Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OLYMPIC INSIGNIA PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 31

                   For the purposes of this Chapter, if:

                     (a)  a person has been involved in a Summer or Winter Olympic Games as an Olympian; and

                     (b)  the Games have ended; and

                     (c)  the person makes, or authorises another person to make, a statement that consists of, or includes, a factual reference to that involvement; and

                     (d)  the statement includes a protected olympic expression; and

                     (e)  the statement is applied to goods or services; and

                      (f)  the application of the statement is for advertising or promotional purposes, or is likely to enhance the demand for the goods or services; and

                     (g)  the application of the statement would not suggest, to a reasonable person, that any person is or was a sponsor of, or is or was the provider of sponsorship‑like support for:

                              (i)  the AOC; or

                             (ii)  the IOC; or

                            (iii)  a Summer or Winter Olympic Games that has not ended; or

                            (iv)  the organising committee for a Summer or Winter Olympic Games that has not ended; or

                             (v)  an Australian Olympic team in relation to a Summer or Winter Olympic Games that has not ended; or

                            (vi)  a section of an Australian Olympic team in relation to a Summer or Winter Olympic Games that has not ended; or

                           (vii)  an individual member of an Australian Olympic team in relation to a Summer or Winter Olympic Games that has not ended;

the application of the statement is to be disregarded for the purposes of this Chapter.