36. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-

“athlete” means any person who participates in any sport at the international or national level or any sports event;

“CAS” means Court of Arbitration of Sports;

“Code” means the World Anti-Doping Code adopted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on

March 5, 2003 at Copenhagen, as amended from time to time;

“competition” means a single race, match, game or singular athletic contest;

“in-competition testing” means for purposes of differentiating between in-competition and out-of-competition testing, unless provided otherwise in the rules of an international

Federation or other relevant anti-doping organization, a test where an athlete is selected for testing in connection with a specific competition;

“person connected with the training of an athlete”

includes every person who is a Curator, Match

Adjudicator, Umpire, Referee, Sports Manager,

Coach, Trainer, Sports Associate, Masseur,

Physio, Medico, or Paramedic;

“sports organization” means any organization that serves as the ruling body for an event for one or several sports;

“testing” means the parts of the doping control process involving test distribution planning, sample collection, sample handling and transport of sample to the laboratory;

Convention against Doping in Sport

“Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE)” means an exemption granted in accordance with standards for granting Therapeutic Use Exemptions;

“use” means the application, injection or consumption by any means whatsoever of any prohibited substance or prohibited method;

“World Anti-doping Agency (WADA)” means the entity established for the purposes of the

International Convention against Doping in

Sport in Switzerland, on November 10, 1999.