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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/glasgow-commonwealth-games-act-2008-games-association-right-order-2009/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/glasgow-commonwealth-games-act-2008-games-association-right-order-2009/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1969",
  "legislation_title": "The Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act 2008 (Games Association Right) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/glasgow-commonwealth-games-act-2008-games-association-right-order-2009",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Where the Organising Committee threatens a person with proceedings for infringement of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games association right other than in relation to—\n(a) the application to goods or their packaging of a representation;\n(b) the importation of goods to which, or to the packaging of which, such a representation has been applied; or\n(c) the supply of services under a sign which consists of or contains such a representation,\nthat person may apply to the court for relief under this article.\n(2) The relief which may be applied for is any of the following:—\n(a) a declaration that the threat is unjustifiable;\n(b) an injunction against the continuance of the threat; and\n(c) damages in respect of any loss suffered as a result of the threat.\n(3) The person is entitled to the relief applied for unless the Organising Committee satisfies the court that the act in respect of which proceedings were threatened constitutes (or if done would constitute) an infringement of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games association right.\n(4) The mere notification of rights conferred by this Order does not constitute a threat of proceedings for the purposes of this article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1969/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:08:12.372296+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}