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MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS (INDICIA AND IMAGES) PROTECTION ACT 2014 - SECT 50

Remedies under this Part are additional

  (1)   The remedies provided under this Part are in addition to remedies provided by any law (whether a law of the Commonwealth or a law of a State or Territory) that confers any rights or powers on an official user for a major sporting event in relation to conduct of a kind that contravenes section   16 of this Act.

Note:   For other rules about the relationship between this Act and other laws, see subsection   16(5) and sections   54 and 55.

  (2)   Without limiting subsection   (1), the remedies provided under this Part are in addition to the remedies provided by the Australian Consumer Law in relation to engaging in conduct that is misleading or deceptive (see section   18 of the Australian Consumer Law) and, in particular, in relation to representations:

  (a)   that goods or services have sponsorship or approval that they do not have (see paragraph   29(1)(g) of the Australian Consumer Law); or

  (b)   that a person has a sponsorship, approval or affiliation that the person does not have (see paragraph   29(1)(h) of the Australian Consumer Law).

  (3)   The references in subsection   (2) to particular provisions of the Australian Consumer Law do not imply that other provisions of the Australian Consumer Law do not apply in relation to conduct of a kind that contravenes section   16 of this Act.

  (4)   This section applies subject to subsections   48(6) and (7) (limitation on bringing or continuing actions).

 



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