Major Events Management (Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games Emblems and Words) Order 2019

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Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Major Events Management (Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games Emblems and Words) Order 2019

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 26th day of August 2019

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

This order is made under section 80 of the Major Events Management Act 2007 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Major Events Management (Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games Emblems and Words) Order 2019.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 1 October 2019.

3 Schedule of Major Events Management Act 2007 amended

In the Major Events Management Act 2007, Schedule,—

(a)

Part 1, replace the item relating to the five ring Olympic symbol with a fern leaf (wording and emblem) with the items set out in Part 1 of the Schedule of this order:

(b)

Part 2, clause 1, insert in their appropriate alphabetical order the items set out in Part 2 of the Schedule of this order:

(c)

replace Part 3 with the Part 3 set out in Part 3 of the Schedule of this order.

Schedule Amendments to Schedule of Major Events Management Act 2007

cl 3

Part 1 Items inserted in Part 1

 
NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OLYMPIC LOGO WITH FIVE RING OLYMPIC SYMBOL WITH A FERN LEAF
(as depicted below, or in black, with or without the words “New Zealand Olympic Committee” or any abbreviation or combination of those words)
NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OLYMPIC LOGO WITH FIVE RING OLYMPIC SYMBOL WITH A FERN LEAF
 
NZ TEAM OLYMPIC LOGO WITH FIVE RING OLYMPIC SYMBOL WITH A FERN LEAF
(as depicted below, or in black, with or without the words “NZ Team” or any abbreviation or combination of those words)
NZ TEAM OLYMPIC LOGO WITH FIVE RING OLYMPIC SYMBOL WITH A FERN LEAF

Part 2 Items inserted in clause 1 of Part 2

Commonwealth Games Federation

Commonwealth Youth Games

New Zealand Youth Olympic Summer Team

Youth Olympic Games

Part 3 Part 3 replaced

Part 3 Words relating to Olympic and Commonwealth Games

1

The expressions “Tokyo 2020”, “Lausanne 2020”, “Beijing 2022”, “Dakar 2022”, “Birmingham 2022”, “Paris 2024”, “Los Angeles 2028”, and “LA 2028”.

2

Any word or words in column A when used in connection with any word or words in column B.

Column AColumn B
CommonwealthBeijing
GamesDakar
OlympiadLausanne
OlympianBirmingham
OlympicParis
OlympicsLos Angeles
Winter OlympicsLA
Tokyo
2020
2022
2024
2028
III
3rd
Third
IV
4th
Fourth
XXIV
24th
Twenty-fourth
XXXII
32nd
Thirty-second
XXXIII
33rd
Thirty-third
XXXIV
34th
Thirty-fourth
3

The expressions “Games City”, “Gold Games”, “Citius Altius Fortius”, “Faster Higher Stronger”, and “Earn the Fern”.

4

Any abbreviation, extension, or derivation of a word or words in clause 1, 2, or 3.

5

Words that have the same meaning as, or a similar meaning to, a word or words in clause 1, 2, or 3.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 1 October 2019, is made under the Major Events Management Act 2007 (the Act). It amends the Act’s Schedule, which contains permanently protected emblems and words. Use of those emblems and words that is not authorised or covered by an exception or a defence is, under sections 28 to 32 of the Act, an offence for which the maximum penalty is a fine of $150,000. The Act also contains (in section 34) related prohibitions and authorising provisions for registration of bodies under names, or of emblems, the use of which would be an offence under section 28.

The amendments—

  • replace an emblem with updated emblems for the Olympic Games:

  • add various names to clause 1 of Part 2:

  • replace and update Part 3.

New Part 3 contains updated words relating to the—

  • 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne in Switzerland:

  • 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar in Senegal:

  • 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in the United Kingdom:

  • 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing in the People’s Republic of China:

  • 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris in France:

  • 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles in the United States of America.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 29 August 2019.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.