5A.01Application of NAD scheme to retired athletes returning to competition

#### 5A.01 Application of NAD scheme to retired athletes returning to competition (1) This clause applies in relation to a person if: (a) the person was an international‑level athlete or a national‑level athlete in a registered testing pool or the CEO’s national testing pool; and (b) the person retired from competing in sport; and (c) Sport Integrity Australia is given notice, in accordance with a sporting administration body’s anti‑doping policies and procedures, of the person’s intention to return to active participation in a sport that has an anti‑doping policy. (2) The NAD scheme applies in relation to the person, as if the person were an athlete competing in that sport, during the period: (a) starting on the day the notice is given to Sport Integrity Australia; and (b) ending when the person begins to compete in the sport, in accordance with the sporting administration body’s anti‑doping policies and procedures. > Note: Once the person begins to compete in the sport, the person will be an athlete and will be subject to the NAD scheme.