Explanatory note

By this Order the Secretary of State appoints the British Olympic Association (a company limited by guarantee) for the purposes of section 1(2) of the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995 (“the Act”).

The person appointed for the purposes of section 1(2) of the Act is the proprieter of the Olympics association right and exercises the rights provided by the Act in relation to the symbol of the International Olympic Committee, consisting of five interlocking rings; the motto of the International Olympic Committee, “Citius Altius Fortius” and its translations; the words “Olympiad”, “Olympiads”, “Olympian”, “Olympians”, “Olympic” and “Olympics” and their translations; and representations of something so similar to the symbol or motto of the International Olympic Committee as to create in the public mind an association with them.