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Gambling Act 2003

Institutions - New Zealand Lotteries Commission - Other matters

267: Protection of name

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"Don't use the name 'New Zealand Lotteries Commission' for your company or business without permission"

You cannot register a company with the name New Zealand Lotteries Commission. You also cannot register a company with a name that is very similar to New Zealand Lotteries Commission, because it might confuse people. You cannot trade or do business under the name New Zealand Lotteries Commission, unless you have been using that name since before 1 November 1986. You also cannot trade or do business under a name that is very similar to New Zealand Lotteries Commission, if you know it might confuse people. If you break these rules, you can get in trouble and have to pay a fine. The fine can be up to $5,000 for an individual, or up to $50,000 for a company. If you keep breaking the rules, you can get an extra fine of up to $500 per day for an individual, or up to $5,000 per day for a company.

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Part 3Institutions
New Zealand Lotteries Commission: Other matters

267Protection of name

  1. No body may be incorporated or registered under any enactment or in any other manner—

  2. under the name New Zealand Lotteries Commission; or
    1. under any other name that so resembles the name of the Lotteries Commission that it is likely to mislead any person.

      1. No person other than the Lotteries Commission may, either alone or with any other person,—

      2. trade or carry on business under the name New Zealand Lotteries Commission unless that person has carried on business continuously under the name of New Zealand Lotteries Commission since any date before 1 November 1986; or
        1. trade or carry on business under any other name, knowing that the name so resembles the name of the Lotteries Commission that it is likely to mislead any person.

          1. A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to,—

          2. in the case of an individual,—
            1. a fine not exceeding $5,000; and
              1. in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence has continued:
              2. in the case of a body corporate,—
                1. a fine not exceeding $50,000; and
                  1. in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding $5,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence has continued.

                  Notes
                  • Section 267(3): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).