Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OLYMPIC INSIGNIA PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 9A

             (1)  The remedies provided under this Chapter in relation to protected designs are in addition to the remedies provided by the Trade Practices Act 1974 in relation to engaging in conduct that is misleading or deceptive (see section 52 of that Act) and, in particular, in relation to representations:

                     (a)  that goods or services have sponsorship or approval that they do not have (see paragraph 53(c) of that Act); or

                     (b)  that a corporation as defined in that Act has a sponsorship, approval or affiliation that it does not have (see paragraph 53(d) of that Act).

             (2)  The references in subsection (1) to particular provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 do not imply that other provisions of that Act do not apply in relation to conduct that is also covered by this Chapter.