Sydney 2000 Games (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 1996
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3 Objects of Act
(1) The objects of this Act are:
(a) to protect, and to further, the position of Australia as a participant in, and a supporter of, the world Olympic and Paralympic movements; and
(b) to the extent that it is within the power of the Parliament, to assist in protecting the relations, and in ensuring the performance of the obligations, of the Sydney 2000 Games bodies with and to the world Olympic and Paralympic movements;
in relation to the holding of the Sydney 2000 Games. (2) Those objects are to be achieved by facilitating the raising of licensing revenue in relation to the Sydney 2000 Games through the regulation of the use for commercial purposes of the indicia and images associated with the Games. (3) The reference in paragraph (1)(b) to Sydney 2000 Games bodies is a reference to:
(a) SOCOG; and
(b) SPOC; and
(c) the Australian Olympic Committee Inc.; and
(d) the Australian Paralympic Federation; and
(e) the City of Sydney; and
(f) the Government of the State of New South Wales.