Artistic work of olympic torch and flame may be prescribed
2A Artistic work of olympic torch and flame may be prescribed
The regulations may prescribe a single artistic work of an olympic torch and flame for a particular Summer Olympic Games or for a particular Winter Olympic Games. The artistic work must not incorporate the olympic symbol.
The regulations must not prescribe an artistic work unless:
copyright under the Copyright Act 1968 subsists in the artistic work; and
the AOC is the owner of the copyright in the artistic work.
The Governor‑General may not make a regulation prescribing an artistic work for a particular Olympic Games before the 1 July that is at least 31/2 years but less than 41/2 years before the opening of those Olympic Games (that is, 6 months before the earliest date on which the protection period for a registered torch and flame design for those Olympic Games could start).
This provision refers to the regulations (The regulations may prescribe
, The regulations
, a regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Olympic Insignia Protection Regulations 1993 · under s 76
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