On 3 March 2014, the Department of Health released an options-stage RIS examining proposed protections of images and indicia for major sporting events. The proposed legislation would extend the existing trademark and copyright protection offered to organisers and sponsors of major sporting events by protecting certain words, phrases and images associated with these events in an effort to reduce the likelihood of ambush marketing. Initially, the events protected would be the Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup 2015, the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup 2015, and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. The proposal has been assessed as likely to have a relatively minor impact on the economy with no impacts on competition. An options-stage RIS has been prepared and certified by the department, and the Office of Best Practice Regulation agreed to the regulatory costings.
- Major sporting events options-stage RIS – Word version [
239KB] - Major sporting events options-stage RIS and letter – PDF version [
452KB] - Major sporting events Deputy Secretary Certification Letter – Word version [ 500KB]