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Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990
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C2004C02339
07 July 1997
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31 December 1997
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title [see Note 1]
2 Interpretation
2A Competitors
3 People receiving support
4 Request to provide a sample
5 Extension to external Territories
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Part 2—Establishment, Objects, Functions and Powers of the Agency
6 Establishment
7 Agency is body corporate etc.
8 Objects
9 Functions
9A States may confer powers and functions on Agency etc.
10 Powers
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Part 3—Requesting, Collecting and Testing of Samples by Agency
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Division 1—Application of Part
10A Part not to apply if Part 3A applies
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Division 2—Register of notifiable events
11 Agency to maintain Register of Notifiable Events
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Division 3—Request to provide sample
12 Making of request
13 Provision of sample
14 Notice of request
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Division 4—Failure to provide sample
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Subdivision A—General
15 When failure to comply with request to provide a sample is taken to have occurred
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Subdivision B—Failure by Australian citizen, permanent resident or temporarily resident non-Australian to provide sample
16 Application of Subdivision
17 Notice to competitor who has failed to provide a sample
17A Agency to decide whether competitor had reasonable cause for failure to provide a sample
17B Notice of Agency’s decision
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Subdivision C—Failure by non-Australian other than a temporarily resident non-Australian to provide sample
17C Application of Subdivision
17D Notice to International Sporting Federation
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Division 5—How sample is to be dealt with
17E Applicable procedures to be followed
17F Applicable procedures to be prescribed by regulations
17G Extent to which regulations prescribing procedures need not be strictly complied with
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Division 6—Return of negative test result
17H Disclosure of negative test result
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Division 7—Return of positive test result by Australian citizen, permanent resident or temporarily resident non-Australian
17J Application of Division
17K Positive test result from initial testing of a sample
17L Notice of positive test result from final testing of a sample
17M Agency to decide whether positive test result is valid
17N Notice to competitor of Agency’s decision as to validity of positive test result from final testing of sample
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Division 8—Return of positive test result by non-Australian other than a temporarily resident non-Australian
17P Application of Division
17Q Positive test result from initial testing of a sample
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Division 9—Entry of competitor’s name on Register
17R Entry of competitor’s name on Register—failure to provide a sample
17S Entry of competitor’s name on Register—positive test result
17T Notice of entry of competitor’s name on Register
17U Certain competitors’ names to be removed from the Register
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Division 10—Review of decisions
17V Reviews by Administrative Appeals Tribunal
17W Action by Agency following decision or order on review
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Part 3A—Requesting, collecting and testing of samples on behalf of or by a foreign sporting organisation
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Division 1—Testing on behalf of a foreign sporting organisation
17X Agency may contract with foreign sporting organisations to collect and test samples
17Y Making of request at instance of foreign sporting organisation
17Z Procedures to be followed
17ZA Notifying matters arising out of testing
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Division 2—Testing by a foreign sporting organisation
17ZB Disclosure if Australian citizen or permanent resident is requested by foreign sporting organisation to provide sample for testing
18 Minister may request notification
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Part 4—Constitution and Meetings of the Agency etc.
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Division 1—Constitution of the Agency
19 Constitution
20 Appointment of members
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Division 2—Meetings of the Agency
21 Convening of meetings
22 Presiding at meetings
23 Quorum
24 Voting at meetings
25 Conduct of meetings
26 Resolutions without meetings
27 Records relating to meetings
28 Disclosure of interests
29 Persons may be invited to attend meeting
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Division 3—Provisions relating to members
30 Terms of office
31 Terms and conditions of appointment not provided for by Act
32 Remuneration and allowances
33 Leave of absence
34 Resignation
35 Outside employment
36 Termination of appointment
37 Acting appointments
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Division 4—Committees of the Agency
38 Establishment of committees
39 Constitution of committees
40 Reimbursement of expenses
41 Quorum
42 Voting at meetings
43 Persons may be invited to attend meeting
44 Report to the Agency
45 Minutes
46 Applied provisions
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Part 5—Strategic Plans and Annual Operational Plans
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Division 1—Strategic plans
47 Strategic plans
48 Approval and commencement of strategic plans
49 Variation of strategic plans
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Division 2—Annual operational plans
50 Annual operational plans
51 Revision of annual operational plans
52 Approval and commencement of annual operational plans
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Division 3—Compliance with plans
53 Compliance with plans
54 Reporting requirements
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Part 6—Chief Executive, Staff and Consultants
55 Duties of the Chief Executive
56 Employees
57 Consultants
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Part 7—Finance
58 Appropriation of money
59 Estimates
60 Application of money
61 Borrowing from the Commonwealth
62 Contracts
63 Application of Division 3 of Part XI of Audit Act
64 Investment of money
65 Trust money
65A Agency exempt from taxation
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Part 8—Miscellaneous
66 Accredited laboratories
66A Anti-doping arrangements
66C Agency may approve anti-doping bodies
66D Agency may request approved anti-doping body to test an Australian competitor
67 Disclosure of confidential information
67A Provisions relating to giving of notices
67B Person interfering with collection of sample
68 Minister may give directions
69 Reports to Minister
70 Delegation by the Agency
71 Delegation by the Chief Executive
72 Protection from civil actions
73 Regulations