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Rh PART 8 PRESIDENTIAL COAT OF ARMS Making or dealing in copies of Presidential Coat of Arms

29.—(1) In this regulation, “copy of the Presidential Coat of Arms”—
 * (a) means a copy of the Presidential Coat of Arms in 2 or 3 dimensions; and
 * (b) includes an image or object that is capable of being mistaken for the Presidential Coat of Arms.

(2) Subject to this regulation, a person must not knowingly—
 * (a) make or deal in a copy of the Presidential Coat of Arms; or
 * (b) cause a copy of the Presidential Coat of Arms to be made or dealt in.

Examples (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.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to—
 * (a) anything done by or with the authority of the President;
 * (b) anything done in good faith and for the purposes of reporting a disrespectful or unlawful use of the Presidential Coat of Arms to a public officer;
 * (c) anything done for the purposes of reporting news; or
 * (d) anything done—
 * (i) incidentally to an act that is otherwise lawful; and