Police Offences Act 1935
6ADisplay of certain insignia, &c., prohibited
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6A Display of certain insignia, &c., prohibited
[Section 6A Inserted by No. 13 of 2018, s. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2019]
(1) In this section –
identified organisation means an organisation that has been prescribed under subsection (3) ;
participant in, in relation to an organisation, means a person –
(a) who –
(i) has been accepted as a member of the organisation, whether informally or through a process set by the organisation; and
(ii) has not ceased to be a member of the organisation; or
(b) who is an honorary member of the organisation; or
(c) who is a prospective member of the organisation; or
(d) who is an office holder of the organisation; or
(e) who identifies himself or herself in any way as belonging to the organisation; or
(f) whose conduct in relation to the organisation would reasonably lead another person to consider the person to be a participant in the organisation;
prohibited item means any piece of clothing, jewellery, or other accessory, that displays –
(a) the name of an identified organisation; or
(b) the club patch, insignia or logo of an identified organisation; or
(c) any image, symbol, abbreviation, acronym or other form of writing that indicates membership of, or an association with, an identified organisation, including –
(i) the symbol "1%"; and
(ii) the symbol "1%er"; and
(iii) any image, symbol, abbreviation, acronym or other form of writing that is prescribed;
, in relation to an organisation, means an item that would be a prohibited item if the organisation were an identified organisation;