Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987
33Exemption—statements about sports‑related personal services
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33 Exemption—statements about sports‑related personal services
(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, if: (a) a person has provided sports‑related personal services (the athlete services) to one or more Olympians in the person’s capacity as a member of an Olympic team that participated in a Summer or Winter Olympic Games; and (b) the Games have ended; and (c) the person makes, or authorises another person to make, a factual statement about the provision of the athlete services; and (d) the subject matter of the statement is limited to the provision of the athlete services; and (e) the statement includes a protected olympic expression; and (f) the statement is applied to sports‑related personal services of the person (the ordinary services) that are the same as, or similar to, the athlete services; and (g) the application of the statement is for advertising or promotional purposes in relation to the ordinary services, or is likely to enhance the demand for the ordinary services; the application of the statement is to be disregarded for the purposes of this Chapter. (2) In this section:
sports‑related personal services means any of the following:
(a) coaching services;
(b) medical or other health services;
(c) dietary consultative services;
(d) psychological or other counselling services;
(e) any similar services designed to maintain or enhance a person’s sporting performance.