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OLYMPIC INSIGNIA PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 2A Artistic work of olympic torch and flame may be prescribed

OLYMPIC INSIGNIA PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 2A

Artistic work of olympic torch and flame may be prescribed

  (1)   The regulations may prescribe a single artistic work of an olympic torch and flame for a particular Summer Olympic Games or for a particular Winter Olympic Games. The artistic work must not incorporate the olympic symbol.

  (2)   The regulations must not prescribe an artistic work unless:

  (a)   copyright under the Copyright Act 1968 subsists in the artistic work; and

  (b)   the AOC is the owner of the copyright in the artistic work.

  (3)   The Governor - General may not make a regulation prescribing an artistic work for a particular Olympic Games before the 1   July that is at least 3 1 / 2 years but less than 4 1 / 2 years before the opening of those Olympic Games (that is, 6 months before the earliest date on which the protection period for a registered torch and flame design for those Olympic Games could start).