Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OLYMPIC INSIGNIA PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 33

             (1)  For the purposes of this Chapter, if:

                     (a)  a person has provided sports‑related personal services (the athlete services ) to one or more Olympians in the person's capacity as a member of an Olympic team that participated in a Summer or Winter Olympic Games; and

                     (b)  the Games have ended; and

                     (c)  the person makes, or authorises another person to make, a factual statement about the provision of the athlete services; and

                     (d)  the subject matter of the statement is limited to the provision of the athlete services; and

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

                      (f)  the statement is applied to sports‑related personal services of the person (the ordinary services ) that are the same as, or similar to, the athlete services; and

                     (g)  the application of the statement is for advertising or promotional purposes in relation to the ordinary services, or is likely to enhance the demand for the ordinary services;

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

             (2)  In this section:

"sports-related personal services" means any of the following:

                     (a)  coaching services;

                     (b)  medical or other health services;

                     (c)  dietary consultative services;

                     (d)  psychological or other counselling services;

                     (e)  any similar services designed to maintain or enhance a person's sporting performance.