Prepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Canberra
Olympic Insignia Protection
Regulations 1993
Statutory Rules No. 234, 1993
made under the
Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987
Compilation No. 6
Compilation date: 1 October 2020
Includes amendments up to: F2020L00997
Registered: 15 October 2020
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About this compilation
This compilation
This is a compilation of the Olympic Insignia Protection Regulations 1993 that
shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 October 2020 (the
compilation date).
The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information
about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled
law.
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Contents 1 Name of Regulations......................................................................... 1
2 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1
3 Fees................................................................................................... 1
5 Times for inspection of Register of Olympic Designs ...................... 1
6 Correction of Register of Olympic Designs ...................................... 1
6A Period for doing certain acts—office not open for business.............. 1
6B Days when office not open for business............................................ 2
6C Period for doing certain acts—acts to which section 14A
does not apply ................................................................................... 2
7 Register of licences for copyright in the olympic symbol and
for protected designs ......................................................................... 2
8 Register of licences for use of protected olympic expressions .......... 3
9 Period of effect of notice of objection to importation ....................... 3
Endnotes 4
Endnote 1—About the endnotes 4
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key 5
Endnote 3—Legislation history 6
Endnote 4—Amendment history 7
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Regulation 1
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1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Olympic Insignia Protection Regulations 1993.
2 Definitions
In these Regulations:
Act means Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987.
approved form means a form mentioned in subsection 14 (1) of the Act.
3 Fees
For the purposes of the provision of the Act mentioned in column 1 of an item of
the following table, the fee mentioned in column 2 of the item is prescribed:
Fees
Item
Column 1
Provision of the Act
Column 2
Fee
1 Paragraph 10(2)(b) (application to register design) $450
2 Paragraph 11(2)(b) (application for extension of protection period) $450
5 Times for inspection of Register of Olympic Designs
For the purposes of section 12 of the Act, the prescribed times for the Register of
Olympic Designs to be open to the inspection of the public are the times
prescribed, from time to time, for the purposes of subsection 113(1) of the
Designs Act 2003 for the Register of Designs to be available for inspection.
6 Correction of Register of Olympic Designs
(1) On a request being made in the approved form, the Registrar may amend an entry
in the Register of Olympic Designs for the purposes of correcting a clerical error
or an obvious mistake.
(2) The Registrar may, of his or her own initiative, amend an entry in the Register of
Olympic Designs to correct a clerical error or an obvious mistake.
6A Period for doing certain acts—office not open for business
For subsection 14A (1) of the Act, the circumstance is that the act is done at the
Designs Office.
Note: Subsection 14A (1) provides as follows:
‘(1) If the last day of a period provided by this Chapter (except this section), or regulations
made for the purposes of this Chapter, for doing an act is a day when the Designs
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Office is not open for business, the act may be done in prescribed circumstances on the
next day when the office is open for business.’.
6B Days when office not open for business
(1) For paragraph 14A (2) (a) of the Act, the days on which the Designs Office is not
open for business are:
(a) Saturday; and
(b) Sunday; and
(c) Australia Day; and
(d) Anzac Day.
(2) For paragraph 14A (2) (b) of the Act, the table sets out prescribed persons.
Item Person
1 The Director General of IP Australia
2 The Deputy Director General of IP Australia
3 Another person who:
(a) is an SES employee of IP Australia; and
(b) acts with the agreement of the Director General of IP Australia
4 Another person who:
(a) is an SES employee of IP Australia; and
(b) acts with the agreement of the Deputy Director General of IP Australia
5 Another person who:
(a) is an SES employee of IP Australia; and
(b) acts with the agreement of another SES employee of IP Australia
Note: SES employee is explained in section 34 of the Public Service Act 1999. That meaning
is applied generally to Commonwealth legislation by section 2B of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901.
(3) For paragraph 14A (2) (b) of the Act, the prescribed way of publishing a
declaration is in the Official Journal of Designs.
6C Period for doing certain acts—acts to which section 14A does not apply
For subsection 14A (7) of the Act, an act done in relation to proceedings in a
court or a tribunal is prescribed.
7 Register of licences for copyright in the olympic symbol and for protected
designs
For subsection 18A (1) of the Act the particulars for a licence that are to be
included in the Register are:
(a) the name and address of the holder of the licence; and
(b) the period for which the licence is granted; and
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(c) a description of the articles to which a protected design may be applied
under the licence; and
(d) if the licence relates to copyright in the olympic symbol, a statement to that
effect; and
(e) if the licence relates to a protected design:
(i) a statement to that effect; and
(ii) one or more representations of the design sufficient to give a true
indication of the design.
8 Register of licences for use of protected olympic expressions
(1) For subsection 40 (1) of the Act, the particulars for a licence that are to be
included in the Register are:
(a) the name and address of the licensed user; and
(b) the period for which the licence is granted; and
(c) the protected olympic expressions that may be used under the licence; and
(d) a description of the goods and services to which a protected olympic
expression may be applied under the licence.
Note: Subsection 28 (1) of the Act explains when an expression is applied to goods or
services.
(2) In this regulation:
licensed user has the meaning given by section 23 of the Act.
9 Period of effect of notice of objection to importation
For subsection 52 (5) of the Act, the period for a notice of objection to
importation is 4 years beginning when the notice is given to the
Comptroller-General of Customs in accordance with section 52 of the Act.
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
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Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Abbreviation key—Endnote 2
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Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4
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will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending
laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in
this compilation.
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(generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the
compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.
Editorial changes
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presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for
registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect
from the compilation registration date.
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Parliamentary Counsel.
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amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as
intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)”
added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.
If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not
incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.
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Endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
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Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
ad = added or inserted o = order(s)
am = amended Ord = Ordinance
amdt = amendment orig = original
c = clause(s) par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)
C[x] = Compilation No. x /sub-subparagraph(s)
Ch = Chapter(s) pres = present
def = definition(s) prev = previous
Dict = Dictionary (prev…) = previously
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament Pt = Part(s)
Div = Division(s) r = regulation(s)/rule(s)
ed = editorial change reloc = relocated
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have renum = renumbered
effect rep = repealed
F = Federal Register of Legislation rs = repealed and substituted
gaz = gazette s = section(s)/subsection(s)
LA = Legislation Act 2003 Sch = Schedule(s)
LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003 Sdiv = Subdivision(s)
(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given SLI = Select Legislative Instrument
effect SR = Statutory Rules
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment Sub-Ch = Sub-Chapter(s)
cannot be given effect SubPt = Subpart(s)
mod = modified/modification underlining = whole or part not
No. = Number(s) commenced or to be commenced
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Endnote 3—Legislation history
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Endnote 3—Legislation history
Number and year FRLI registration or
gazettal
Commencement Application, saving
and transitional
provisions
1993 No. 234 9 Sept 1993 9 Sept 1993
2002 No. 12 21 Feb 2002 21 Feb 2002 —
2007 No. 40 23 Mar 2007
(F2007L00650)
r 1–10 and Sch 1, 2, 3, 5
and 6: 27 Mar 2007
(r 2(a))
Sch 4 and 8: 1 Apr 2007
(r 2 (b))
Sch 7: 27 Mar 2007 (r 2
(c))
—
2011 No. 62 16 May 2011
(F2011L00773)
1 July 2011 (r 2) —
2011 No. 217 29 Nov 2011
(F2011L02480)
Sch 1 (Part 2): 27 Dec
2011 (r 2(a))
—
90, 2015 19 June 2015
(F2015L00854)
Sch 2 (item 180): 1 July
2015 (s 2(1) item 2)
—
Name Registration Commencement Application, saving
and transitional
provisions
Intellectual Property
Laws Amendment (Fee
Amounts and Other
Measures)
Regulations 2020
7 Aug 2020
(F2020L00997)
1 Oct 2020 (s 2(1)
item 1)
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Provision affected How affected
r. 1 ................................................. rs. 2002 No. 12
r 2 .................................................. rs 2002 No 12
am F2020L00997
r 3 .................................................. rs F2020L00997
r 4 .................................................. rep F2020L00997
r 5 .................................................. rs F2020L00997
r 6 .................................................. am 2002 No 12
r. 6A .............................................. ad. 2007 No. 40
r. 6B............................................... ad. 2007 No. 40
am. 2011 No. 62; No 217, 2011
r. 6C............................................... ad. 2007 No. 40
r. 7 ................................................. ad. 2002 No. 12
r. 8 ................................................. ad. 2002 No. 12
r. 9 ................................................. ad. 2002 No. 12
am No 90, 2015
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