Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981

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Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981

Public Act		1981 No 47
Date of assent		15 October 1981
Commencement		see section 1(2)

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The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This Act is administered by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and Ministry of Justice.

	Title
1	Short Title and commencement
2	Interpretation
3	Act to bind Crown
4	Administration of Act
	Part 1 The New Zealand Flag and Ensigns
5	New Zealand Ensign declared to be New Zealand Flag
6	Ensigns of New Zealand
7	Customs flag
8	Saving of Her Majesty’s powers to approve alteration of New Zealand Flag
9	Use of alternative flags
10	Rules relating to flying of New Zealand Flag
11	Offences involving New Zealand Flag
	Part 2 Royal, vice-regal, State, and heraldic emblems and names
12	Unauthorised use of Royal and vice-regal emblems
13	Unauthorised use of State emblems
14	Unauthorised use of words suggesting Royal or government patronage
15	Advertisements claiming government patronage
	Part 3 Provisions relating to certain other names, emblems, and words
16	Unauthorised use of name and emblem of United Nations and other international organisations
17	Use of the word Anzac
18	Unauthorised use of name Returned Services’ Association
18A	Unauthorised use of words and emblems relating to 28th Māori Battalion
19	Protection of names, uniforms, etc, of Girl Guides Association and Toc H, Incorporated
20	Unauthorised use of certain commercial names
20AAA	Unauthorised use of King George the Fifth Memorial Children’s Health Camps Federation emblem
20A	Unauthorised use of emblems, words, and names relating to Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games [Repealed]
20AA	Defence [Repealed]
20B	Injunction for breach of section 20A [Repealed]
	Part 4 Miscellaneous provisions
21	Registering authority not to register in certain cases
22	Existing rights protected
23	Emblems and names protected under other Acts
24	General penalty
25	Consent of Attorney-General required to certain prosecutions
26	Liability of officers of associations
26A	Power to amend Schedule 2A [Repealed]
27	Amendments and repeals
	Schedule 1 The New Zealand Flag
	Schedule 2 Orders and notices deemed to have been made or given under this Act
	Schedule 2A Emblems of 28th Maori Battalion (NZ) Association Incorporated
	Schedule 3 Enactments and orders (relating to protection of certain emblems, names, and words) preserved
	Schedule 4 Enactments consequentially amended
	Schedule 5 Enactments repealed
	Notes

An Act to declare the New Zealand Ensign to be the New Zealand Flag and to make provision relating to its use and to the use of certain other flags, and to make better provision for the protection of certain names and emblems of Royal, national, international, commercial, or other significance

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