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NATIONAL SPORTS TRIBUNAL ACT 2019 (NO. 68, 2019) - SECT 5

Definitions

             (1)  In this Act:

"ASADA CEO " means the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.

"athlete " has the same meaning as in the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006 .

"CEO " means the Chief Executive Officer of the National Sports Tribunal.

"civil penalty provision " has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.

"constitutional corporation " means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.

"de-identified " : information is de-identified if the information is no longer about an identifiable individual or an individual who is reasonably identifiable.

"dispute " : see subsection (2) of this section and subsection 6(2).

"entrusted person " means:

                     (a)  the CEO; or

                     (b)  a member; or

                     (c)  a person assisting the CEO in accordance with section 66 or 67; or

                     (d)  a person engaged as a consultant, or an expert witness, under section 68.

"international agreement " includes an international treaty or convention.

"International Convention Against Doping in Sport " means:

                     (a)  the International Convention Against Doping in Sport , adopted by the UNESCO General Conference at Paris on 19 October 2005; or

                     (b)  if the Convention has been amended by any amendment that has entered into force for Australia--the Convention as so amended.

Note:          The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2007 No. 10 ([2007] ATS 10) and could in 2019 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

"member " means a member of the National Sports Tribunal.

"national sporting organisation " , for a particular sport, means:

                     (a)  a sporting organisation that is recognised by the International Sporting Federation that has international control over the sport as being the organisation responsible for administering the affairs of the sport, or of a substantial part or section of the sport, in Australia; or

                     (b)  whether or not there is an International Sporting Federation that has international control over the sport--a sporting organisation that is recognised by the Australian Sports Commission as being responsible for administering the affairs of the sport, or of a substantial part or section of the sport, in Australia.

"paid work " means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self-employed person or otherwise).

"protected information " means information that:

                     (a)  was obtained by a person in the person's capacity as an entrusted person; and

                     (b)  relates to the affairs of another person (except a person in the person's capacity as an entrusted person); and

                     (c)  identifies, or is reasonably capable of being used to identify, the other person.

"Regulatory Powers Act " means the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 .

"rules " means rules made under section 75.

"Secretary " means Secretary of the Department.

"sporting body " means:

                     (a)  a national sporting organisation for a particular sport; or

                     (b)  a body or organisation specified in an instrument under subsection (3).

"support person " has the same meaning as in the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006 .

"World Anti-Doping Code " has the same meaning as in the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006 .

             (2)  Without limiting what is a dispute for the purposes of this Act, a dispute may arise in connection with a decision made by a person or body.

             (3)  The CEO may, by notifiable instrument, specify a body or organisation for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of sporting body in subsection (1).

Note:          For specification by class, see subsection 13(3) of the Legislation Act 2003 .



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