Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Chapter, unless the contrary intention appears:
"advertisement" means any writing, still or moving picture, sign, symbol or other visual image, or any audible message, or any combination of 2 or more of those things, that promotes:
(a) goods or services; or
(b) a person.
An advertisement may:
(c) be in the form of a signboard; or
(d) be in a newspaper or periodical; or
(e) be broadcast on radio or television; or
(f) be placed on a website; or
(g) be in any other form.
"AOC" or Australian Olympic Committee means the Australian Olympic Committee Incorporated, being an association incorporated on 24 April 1985 under the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 of Victoria.
"Australia" , when used in a geographical sense, includes the following external Territories:
(a) Christmas Island;
(b) Cocos (Keeling) Islands;
(c) Norfolk Island.
"broadcast" means a transmission by means of:
(a) a broadcasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 ; or
(b) something that would be such a broadcasting service if the definition of broadcasting service in subsection 6(1) of that Act were amended by omitting all the words from and including "but does not include" to the end of the definition.
"designated owner" , in relation to goods imported into Australia, means:
(a) the person identified as the owner of the goods on the entry made in relation to the goods under section 68 of the Customs Act 1901 ; or
(b) if no such entry exists--the person determined to be the owner of the goods under section 50 of this Act.
"expression" includes a single word.
"Federal Court" means the Federal Court of Australia.
"IOC" or International Olympic Committee means the organisation created by the Congress of Paris on 23 June 1894, being the organisation entrusted with the control and development of the modern Olympic Games.
"licence" means a licence in force under section 38.
"licensed user" means a person in relation to whom a licence is in force.
"national sporting organisation" has the same meaning as in the Sport Integrity Australia Act 2020 .
"Olympian" means a person who:
(a) was accredited by the IOC as a competitor in a sports competition in a Summer or Winter Olympic Games; and
(b) has competed in that sports competition.
"prescribed court" means a court that is a prescribed court under section 66.
"promote" includes give publicity to.
"protected olympic expression" has the meaning given by section 24.
"sponsorship-like support" has the meaning given by section 29.
"statement" includes a statement made orally, in writing or in any other way.
"use for commercial purposes" , in relation to a protected olympic expression, has the meaning given by section 30.