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GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 - SECT 13

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 - SECT 13

13—Offences

        (1)         Where—

            (a)         a geographical name has been assigned or approved in respect of a place under this Act; or

            (b)         a name for a place has been approved pursuant to an application made under section 12,

a person must not produce or cause to be produced, or display or cause to be displayed, a document or advertisement in which another name is represented, specifically or by implication, as being the name of that place unless the geographical name or the approved name is also prominently represented.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         In this section—

"document" includes a book, brochure, guide, manual, map, newspaper, notice or billboard.