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Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987
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#### 1A Simplified outline
The following is a simplified outline of this Act:
• Chapter 2 of this Act protects the olympic insignia by:
(a) making the AOC the owner of copyright in the olympic symbol; and
(b) making the AOC the owner of certain olympic designs; and
(c) providing that the use of the olympic motto, the olympic symbol and certain other olympic images is to be taken to be contrary to law in certain circumstances.
• Chapter 3 of this Act prohibits the commercial use of certain olympic expressions unless the user holds a licence granted by the AOC.
Chapter 2—Copyright and design protection