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.