“Anzac” (Restriction on Trade Use of Word) Act 1916

1916 c.51

An Act to prohibit the use of the word Anzac in connection with any trade, business, calling, or profession.

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland

1 Prohibition of the use of the word Anzac in connection with any trade, &c.

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 it shall not be lawful to use in connection with any trade, business, calling, or profession the word “Anzac,” or any word closely resembling that word, without the authority of a Secretary of State, given on the request of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia or of the Dominion of New Zealand, and this prohibition shall apply notwithstanding that such word forms part of any trade mark, or of the name of any company or society or other body, which has been registered before the passing of this Act.

C2C32

If any person acts in contravention of this Act he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and liable on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts to a fine not exceeding F2£25F2level 3 on the standard scale or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction not exceeding F3one hundred poundsF3level 3 on the standard scale; and when a company or society is guilty of any such contravention, without prejudice to the liability of the company or society, every director, manager, secretary, or other officer of the company or society who is knowingly a party to the contravention, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and liable to the like penalty.

2C4†Short title. and commencement.

This Act may be cited as the “Anzac” (Restriction on Trade Use of Word) Act 1916 . . . F4