Reprint as at 1 August 2008

Major Events Management Act 2007

Public Act	2007 No 35
Date of assent	28 August 2007
Commencement	see section 2

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

The Major Events Management Act 2007 is administered by the Ministry of Economic Development.

1 Title

2 Commencement

Part 1
Preliminary provisions

3 Purposes

4 Interpretation

5 Status of examples

6 Act binds the Crown

Part 2
Declaration of major event and protections for major events

Subpart 1—Declaration of major event

7 Declaration of major event

Subpart 2—Ambush marketing by association protections

8 Declaration of major event emblems and words

9 Declaration of protection period for major event

10 No representation of association with major event

11 Presumption if major event emblems or words are used

12 Exceptions to sections 10 and 11

13 Offences and penalty for breach of section 10

14 Defences to breach of section 10

15 Registering authority must not register in certain cases

Subpart 3—Ambush marketing by intrusion protections

16 Declaration of clean zones, clean transport routes, and clean periods

17 No street trading in clean zone without authorisation

18 No advertising in clean zone without authorisation

19 No advertising that is clearly visible from clean zone

20 No advertising in clean transport route without authorisation

21 Persons who advertise

22 Exceptions to sections 18 to 20

23 Offences and penalties for breach of any of sections 17 to 20

24 Defences to breaches of sections 18 to 20

Subpart 4—Ticket-scalping protections

25 Ticket-scalping protections

26 Offence and penalty for breach of section 25

Subpart 5—Pitch invasion

27 Offence to invade pitch at major sporting event

Part 3
Permanently protected emblems and words

28 Unauthorised use of emblems and words relating to Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games

29 Authorisation by New Zealand Olympic Committee Incorporated

30 Exceptions to section 28

31 Penalty for offence against section 28

32 Defence to offence against section 28

33 Injunction for breach of section 28

34 Registering authority must not register in certain cases

Part 4
Enforcement

Subpart 1—Matters of general application

35 Act does not affect other rights

36 Interrelationship of civil and criminal remedies under this Act

Subpart 2—Border protection measures

37 Application of Trade Marks Act 2002 to major event emblems and major event words

Subpart 3—Enforcement officers

38 Chief executive may appoint enforcement officers

39 Authority to act as enforcement officer

40 Functions of enforcement officer

41 Enforcement officer's entry to premises restricted

42 Power of enforcement officer to seize or cover things

43 Notice of thing seized or covered under section 42

44 Uncovering of things covered under section 42

45 Return of things seized under section 42

46 Enforcement officers may issue formal warnings

47 No liability if powers are exercised in good faith

48 Functions and powers of police

Subpart 4—Civil proceedings

General matters concerning civil proceedings

49 Who may apply for relief

50 Time for bringing civil proceedings

51 Unjustified civil proceedings

Injunctions, damages, and account of profits

52 Court may grant injunction, damages, and account of profits

Order for erasure

53 Order for erasure

54 Rights of persons with interest in unauthorised representation or advertisement

Direction for corrective advertising

55 Order to disclose information or publish advertisement

Orders for delivery up

56 Order for delivery up of goods, material, or object

57 Order for forfeiture, destruction, or retention of goods, material, or object

58 Matters to be considered by court

59 Directions for service

60 Rights of persons with interest in goods, material, or object

61 When order under section 57 takes effect

62 Additional court order if more than 1 person interested in goods, material, or object

63 Position where no order made under section 57

Subpart 5—Criminal offences

64 When criminal proceedings may be commenced

65 Application of Sentencing Act 2002

66 Liability of officers of body corporate

Subpart 6—Search warrants

67 Issue of warrant

68 Powers conferred by warrant

69 Form and content of search warrant

70 Warrant must be produced

71 Other duties of person who executes warrant

72 When alternative to list of seized things may be provided

73 Matters that must be stated in list of documents

74 Duty to assist

75 Power to inspect and take copies of documents, etc, obtained under warrant

76 Disposal of things seized

77 Uncovering or disposal of things covered

78 Court order to be suspended on conviction

Part 5
Miscellaneous

79 Emblems and words protected under other Acts

80 Power to amend Schedule

81 Application of Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989 and Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

82 Regulations

83 Repeal

Schedule
Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games emblems and words

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