Australian Capital Territory
Drugs in Sport Act 1999 
A1999-84
Republication No 0A
Effective:  23 December 1999 – 23 May 2001
Republication date: 9 January 2014
Act not amended

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office

About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Drugs in Sport Act 1999 effective from 23 December 1999 to 23 May 2001.
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Editorial changes
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Drugs in Sport Act 1999
CONTENTS
	Page 
	1	Name of Act	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Definitions	1
	4	Expressions used in the Commonwealth Act	3
	5	Notes	3
	6	Conferral of functions and powers on ASDA	3
	7	Taking samples from an ACT competitor under 18 years old	4
	8	Agreement with ASDA about performance of functions etc under this 
Act	4
	9	Regulation-making power	4
	ENDNOTES
	1	About this republication	5
	2	Abbreviation key	5
	3	Table of legislation	6

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Drugs in Sport Act 1999
An Act to confer functions and powers on the Australian Sports Drug Agency in relation to the use of drugs and doping methods in sport and for other purposes
1 	Name of Act 
	This Act is the Drugs in Sport Act 1999.
2 	Commencement
	This Act commences on the day it is notified in the Gazette. 
3 	Definitions
	In this Act—
ACT competitor means a person—
	(a)	who competes, or has been selected to compete, as a representative of the ACT in an open age sporting competition; or
	(b)	who is included in a squad formed for the purpose of the selection of persons to compete as representatives of the ACT in an open age sporting competition; or
	(c)	who competes in an open age sporting competition, or trains to compete in an open age sporting competition, and is receiving support from the ACT or is a party to an arrangement under which he or she will receive support from the ACT; or
	(d)	whose name is entered on a national register and, as a result of having his or her name entered on the register, is ineligible to take part in an open age sporting competition as a representative of the ACT; or
	(e)	who purports to represent the ACT in an open age sporting competition.
Note	Section 3 of the Commonwealth Act defines people who are receiving support from a government, including the ACT.
ASDA means the Australian Sports Drug Agency established under the Commonwealth Act.
Commonwealth Act means the Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990 of the Commonwealth, and includes the regulations under that Act.
Commonwealth competitor means a competitor as defined in the Commonwealth Act.
compete means compete as an individual or as a member of a team.
national register means a register under the Commonwealth Act.
Note	Register is defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Commonwealth Act to mean a Register of Notifiable Events established under a drug testing scheme.
open age sporting competition means a sporting competition that is open to persons of any age who are competing either as individuals at the top level for a sport or as members of the top team for a sport.
Note	sporting competition is defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Commonwealth Act to mean a sporting event or a series of sporting events, and sporting event is defined to include any sporting activity.
relevant sporting organisation, for an ACT competitor, means a sporting organisation (whether a national sporting organisation or a sporting organisation recognised by the ACT government as the peak body in the ACT for a sport)—
	(a)	of which the competitor is, in that capacity, a member; or
	(b)	with which the competitor is, in that capacity, associated in any way.
Note	sporting organisation is defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Commonwealth Act.
4 	Expressions used in the Commonwealth Act
	An expression used in this Act that is also used in the Commonwealth Act has the same meaning in this Act as it has in the Commonwealth Act, unless the contrary intention appears.
5 	Notes
	A note in the text of this Act is explanatory and is not part of the Act.
6 	Conferral of functions and powers on ASDA 
(1) 	ASDA has, under this Act in relation to an ACT competitor, the same functions and powers as it has under the Commonwealth Act in relation to a Commonwealth competitor.
(2) 	The Federal Court of Australia, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and members and officers of that court or tribunal have the same jurisdiction, functions and powers under this Act in relation to an ACT competitor as they have under the Commonwealth Act in relation to a Commonwealth competitor.
(3) 	For subsections (1) and (2), the Commonwealth Act applies in relation to an ACT competitor as if—
	(a)	a reference in that Act to a competitor were a reference to an ACT competitor; and
	(b)	a reference in that Act to an international sporting competition were a reference to a national sporting competition; and
	(c)	a reference in that Act to a relevant sporting organisation or a relevant national sporting organisation were a reference to a relevant sporting organisation as defined in this Act; and
	(d)	a reference in that Act to a representative of Australia were a reference to a representative of the ACT; and
	(e)	all other necessary changes, and any changes prescribed under the regulations, were made.
(4) 	This section is subject to the following sections:
	(a)	section 7 (Taking samples from an ACT competitor under 18 years old);
	(b)	section 8 (Agreement with ASDA about performance of functions etc under this Act).
7 	Taking samples from an ACT competitor under 18 years old
(1) 	ASDA may request an ACT competitor who is under 18 years old to provide a sample, or may obtain a sample from an ACT competitor who is under 18 years old, only if the competitor and his or her parent or guardian have given written consent to the taking of the sample.
(2) 	A consent may be given either generally or in relation to a particular request for a sample.
8 	Agreement with ASDA about performance of functions etc under this Act
(1) 	The Minister may enter into an agreement with ASDA about the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers under this Act.
(2) 	The agreement may provide that ASDA must perform its functions and exercise its powers under this Act as provided under the agreement.
9 	Regulation-making power
	The Executive may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

ENDNOTES
1	About this republication
This is a republication of the Drugs in Sport Act 1999 as at 23 December 1999. 
Amending laws are annotated in the table of legislation and table of amendments.
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office currently prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws:  authorised printed republications to which the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 applies and unauthorised electronic republications.  The status of this republication appears on the cover.
Section 13 of the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel, in preparing a law for republication, to make textual amendments of a formal nature which the Parliamentary Counsel considers desirable in accordance with current legislative drafting practice.  The amendments do not effect a substantive change in the law.
In preparing this republication, amendments have not been made under section 13.
Not all amendments made under section 13 are annotated in the table of amendments.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
2	Abbreviation key
Key to abbreviations in tables

am = amended
amdt = amendment
ch = chapter
cl = clause
def = definition
div = division
exp = expires/expired
Gaz = Gazette
hdg = heading
ins = inserted/added
LR = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996
mod = modified
No = number
notfd = notified
o = order
om = omitted/repealed
orig = original
p = page
par = paragraph
pres = present
prev = previous
(prev...) = previously
prov = provision
pt = part
r = rule/subrule
reg = regulation/subregulation
renum = renumbered
reloc = relocated
R[X] = Republication No
s = section/subsection
sch = schedule
sdiv = subdivision
sub = substituted
SL  = Subordinate Law
sp = spent
*    SL unless otherwise stated
†   Act or Ordinance unless otherwise stated

3	Table of legislation
Act†	Year and number†	Gazette
Notification	Commencement	Transitional provisions	

Drugs in Sport Act 1999	1999 No 84	23 Dec 1999	23 Dec 1999

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