Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990
4APeople tampering with sports drug matters
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4A People tampering with sports drug matters
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person tampers with a sports drug matter if the person causes, arranges or participates in any of the following conduct: (a) altering, or attempting to alter, for an improper purpose; (b) bringing, or attempting to bring, improper influence to bear; (c) interfering, or attempting to interfere, improperly to: (i) alter results; or (ii) prevent normal procedures from occurring; in relation to that sports drug matter. (2) For the purposes of this Act, a sports drug matter is any of the following matters: (a) the requesting, collection or handling of samples, or information, under any of the following: (i) a drug testing scheme; (ii) an arrangement covered by subsection 17ZC(1); (iii) a contract entered into by the Agency for the provision of drug testing services or safety checking services; (iv) Part 3A (including procedures described in section 17Z); (b) the testing of samples under any of the following, the results of those tests or the handling of the results of those tests: (i) a drug testing scheme; (ii) an arrangement covered by subsection 17ZC(1); (iii) a contract entered into by the Agency for the provision of drug testing services or safety checking services; (iv) Part 3A (including procedures described in section 17Z); (c) the requesting by the Agency of an arrangement covered by subsection 17ZC(1); (d) the handling under this Act of information relating to a matter covered by a drug testing scheme (not being information covered by paragraph (e)); (e) the handling under this Act of information relating to a matter covered by: (i) an arrangement covered by subsection 17ZC(1)); or (ii) a drug testing scheme as a result of such an arrangement; (f) the handling of information under section 67B. (3) In this section:
handling, in relation to information, includes disclosing, communicating, notifying and making publicly available.