Major Events Management Act 2007

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Version as at 28 October 2021

Major Events Management Act 2007

Public Act		2007 No 35
Date of assent		28 August 2007
Commencement		see section 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 of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

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	Time for filing charging document for offence against section 26 or 28
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 [Repealed]
70	Warrant must be produced [Repealed]
71	Other duties of person who executes warrant [Repealed]
72	When alternative to list of seized things may be provided [Repealed]
73	Matters that must be stated in list of documents [Repealed]
74	Duty to assist [Repealed]
75	Power to inspect and take copies of documents, etc, obtained under warrant [Repealed]
76	Disposal of things seized [Repealed]
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 Legislation Act 2012 [Repealed]
82	Regulations
83	Repeal
	Schedule Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games emblems and words
	Notes

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