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(b) an authorised officer is of the opinion that the act causes disrespect to the National Pledge,

the authorised officer may order the person to do one or both of the following:

(c) cease doing the act;
(d) take any specified action to remedy the disrespect caused.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), an act relates to the National Pledge only if the act relates to the whole or substantially the whole of the National Pledge in any of the 4 official languages.

(3) Part 10 applies to and in relation to an order under paragraph (1).

PART 5
NATIONAL COAT OF ARMS

Making or dealing in copies of National Coat of Arms

25.—(1) In this regulation, “copy of the National Coat of Arms”—

(a) means a copy of the National Coat of Arms in 2 or 3 dimensions; and
(b) includes an image or object that is capable of being mistaken for the National Coat of Arms.

(2) Subject to this regulation, a person must not knowingly—

(a) make or deal in a copy of the National Coat of Arms; or
(b) cause a copy of the National Coat of Arms to be made or dealt in.

Example

(a) Examples of ways in which copies may be made include printing, drawing, sculpting, tattooing and manufacturing.

(b) Examples of dealings include serving, sending, distributing, publishing, selling, offering for sale and exhibiting.