2006 No. 1120

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The Paralympics Association Right (Paralympic Symbol) Order 2006

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18(1) of the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 19951 (“1995 Act”), makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Paralympics Association Right (Paralympic Symbol) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 12th May 2006.

Paralympic symbol2

For the purposes of the definition of “Paralympic symbol” in section 18(1) of the 1995 Act, the symbol of the International Paralympic Committee is set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Richard CabornMinister of StateDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

SCHEDULEParalympic Symbol

Article 2

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(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 18(1) of the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995 (“1995 Act”) provides that, for the purposes of the 1995 Act, “Paralympic symbol” means the symbol of the International Paralympic Committee as set out in an Order made by the Secretary of State.

This Order sets out the symbol of the International Paralympic Committee for the purposes of section 18(1) of the 1995 Act.