Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AUTHORITY ACT 2006 (NO. 6, 2006) - SECT 78

             (1)  Each of the following:

                     (a)  an ASADA member;

                     (b)  a member of the ASADA staff;

                     (c)  an individual whose services are made available to the ASADA under section 50;

                     (d)  an individual appointed as a chaperone, or as a drug testing official, under the NAD scheme;

is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted to be done in good faith:

                     (e)  in the performance or purported performance of any function of the ASADA; or

                      (f)  in the exercise or purported exercise of any power of the ASADA.

             (2)  An ASDMAC member is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted to be done in good faith:

                     (a)  in the performance or purported performance of any function of the ASDMAC; or

                     (b)  in the exercise or purported exercise of any power of the ASDMAC.

             (3)  Civil proceedings do not lie against the ASADA or the Commonwealth in respect of loss, damage or injury of any kind suffered by another person because of a publication or disclosure in good faith:

                     (a)  in the performance or purported performance of any function of the ASADA; or

                     (b)  in the exercise or purported exercise of any power of the ASADA.

             (4)  Civil proceedings do not lie against a person in respect of loss, damage or injury of any kind suffered by another person because of any of the following acts done in good faith:

                     (a)  the making of a statement to, or the giving of a document or information to, the ASADA or the ASDMAC alleging a possible violation of an anti‑doping rule;

                     (b)  the making of a statement to, or the giving of a document or information to, the ASADA or the ASDMAC in connection with an investigation under the NAD scheme;

                     (c)  the making of a statement to, or the giving of a document or information to, the ASADA or the ASDMAC that may be capable of supporting an allegation of a possible violation of an anti‑doping rule;

                     (d)  the making of a statement to, or the giving of a document or information to, the ASADA in connection with the performance by the ASADA of any of its functions under the NAD scheme;

                     (e)  the making of a statement to, or the giving of a document or information to, the ASDMAC in connection with the performance by the ASDMAC of any of its functions under the NAD scheme.