Contents

Part I--Preliminary                                                                                                               1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

4............ Extension to external Territories .......................................................... 2

Part II--Establishment, objects, functions and powers of the Commission           3

5............ Establishment ...................................................................................... 3

6............ Objects ................................................................................................ 3

7............ Functions ............................................................................................ 4

8............ Powers ................................................................................................ 6

9............ Commission to operate under the name Australian Institute of Sport when performing certain functions                 7

10.......... Australian Sports Foundation ............................................................. 7

11.......... Minister may give directions ............................................................... 7

12.......... Access to facilities by individuals and community groups .................. 8

Part III--Constitution and meetings of the Commission                                9

13.......... Membership of Commission ............................................................... 9

14.......... Leave of absence ............................................................................... 10

15.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 10

16.......... Outside employment ......................................................................... 10

17.......... Remuneration and allowances ........................................................... 11

19.......... Termination of appointment .............................................................. 11

20.......... Acting appointments ......................................................................... 12

21.......... Meetings of Commission .................................................................. 12

22.......... Committees ....................................................................................... 14

Part IV--Strategic plans and annual operational plans                               16

23.......... Strategic plans ................................................................................... 16

24.......... Approval and commencement of strategic plans ............................... 16

25.......... Variation of strategic plans ................................................................ 16

26.......... Annual operational plan .................................................................... 17

27.......... Compliance with plans ...................................................................... 18

Part V--Executive Director and Director of Institute                                   19

28.......... Executive Director ............................................................................. 19

29.......... Duties of Executive Director ............................................................. 19

30.......... Director ............................................................................................. 19

31.......... Duties of Director ............................................................................. 19

32.......... Tenure of Executive Director ............................................................ 20

33.......... Remuneration and allowances ........................................................... 20

34.......... Outside employment ......................................................................... 20

35.......... Leave of absence ............................................................................... 20

36.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 21

37.......... Disclosure of interests ....................................................................... 21

38.......... Terms and conditions of appointment not provided for by Act ......... 21

39.......... Acting Executive Director ................................................................. 21

40.......... Application of sections 32 to 39 to Director ...................................... 21

Part VI--Staff and consultants                                                                                    22

41.......... Employees ......................................................................................... 22

42.......... Consultants ....................................................................................... 22

Part VII--Finance                                                                                                                23

43.......... Appropriation of money .................................................................... 23

45.......... Application of money ........................................................................ 23

46.......... Borrowing from the Commonwealth ................................................ 23

47.......... Contracts ........................................................................................... 24

48.......... Extra matters to be included in annual report ..................................... 24

50.......... Commission exempt from taxation .................................................... 25

51.......... Foundation exempt from taxation ...................................................... 25

Part VIII--Miscellaneous                                                                                                 26

52.......... Trust money ...................................................................................... 26

54.......... Delegation by Commission ............................................................... 26

55.......... Delegation by Executive Director ...................................................... 27

56.......... Delegation by Minister ...................................................................... 27

57.......... Protection from civil actions .............................................................. 27

57A....... Disclosure of information to the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority or the Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel .......................................................................................................... 27

58.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 28

Notes                                                                                                                                              29

  

Notes to the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989

Note 1

The Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 as shown in this consolidation comprises Act No. 12, 1989 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Australian Sports Commission Act 1989	12, 1989	16 Mar 1989	1 May 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S143)
Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1991	33, 1991	21 Mar 1991	S. 5: 1 July 1991 Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 2(2)
Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991	179, 1991	25 Nov 1991	25 Nov 1991	S. 3(2)
Sales Tax Amendment (Transitional) Act 1992	118, 1992	30 Sept 1992	28 Oct 1992	--
Environment, Sport and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1995	25, 1995	6 Apr 1995	6 Apr 1995	--
as amended by
Environment, Sport and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1997	118, 1997	7 July 1997	Schedule 1 (item 36): 6 Apr 1995 (a)	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 4 (items 41-43): Royal Assent (b)	--
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997	152, 1997	24 Oct 1997	Schedule 2 (items 496-512): 1 Jan 1998 (see Gazette 1997, No. GN49) (c)	--
Australian Sports Commission Amendment Act 1999	106, 1999	31 Aug 1999	3 Nov 1999 (d)	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 260-263): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (e)	--
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999	156, 1999	24 Nov 1999	Schedule 10 (items 56-58): 13 Mar 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S114) (f)	--
Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001	159, 2001	1 Oct 2001	29 Oct 2001	Sch. 1 (item 97) [see Table A]
Australian Sports Commission Amendment Act 2005	40, 2005	1 Apr 2005	1 Apr 2005	Sch. 1 (item 8) [see Table A]
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2006	7, 2006	7 Mar 2006	Schedule 1 (items 4-6) and Schedule 2 (items 20, 21): 13 Mar 2006 (see s. 2(1) and F2006L00764)	Sch. 2 (items 20, 21) [see Table A]
Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Act 2006	101, 2006	14 Sept 2006	Schedule 5 (items 34-41) and Schedule 6 (items 5-11): Royal Assent	Sch. 6 (items 5-11) [see Table A]
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment Act 2009	113, 2009	16 Nov 2009	Schedule 1 (items 124, 125): 1 Jan 2010	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 5 (items 40, 41) and Schedule 7 (items 26, 27): 19 Apr 2011	--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (items 259-276) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A]

(a)     The Environment, Sport and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1995 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 36) only of the Environment, Sport and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Item 36 of Schedule 1 is taken to have commenced on the day on which the Environment, Sport and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1995 received the Royal Assent.

(b)     The Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 was amended by Schedule 4 (items 41-43) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(c)     The Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 496-512) only of the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Schedules 1, 2 and 4 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

(d)     The Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 was amended by the Australian Sports Commission Amendment Act 1999, section 2 of which provides as follows:

                    2   This Act commences on the later of:

                 (a)   the 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; or

                 (b)   immediately after the commencement of the Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999.

         The Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999 commenced on 3 November 1999.

(e)     The Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 260-263) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(f)      The Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 was amended by Schedule 10 (items 56-58) only of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999, subsection 2(2)(c) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   The following provisions commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation:

                              (c)   the items in Schedules 10, 11 and 12.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part I
S. 3 .....................................	am. No. 25, 1995; No. 5, 2011
Part II
S. 5......................................	am. No. 152, 1997
S. 7......................................	am. No. 106, 1999; No. 7, 2006; No. 113, 2009
S. 8 .....................................	am. No. 25, 1995 (as am. by No. 118, 1997)
Part III
S. 13 ...................................	am. No. 179, 1991; No. 25, 1995; No. 5, 2011
S. 14 ...................................	rs. No. 179, 1991
	am. No. 146, 1999
S. 15 ...................................	am. No. 25, 1995
S. 17 ...................................	am. No. 25, 1995; No. 43, 1996
S. 18....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 19....................................	am. No. 25, 1995; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999
S. 20....................................	am. No. 25, 1995; No. 46, 2011
Notes to s. 20(1)-(3).........	ad. No. 46, 2011
S. 21 ...................................	am. No. 25, 1995; No. 152, 1997
S. 22 ...................................	am. No. 43, 1996; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999
Part V
S. 28 ...................................	am. No. 159, 2001
S. 30 ...................................	am. No. 159, 2001
S. 33 ...................................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 35 ...................................	rs. No. 179, 1991
	am. No. 146, 1999
S. 39....................................	am. No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 39.......................	ad. No. 46, 2011
Part VI
S. 41....................................	am. No. 146, 1999
Part VII
S. 43....................................	am. No. 5, 2011
S. 44....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 45....................................	am. No. 152, 1997
S. 46....................................	am. No. 5, 2011
S. 47....................................	am. No. 152, 1997
Heading to s. 48................	rs. No. 152, 1997
S. 48 ...................................	am. No. 33, 1991; No. 152, 1997
S. 49....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
Ss. 50, 51 ...........................	am. No. 118, 1992; No. 101, 2006
Part VIIA .............................	ad. No. 106, 1999
	rep. No. 7, 2006
S. 51A.................................	ad. No. 106, 1999
	am. No. 40, 2005
	rep. No. 7, 2006
S. 51AA...............................	ad. No. 40, 2005
	rep. No. 7, 2006
S. 51B.................................	ad. No. 106, 1999
	rep. No. 7, 2006
Ss. 51C, 51D......................	ad. No. 106, 1999
	am. No. 40, 2005
	rep. No. 7, 2006
S. 51DA...............................	ad. No. 40, 2005
	rep. No. 7, 2006
S. 51E.................................	ad. No. 106, 1999
	rs. No. 40, 2005
	rep. No. 7, 2006
S. 51F.................................	ad. No. 106, 1999
	rep. No. 7, 2006
S. 51G.................................	ad. No. 40, 2005
	rep. No. 7, 2006
Part VIII
S. 52....................................	am. No. 152, 1997
S. 53....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 54....................................	am. No. 46, 2011
S. 56....................................	am. No. 152, 1997
Heading to s. 57A..............	am. No. 113, 2009
S. 57A.................................	ad. No. 7, 2006
	am. No. 113, 2009
Part IX ................................	rep. No. 25, 1995
Ss. 59-69 ...........................	rep. No. 25, 1995

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001 (No. 159, 2001)

Schedule 1

97  Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply to an appointment if the term of the appointment began before the commencement of this item.

Australian Sports Commission Amendment Act 2005 (No. 40, 2005)

Schedule 1

8  Application

The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to protected information, whether disclosed to the Commission before, on or after the commencement of this item.

Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 7, 2006)

Schedule 2

20  Continued application of non-disclosure provisions--ASC officials

(1)       This item applies in relation to any protected information (within the meaning of Part VIIA of the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989) disclosed to the ASC before the transition time.

(2)       Despite the repeal of that Part by this Act, Part VIIA of that Act continues to have effect after the transition time, in relation to the protected information, as if that repeal had not happened.

21  Disclosure of ASC information to the ASADA

(1)       This item applies to information held by the ASC if the information was obtained before the transition time, and the information:

                     (a)  relates to a sports drug and safety matter; or

                     (b)  is otherwise relevant to the performance of the functions of the ASADA.

(2)       The ASADA may, by writing, request the ASC to disclose to the ASADA specified information.

Note:       For specification by class, see subsection 46(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

(3)       The ASC must comply with a request under subitem (2).

(4)       Repealed Part VIIA of the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 (as that Part continues to have effect because of item 20) does not apply to a disclosure of protected information (within the meaning of that Part) in compliance with a request under subitem (2).

(5)       A request under subitem (2) is not a legislative instrument.

(6)       If information disclosed in compliance with a request under subitem (2) is personal information, the information is taken to be NAD scheme personal information for the purposes of the ASADA Act.

Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Act 2006
(No. 101, 2006)

Schedule 6

5  Application of Schedule 5 amendments

The repeals and amendments made by Schedule 5 apply to acts done or omitted to be done, or states of affairs existing, after the commencement of the amendments.

6  Object

The object of this Part is to ensure that, despite the repeals and amendments made by this Act, the full legal and administrative consequences of:

                     (a)  any act done or omitted to be done; or

                     (b)  any state of affairs existing; or

                     (c)  any period ending;

before such a repeal or amendment applies, can continue to arise and be carried out, directly or indirectly through an indefinite number of steps, even if some or all of those steps are taken after the repeal or amendment applies.

7  Making and amending assessments, and doing other things, in relation to past matters

Even though an Act is repealed or amended by this Act, the repeal or amendment is disregarded for the purpose of doing any of the following under any Act or legislative instrument (within the meaning of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003):

                     (a)  making or amending an assessment (including under a provision that is itself repealed or amended);

                     (b)  exercising any right or power, performing any obligation or duty or doing any other thing (including under a provision that is itself repealed or amended);

in relation to any act done or omitted to be done, any state of affairs existing, or any period ending, before the repeal or amendment applies.

Example 1: On 31 July 1999, Greg Ltd lodged its annual return under former section 160ARE of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936. The return stated that the company had a credit on its franking account and that no franking deficit tax was payable for the 1998-99 franking year. Under former section 160ARH of that Act, the Commissioner was taken to have made an assessment consistent with the return.

                   Following an audit undertaken after the repeal of Part IIIAA of that Act, the Commissioner concludes that Greg Ltd fraudulently overfranked dividends it paid during the 1998-99 franking year, and had a franking account deficit for that franking year. As a result, the Commissioner considers that franking deficit tax and a penalty by way of additional tax are payable.

                   The Commissioner can amend the assessment under former section 160ARN of that Act, because item 7 of this Schedule disregards the repeal of that section for the purposes of making an assessment in relation to the 1998-99 franking year. Item 7 will also disregard the repeal of Division 11 of former Part IIIAA to the extent necessary for the Commissioner to assess Greg Ltd's liability to a penalty by way of additional tax.

                   Despite the repeal of sections 160ARU and 160ARV, item 9 will ensure that the general interest charge will accrue on the unpaid franking deficit tax and penalty until they are paid.

                   Item 7 will also preserve Greg Ltd's right, under former section 160ART of that Act, to object against the Commissioner's amended assessment (including the penalty), since the objection is the exercise of a right in relation to a franking year that ended before the repeal of Part IIIAA.

Example 2: During the 1997-98 income year, Duffy Property Ltd withheld amounts from its employees' wages as required by former Divisions 1AAA and 2 of Part VI of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936. The company failed to notify the Commissioner of those amounts, and failed to remit them to the Commissioner.

                   Following an audit undertaken after the repeal of those Divisions, the Commissioner discovers that the withheld amounts have not been remitted. The company's records are incomplete and the Commissioner is unable to completely ascertain the extent of its liability for the withheld amounts. Under section 222AGA of that Act, the Commissioner makes an estimate of the liability.

                   Item 7 will disregard the repeal of section 220AAZA of that Act (which empowered the Commissioner to recover the amount of the estimate). Even though the estimate is made after the repeal, it relates to amounts withheld before the repeal.

8  Saving of provisions about effect of assessments

If a provision or part of a provision that is repealed or amended by this Act deals with the effect of an assessment, the repeal or amendment is disregarded in relation to assessments made, before or after the repeal or amendment applies, in relation to any act done or omitted to be done, any state of affairs existing, or any period ending, before the repeal or amendment applies.

9  Saving of provisions about general interest charge, failure to notify penalty or late reconciliation statement penalty

If:

                     (a)  a provision or part of a provision that is repealed or amended by this Act provides for the payment of:

                              (i)  general interest charge, failure to notify penalty or late reconciliation statement penalty (all within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936); or

                             (ii)  interest under the Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983; and

                     (b)  in a particular case, the period in respect of which the charge, penalty or interest is payable (whether under the provision or under the Taxation Administration Act 1953) has not begun, or has begun but not ended, when the provision is repealed or amended;

then, despite the repeal or amendment, the provision or part continues to apply in the particular case until the end of the period.

10  Repeals disregarded for the purposes of dependent provisions

If the operation of a provision (the subject provision) of any Act or legislative instrument (within the meaning of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003) made under any Act depends to any extent on an Act, or a provision of an Act, that is repealed by this Act, the repeal is disregarded so far as it affects the operation of the subject provision.

11  Schedule does not limit operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901

This Schedule does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.