OLYMPIC INSIGNIA PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 52 Notice of objection to importation

OLYMPIC INSIGNIA PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 52

  (1)   Subject to this section, the AOC or a licensed user may give the Comptroller - General of Customs a written notice objecting to the importation, after the day on which the notice is given, of goods that have applied to them a protected olympic expression that the designated owner of the goods is not authorised by, or licensed under, this Chapter to use for commercial purposes in relation to the goods.

  (2)   A notice:

  (a)   is to be given together with any prescribed document; and

  (b)   is to be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

  (3)   A licensed user may only give a notice in relation to a protected olympic expression that the person is licensed to use.

  (4)   A notice given by the AOC or a licensed user may be revoked at any time by written notice given to the Comptroller - General of Customs by the person who gave the original notice.

  (5)   Unless sooner revoked, a notice ceases to have effect at the end of the prescribed period. This subsection has effect subject to subsection   (6).

  (6)   If:

  (a)   a notice given by a licensed user is not revoked under subsection   (4); and

  (b)   the licence expires or is revoked;

the notice ceases to have effect on the day on which the licence ceases to be in force.

  (7)   A reference in this section to the use of protected olympic expressions for commercial purposes does not include a reference to use covered by subsection   30(3).