Unauthorised use etc. of operational names etc., offence

Current

(1)

Unless authorised under an emergency services Act or in writing by the FES Commissioner, a person must not use —

(a)

the name of the Department or an operational name (within the meaning of section 13); or

(b)

any abbreviation of any of those names; or

(c)

a prescribed symbol; or

(d)

any symbol that so closely resembles a prescribed symbol that it is capable of being mistaken for it.

Penalty: $5 000.

(2)

Unless authorised under an emergency services Act or in writing by the FES Commissioner, a person must not —

(a)

use any name, title, description or symbol that expresses or implies an association with the Department; or

(b)

otherwise represent that the person is associated with the Department.

Penalty: $5 000.

(3)

In this section —

symbol includes a logo, insignia, emblem, design or other identifying mark.

[Section 38B inserted: No. 38 of 2002 s. 14; amended: No. 22 of 2012 s. 35.]

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