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[*] BCom LLB (Hons). Solicitor, Clayton Utz.

[1] Board of Ethics of the Salt Lake Organising Committee for the Winter Olympic Games of 2002, “Findings of Fact”, Salt Lake Tribune, 7 February 1999

www.sltrib.com/Specials/Olympics2002/SLOCReport.

[2] For example, the IOC ad hoc Commission to Investigate the Conduct of Certain IOC Members and to Consider Possible Changes in the Procedures for the Allocation of the Games of the Olympics and the Olympic Winter Games, 24 January 1999 and Report of the Special Bid Oversight Commission, chaired by Senator George Mitchell, 1 March 1999.

[3] Senator George Mitchell, note 2 supra at 1.

[4] Olympic Charter, By-law to Rule 37.

[5] Report by the Independent Examiner, Review of the Records of Sydney Olympic 2000 Bid Limited, March 1999 at 35.

[6] Intermediary Report of the IOC 2000 Commission, 2 June 1999,

<www.olympic.org/loc/e/news/reforms>.

[7] The IOC is also under the jurisdiction of Swiss law, however the provisions of Swiss law are not relevant for the purposes of this article.

[8] Olympic Charter, Rule 20.1.1.

[9] Ibid, Rule 20.1.4 (emphasis added).

[10] Report to US Congress of former Attorney General Griffin Bell, 16 September 1999.

[11] Olympic Charter, Rule 20.3.4.

[12] Ibid, Rule 20.3.5.

[13] IOC, “International Olympic Committee Expels Six Members at Session”, Media Release, 18 March 1999.

[14] Report of the Special Bid Oversight Commission, note 2 supra, Executive Summary.

[15] Ibid.

[16] Congressman Fred Upton as quoted in “Culture of Corruption: House Chairman will push IOC to clean up its act”, 21 September 1999, CNN Website <www.cnnsi.com/olympics/news>.

[17] Report of the Independent Examiner, Annexure G.

[18] Note 2 supra.

[19] Note 5 supra.

[20] Ibid at 28.

[21] Senator Mitchell Report, note 2 supra at 38.

[22] Crimes Act, s 249B(1).

[23] Ibid, s 249F.

[24] Ibid, s 249J.

[25] ICAC Act, s 8(1)(a).

[26] Ibid, s 8(1)(b).

[27] Ibid, s 8(1)(c).

[28] Ibid, s 8(1)(d).

[29] Greiner v Independent Commission Against Corruption (1992) 28 NSWLR 125.

[30] T Sheridan, The Review of the Independent Examiner, March 1999.

[31] Note 16 supra.

[32] IOC, “108th Session of the IOC Adjourns Announcing Major Reform and Formation of Two Commissions”, Media Release, 19 June 1999.

[33] Ibid.

[34] IOC, “Reforms of the IOC: First Meeting of the IOC 2000 Commission”, Media Release, 2 June 1999.

[35] Intermediary Report of the IOC 2000 Commission, note 6 supra.