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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.