55Concurrent operation of State and Territory laws

55 Concurrent operation of State and Territory laws

(1) It is the intention of the Parliament that this Act is not to apply to the exclusion of a law of a State or Territory to the extent that the law is capable of operating concurrently with this Act. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), this Part is not intended to exclude or limit the concurrent operation of a law of a State or Territory that does any one or more of the following: (a) prohibits conduct that would contravene section 16 of this Act; (b) prohibits the use of an expression or image in relation to a major sporting event for purposes or in circumstances where that use is not authorised by subsection 16(2) or (3) of this Act; (c) prohibits the use of different expressions or images in relation to a major sporting event to the expressions or images that constitute the event’s protected indicia or images under this Act. (3) Subsection (2) applies even if the law of the State or Territory does any or all of the following: (a) provides that a person whose conduct contravenes a prohibition in that law against the use of an expression or image in relation to a major sporting event is liable to an offence against that law, or another liability that is not provided for under this Act; (b) provides different remedies to enforce a prohibition in that law against the use of an expression or image in relation to a major sporting event to those provided under this Act; (c) requires different details to be included on a register that is required to be established under that law in relation to authorisations to use particular expressions or images to the details that are required to be included on a register established under this Act.