65CFunctions of ASDMAC

#### 65C Functions of ASDMAC (1) The functions of the ASDMAC are as follows: (a) such functions as are conferred on the ASDMAC under a drug testing scheme; (b) to give advice and information to the Agency and the Commission about: (i) the performance of the ASDMAC’s functions; and (ii) other matters relating to the use of drugs in sport or the safety of participants in sporting competitions; (c) to give advice and information to sporting administration bodies about individual cases that involve: (i) the use of drugs in sport; or (ii) any other matter arising out of the provision of drug testing services; or (iii) any matter arising out of the provision of safety checking services; (d) if: (i) the Agency enters into a contract for the provision of services, information or advice; and (ii) the contract specifies that some or all of those services, some or all of that information, or some or all of that advice, as the case may be, is to be provided by the ASDMAC on behalf of the Agency; to provide the services, information or advice concerned. > Note: For disclosure of information about a person to the person, see subsection 67(4C). (2) The following are examples of functions that may be conferred on the ASDMAC under a drug testing scheme: (a) conducting investigations relating to positive test results (see paragraph 13(1)(a)); (b) approving the use of scheduled drugs for therapeutic purposes (see paragraphs 13(1)(b) and (c) and subsection 13(1A)); (ba) participating in reviews or appeals (or similar processes) that relate directly or indirectly to decisions of ASDMAC approving, or refusing to approve, the use of scheduled drugs for therapeutic purposes; (c) disclosing, to sporting administration bodies, information arising out of the entry of competitors’ names on the Register of Notifiable Events for the scheme (see section 17B); (d) disclosing information, for the purposes of drug testing programs, to sporting administration bodies (see section 17BA). (3) Subsection 9(6) applies to the functions of the ASDMAC in a corresponding way to the way in which it applies to the functions of the Agency.