National Sports Tribunal Act 2019
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5 Definitions
(1) In this Act:
athlete has the same meaning as in the Sport Integrity Australia Act 2020.
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the National Sports Tribunal.
civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.
constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
de‑identified: information is de‑identified if the information is no longer about an identifiable individual or an individual who is reasonably identifiable.
dispute: see subsection (2) of this section and subsection 6(2).
entrusted person means:
(a) the CEO; or
(b) a member; or
(c) a person assisting the CEO in accordance with section 66 or 67; or
(d) a person engaged as a consultant, or an expert witness, under section 68.
international agreement includes an international treaty or convention.
International Convention Against Doping in Sport means:
(a) the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, adopted by the UNESCO General Conference at Paris on 19 October 2005; or
(b) if the Convention has been amended by any amendment that has entered into force for Australia—the Convention as so amended.
Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2007 No. 10 ([2007] ATS 10) and could in 2019 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
member means a member of the National Sports Tribunal.
national sporting organisation, for a particular sport, means:
(a) a sporting organisation that is recognised by the International Sporting Federation that has international control over the sport as being the organisation responsible for administering the affairs of the sport, or of a substantial part or section of the sport, in Australia; or
(b) whether or not there is an International Sporting Federation that has international control over the sport—a sporting organisation that is recognised by the Australian Sports Commission as being responsible for administering the affairs of the sport, or of a substantial part or section of the sport, in Australia.