Sport Integrity Australia Act 2020

2. Disclosure Notices — Compulsory Interview and Document Powers The CEO can issue a disclosure notice — a written order requiring a person to:

• Attend an interview and answer questions
• Hand over specific documents or information

If you ignore a disclosure notice, you can face a civil penalty (fine) of up to 60 penalty units (currently around $18,780). Importantly, you cannot refuse to answer on the basis that your answers might incriminate you — but those answers generally cannot be used against you in a criminal court.

3. The Violations List The CEO must maintain a public list (on the internet) of people who have been sanctioned (penalised) for breaking anti-doping rules. Your name, sport, and penalty can appear on this list. Exceptions exist for under-18s, recreational athletes at lower levels, and cases where listing would harm an ongoing investigation.

4. Broader Integrity Functions The CEO also works to address a wide range of threats to sport beyond doping, including:

• Match-fixing and sports betting fraud
• Abuse of children in sporting environments
• Bullying, harassment, and discrimination in sport
• Educating athletes, administrators, and the community
• Advising governments and sporting bodies on policy
• Coordinating with state/territory governments and international bodies

5. The Advisory Council An Advisory Council (6–10 members plus a Chair, appointed by the Minister) advises the CEO and Minister on strategic matters — but cannot direct investigations or make decisions about individual athletes.

6. The ASDMAC (Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee) A committee of medical professionals (doctors with expertise in sports medicine, pharmacology, etc.) that:

• Advises on medical aspects of anti-doping
• Makes decisions in individual athlete cases (e.g., therapeutic use exemptions — medical permission to use otherwise banned substances)
• Reports to the CEO

Key Points for Everyday Australians

• If you compete in sport at any level covered by the NAD scheme, you are bound by anti-doping rules and could be tested
• Coaches, doctors, and support staff can also be investigated and sanctioned
• The CEO has real investigative powers — including the power to compel people to hand over documents and attend interviews
• The law applies outside Australia — so Australian athletes overseas are still covered
• The law binds the government itself (the Crown), though the government can't be criminally prosecuted
• Information gathered under the law is tightly controlled and can only be shared in specific circumstances