2Interpretation

2 Interpretation

(1) In this Chapter, unless the contrary intention appears:

AOC or Australian Olympic Committee means the Australian Olympic Committee Incorporated, being an association incorporated on 24 April 1985 under the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 of Victoria.

Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

Australian Consumer Law means Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 as applied under Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part XI of that Act.

charge means a charge created in any way and includes a mortgage and an agreement to give or execute a charge or mortgage, whether upon demand or otherwise.

corresponding design, in relation to an artistic work, means a design that, when applied to an article, results in a reproduction of that work.

design of the olympic symbol means the design that, when applied to any article, results in a reproduction of the olympic symbol.

Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia.

IOC or International Olympic Committee means the organisation created by the Congress of Paris on 23 June 1894, being the organisation entrusted with the control and development of the modern Olympic Games.

monopoly, in relation to a protected design, means the exclusive right to apply the design to any article to which the design is capable of being applied.

olympic artistic work means:

(a) a prescribed olympic torch and flame; or
(b) an artistic work that incorporates either but not both of the following:
(i) the olympic symbol;
(ii) a prescribed olympic torch and flame.

olympic motto means:

(a) the motto expressed in Latin as citius, altius, fortius; and
(b) the motto expressed in English as faster, higher, stronger.

olympic symbol means the symbol an outline of which is set out in the Schedule.

prescribed olympic torch and flame means an artistic work prescribed under section 2A.

protected design means each of the following:

(a) the design of the olympic symbol;
(b) a registered olympic design;
(c) a registered torch and flame design.