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Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Amendment Act 2019

No. 39, 2019

An Act to amend the Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014, and for related purposes

[Assented to 5 April 2019]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

This Act is the Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Amendment Act 2019.

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this Act	The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.	6 April 2019

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014

1 Subsection 16(1) (note)

Omit “Note”, substitute “Note 1”.

2 At the end of subsection 16(1)

Add:

Note 2: Part 4 allows imported goods to be seized if the event’s protected indicia or images have been applied to them in contravention of this section. Part 5 sets out the remedies for a contravention of this section.

3 Schedules 1 and 2

Repeal the Schedules, substitute:

Schedule 1—ICC T20 World Cup 2020

Note: See section 9.

1 ICC T20 World Cup 2020 is a major sporting event

The event known as the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 (comprising the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 and the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020) is a major sporting event covered by this Schedule.

2 Authorising body for ICC T20 World Cup 2020

ICC Business Corporation FZ‑LLC (being a wholly‑owned subsidiary of International Cricket Council Limited) is the authorising body for the ICC T20 World Cup 2020.

3 Event bodies for ICC T20 World Cup 2020

The following are event bodies for the ICC T20 World Cup 2020:

(a) the authorising body;

(b) International Cricket Council Limited;

(d) Cricket Australia (ACN 006 089 130).

4 Protected indicia for ICC T20 World Cup 2020

The following are protected indicia for the ICC T20 World Cup 2020:

(a) ICC T20 World Cup 2020;

(b) ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020;

(d) World T20;

(e) World Twenty20;

(f) WT20;

(g) T20 World Cup;

(h) Twenty20 World Cup;

(i) International Cricket Council;

(j) any expression that is prescribed by the rules;

(k) any expression that, to a reasonable person, would suggest a connection with the ICC T20 World Cup 2020;

whether or not used in combination with any other expressions, letters, numbers or symbols.

5 When protected indicia and images relate to an event body for the ICC T20 World Cup 2020

(1) Protected indicia and images for the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 relate to the authorising body, except as prescribed by the rules.

(2) Protected indicia or images relate to any other event body for the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 as prescribed by the rules.

6 Protection period for ICC T20 World Cup 2020

The protection period for the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 is the period:

(a) starting at the commencement of this clause; and

(b) ending on:

(i) 30 November 2021; or

(ii) an earlier day prescribed by the rules.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

Senate on 5 December 2018

House of Representatives on 4 April 2019]

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