Major Events Management (Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games Emblems and Words) Order 2016
2016/24
Major Events Management (Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games Emblems and Words) Order 2016
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 22nd day of February 2016
Present:
The Right Hon John Key presiding 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 2016.
2 Commencement
This order comes into force on 1 April 2016.
3 Schedule of Major Events Management Act 2007 amended
In the Major Events Management Act 2007, Schedule,—
(b)
Schedule Amendments to Schedule of Major Events Management Act 2007
Part 1 Part 1 replaced
Part 1 Emblems
| THE FIVE RING OLYMPIC SYMBOL |
| (as depicted below, or in black) |
| THE FIVE RING OLYMPIC SYMBOL WITH A FERN LEAF |
(as depicted below, or in black, with or without the words “New Zealand”or “New Zealand Olympic Committee”or any abbreviation or combination of those words) |
“GOLDIE”THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC MASCOT |
| (as depicted below, or in any other form, colours, or pose, with or without any sporting equipment, with or without the New Zealand Flag or any flag picturing the five Olympic rings, and with or without words or other symbols) |
| THE OLYMPIC FLAME SYMBOL |
| (as depicted below, or in any other form, colours, context, or position, or in a hand-held torch with the Five Ring Olympic symbol, whether or not the Five Ring Olympic symbol is on a flag, and whether or not the torch and symbol are with the New Zealand Flag, or a Fern Leaf, or both) |
| THE NEW ZEALAND COMMONWEALTH GAMES SYMBOL |
| (as depicted below, or in black) |
| THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES FEDERATION EMBLEM |
| (as depicted below, or in black) |
| THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES FEDERATION “THE BAR”EMBLEM |
| (as depicted below, or in any colours) |
| THE GAME ON! EMBLEM |
| (as depicted below, or in any colours) |
Part 2 Item inserted in clause 1 of Part 2
Comité International Olympique
Part 3 Part 3 replaced
Part 3 Words relating to Olympic and Commonwealth Games
1
The expressions “Rio de Janeiro 2016”
, “Rio 2016”
, “Buenos Aires 2018”
, “Gold Coast 2018”
, “PyeongChang 2018”
, and “Tokyo 2020”
.
2
Any word or words in column A when used in connection with any word or words in column B.
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth | Rio de Janeiro |
| Games | Rio |
| Olympiad | Buenos Aires |
| Olympian | Gold Coast |
| Olympic | PyeongChang |
| Olympics | Tokyo |
| Winter Olympics | 2016 |
| 2018 | |
| 2020 | |
| II | |
| 2nd | |
| Second | |
| III | |
| 3rd | |
| Third | |
| XXI | |
| 21st | |
| Twenty-first | |
| XXIII | |
| 23rd | |
| Twenty-third | |
| XXXI | |
| 31st | |
| Thirty-first | |
| XXXII | |
| 32nd | |
| Thirty-second |
3
The expressions “Games City”
, “Gold Games”
, “Citius Altius Fortius”
, and “Faster Higher Stronger”
.
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 April 2016, 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 is, under sections 28 to 31 of the Act, an offence for which the maximum penalty is a fine not exceeding $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—
New Part 3 contains updated words relating to, in particular, the Games that are the—
2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the Federative Republic of Brazil:
2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in Argentina:
2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang in the Republic of Korea (South Korea):
2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, in the State of Queensland, in Australia:
2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in Japan.
Date of notification in Gazette: 25 February 2016.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.