Legal

The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (“BOA”) is the National Olympic Committee for Barbados.

THIS SITE AND THE BOA CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND THE BOA AND ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTENT PROVIDERS, AGENTS AND AFFILIATES EXCLUDE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE BOA WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR THE BOA CONTENT, OR THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE SAME, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, AND DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THE FUNCTIONS EMBODIED ON OR IN THE MATERIALS OF THIS SITE ARE NOT WARRANTED TO BE UNINTERRUPTED OR WITHOUT ERROR. YOU, NOT THE BOA, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION DUE TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR THE BOA CONTENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR THE BOA CONTENT IS FREE FROM INFECTION BY VIRUSES OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES.

The BOA uses reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy, correctness and reliability of the BOA Content, but we make no representations or warranties as to the BOA Content’s accuracy, correctness or reliability.
The BOA disclaims any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of any directory or search result.

The Olympic Movement

The Olympic Movementʼs intellectual property is directly and expressly protected by Acts of Parliament including “The Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995” (as amended by the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006). The BOA is charged, through these statutes, with the responsibility for managing and controlling the commercial exploitation of such intellectual property including, but not limited to, the following protected words and images:

The Olympic five ring symbol (or anything similar)

The words Olympic(s), Olympiad(s), Olympian(s) (and similar words such as ʻOlympixʼ)

The motto “citius, altius, fortius” and its English equivalent “Faster, higher, stronger”

Any unauthorised use of the BOAʼs and/or IOC’s protected intellectual property is strictly prohibited and is subject to a number of legal penalties that the BOA will enforce.