Major Events Act 2014

The Minister may give notice for a major event that a symbol is a protected symbol.

The Minister may only give notice if satisfied—

that the symbol relates to, and is sufficiently connected to, the identity and conduct of the major event; and

that the event organiser has commercial arrangements in relation to the event that are likely to be adversely affected by the unauthorised use of the symbol; and

on reasonable grounds it is necessary and appropriate to do so.

If notice is given for a major event, the Minister must state the period for which the notice is in force (the protection period).

A notice is a notifiable instrument.

The Minister must give additional public notice of the notice under subsection (4).

Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1). The requirement in s (5) is in addition to the requirement for notification on the legislation register as a notifiable instrument.

Failure to publish a notice in accordance with subsection (5) does not affect the validity of the notice.

In this section:

means any design, emblem, image, logo, mascot, mark or word; and

includes any visual or aural representation of any part of those things.