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Western Australia
Sports Drug Testing Bill 2001
CONTENTS
1. Short title 1
2. Commencement 2
3. Interpretation 2
4. Functions of ASDA and Administrative Appeals
Tribunal 3
5. Competitors under 18 4
6. Agreement about performance of functions 4
7. Regulations 4
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Sports Drug Testing Bill 2001
A Bill for
An Act to provide for drug testing of persons representing Western
Australia in sport and certain other persons participating in sport in
Western Australia, and for related purposes.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Sports Drug Testing Act 2001.
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2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on a day fixed by proclamation.
3. Interpretation
In this Act --
5 "ASDA" means the Australian Sports Drug Agency established
by the Commonwealth Act;
"Australian competitor" means a person who is a competitor
within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act;
"Commonwealth Act" means the Australian Sports Drug
10 Agency Act 1990 of the Commonwealth;
"sample" has the same meaning as it has in the Commonwealth
Act;
"sporting competition" has the same meaning as it has in the
Commonwealth Act;
15 "WA competitor" means a person, other than an Australian
competitor, who --
(a) represents, is selected to represent, or purports to
represent, Western Australia in sporting competition,
whether as an individual or as part of a team;
20 (b) is in a squad formed for the purpose of selecting a
person or team to represent Western Australia in
sporting competition;
(c) who receives support (as defined in the
Commonwealth Act) from the Government for the
25 purposes of enabling or assisting the person to
participate in, or train for participation in, sporting
competition; or
(d) whose name is entered on a register under the
Commonwealth Act.
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4. Functions of ASDA and Administrative Appeals Tribunal
(1) ASDA has the same functions in relation to WA competitors as
are conferred on it by the Commonwealth Act in relation to
Australian competitors.
5 (2) Without limiting subsection (1) it is a function of ASDA to
disseminate information about the use of drugs in sport
including --
(a) the possibility of WA competitors being requested to
provide samples for testing and the procedures involved
10 in providing and testing samples; and
(b) the likely consequences for WA competitors who fail to
comply with requests to provide samples or who record
positive test results.
(3) The Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and members and
15 officers of that tribunal, have the same functions in relation to
WA competitors as they have under the Commonwealth Act in
relation to Australian competitors.
(4) For the purposes of this section the Commonwealth Act is to be
read as if --
20 (a) references to a competitor or an Australian competitor
were references to a WA competitor;
(b) references to international sporting competition were
references to national sporting competition;
(c) references to representing Australia were references to
25 representing Western Australia;
(d) references to a national team were references to a
Western Australian team;
(e) references to something occurring within and outside
Australia were references to it occurring within or
30 outside Western Australia; and
(f) any prescribed changes, and any other necessary
changes, had been made.
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5. Competitors under 18
(1) Despite section 4, ASDA must not request a WA competitor
who is under 18 to provide a sample unless it has first obtained
the written consent of the competitor's parent or guardian.
5 (2) A refusal by the parent or guardian to give consent --
(a) is not a failure by the competitor to provide a sample;
and
(b) is not grounds on which the competitor's name may be
entered on a register under the Commonwealth Act.
10 (3) A consent for the purposes of this section may be given, or
refused, either generally or in relation to a particular request.
6. Agreement about performance of functions
(1) Despite section 4, ASDA must not exercise any functions
conferred by this Act unless there is in force an agreement
15 between ASDA and the Minister about the performance of those
functions.
(2) An agreement between the Minister and ASDA may require
ASDA to perform those functions in the manner, or subject to
the conditions, provided in the agreement.
20 7. Regulations
The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that
are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are
necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for giving effect to the
purposes of this Act.
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