Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OLYMPIC INSIGNIA PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 2A

             (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).