision of the Act mentioned in column 1 of an item of

the following table, the fee mentioned in column 2 of the item is prescribed:

Fees

Item

Column 1

Provision of the Act

Column 2

Fee

1 Paragraph 10(2)(b) (application to register design) $450

2 Paragraph 11(2)(b) (application for extension of protection period) $450

5 Times for inspection of Register of Olympic Designs

For the purposes of section 12 of the Act, the prescribed times for the Register of

Olympic Designs to be open to the inspection of the public are the times

prescribed, from time to time, for the purposes of subsection 113(1) of the

Designs Act 2003 for the Register of Designs to be available for inspection.

6 Correction of Register of Olympic Designs

(1) On a request being made in the approved form, the Registrar may amend an entry

in the Register of Olympic Designs for the purposes of correcting a clerical error

or an obvious mistake.

(2) The Registrar may, of his or her own initiative, amend an entry in the Register of

Olympic Designs to correct a clerical error or an obvious mistake.

6A Period for doing certain acts—office not open for business

For subsection 14A (1) of the Act, the circumstance is that the act is done at the

Designs Office.

Note: Subsection 14A (1) provides as follows:

‘(1) If the last day of a period provided by this Chapter (except this section), or regulations

made for the purposes of this Chapter, for doing an act is a day when the Designs

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Regulation 6B

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Office is not open for business, the act may be done in prescribed circumstances on the

next day when the office is open for business.’.

6B Days when office not open for business

(1) For paragraph 14A (2) (a) of the Act, the days on which the Designs Office is not

open for business are:

(a) Saturday; and

(b) Sunday; and

(c) Australia Day; and

(d) Anzac Day.

(2) For paragraph 14A (2) (b) of the Act, the table sets out prescribed persons.

Item Person

1 The Director General of IP Australia

2 The Deputy Director General of IP Australia

3 Another person who:

(a) is an SES employee of IP Australia; and

(b) acts with the agreement of the Director General of IP Australia

4 Another person who:

(a) is an SES employee of IP Australia; and

(b) acts with the agreement of the Deputy Director General of IP Australia

5 Another person who:

(a) is an SES employee of IP Australia; and

(b) acts with the agreement of another SES employee of IP Australia

Note: SES employee is explained in section 34 of the Public Service Act 1999. That meaning

is applied generally to Commonwealth legislation by section 2B of the Acts

Interpretation Act 1901.

(3) For paragraph 14A (2) (b) of the Act, the prescribed way of publishing a

declaration is in the Official Journal of Designs.

6C Period for doing certain acts—acts to which section 14A does not apply

For subsection 14A (7) of the Act, an act done in relation to proceedings in a

court or a tribunal is prescribed.

7 Register of licences for copyright in the olympic symbol and for protected

designs

For subsection 18A (1) of the Act the particulars for a licence that are to be

included in the Register are:

(a) the name and address of the holder of the licence; and

(b) the period for which the licence is granted; and

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(c) a description of the articles to which a protected design may be applied

under the licence; and

(d) if the licence relates to copyright in the olympic symbol, a statement to that

effect; and

(e) if the licence relates to a protected design:

(i) a statement to that effect; and

(ii) one or more representations of the design sufficient to give a true

indication of the design.

8 Register of licences for use of protected olympic expressions

(1) For subsection 40 (1) of the Act, the particulars for a licence that are to be

included in the Register are:

(a) the name and address of the licensed user; and

(b) the period for which the licence is granted; and

(c) the protected olympic expressions that may be used under the licence; and

(d) a description of the goods and services to which a protected olympic

expression may be applied under the licence.

Note: Subsection 28 (1) of the Act explains when an expression is applied to goods or

services.

(2) In this regulation:

licensed user has the meaning given by section 23 of the Act.

9 Period of effect of notice of objection to importation

For subsection 52 (5) of the Act, the period for a notice of objection to

importation is 4 years beginning when the notice is given to the

Comptroller-General of Customs in accordance with section 52 of the Act.

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Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

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Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or

will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending

laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in

this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision

(generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the

compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and

presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for

registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect

from the compilation registration date.

If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the

changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of

Parliamentary Counsel.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the

amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as

intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)”

added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not

incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

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Endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

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Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

ad = added or inserted o = order(s)

am = amended Ord = Ordinance

amdt = amendment orig = original

c = clause(s) par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)

C[x] = Compilation No. x /sub-subparagraph(s)

Ch = Chapter(s) pres = present

def = definition(s) prev = previous

Dict = Dictionary (prev…) = previously

disallowed = disallowed by Parliament Pt = Part(s)

Div = Division(s) r = regulation(s)/rule(s)

ed = editorial change reloc = relocated

exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have renum = renumbered

effect rep = repealed

F = Federal Register of Legislation rs = repealed and substituted

gaz = gazette s = section(s)/subsection(s)

LA = Legislation Act 2003 Sch = Schedule(s)

LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003 Sdiv = Subdivision(s)

(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given SLI = Select Legislative Instrument

effect SR = Statutory Rules

(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment Sub-Ch = Sub-Chapter(s)

cannot be given effect SubPt = Subpart(s)

mod = modified/modification underlining = whole or part not

No. = Number(s) commenced or to be commenced

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Endnote 3—Legislation history

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Endnote 3—Legislation history

Number and year FRLI registration or

gazettal

Commencement Application, saving

and transitional

provisions

1993 No. 234 9 Sept 1993 9 Sept 1993

2002 No. 12 21 Feb 2002 21 Feb 2002 —

2007 No. 40 23 Mar 2007

(F2007L00650)

r 1–10 and Sch 1, 2, 3, 5

and 6: 27 Mar 2007

(r 2(a))

Sch 4 and 8: 1 Apr 2007

(r 2 (b))

Sch 7: 27 Mar 2007 (r 2

(c))

2011 No. 62 16 May 2011

(F2011L00773)

1 July 2011 (r 2) —

2011 No. 217 29 Nov 2011

(F2011L02480)

Sch 1 (Part 2): 27 Dec

2011 (r 2(a))

90, 2015 19 June 2015

(F2015L00854)

Sch 2 (item 180): 1 July

2015 (s 2(1) item 2)

Name Registration Commencement Application, saving

and transitional

provisions

Intellectual Property

Laws Amendment (Fee

Amounts and Other

Measures)

Regulations 2020

7 Aug 2020

(F2020L00997)

1 Oct 2020 (s 2(1)

item 1)

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Endnote 4—Amendment history

Provision affected How affected

r. 1 ................................................. rs. 2002 No. 12

r 2 .................................................. rs 2002 No 12

am F2020L00997

r 3 .................................................. rs F2020L00997

r 4 .................................................. rep F2020L00997

r 5 .................................................. rs F2020L00997

r 6 .................................................. am 2002 No 12

r. 6A .............................................. ad. 2007 No. 40

r. 6B............................................... ad. 2007 No. 40

am. 2011 No. 62; No 217, 2011

r. 6C............................................... ad. 2007 No. 40

r. 7 ................................................. ad. 2002 No. 12

r. 8 ................................................. ad. 2002 No. 12

r. 9 ................................................. ad. 2002 No. 12

am No 90, 2015

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