As enacted

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20. Amendment of section 23 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 23 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section-

(a)

in paragraph (e) of that subsection, by the substitution for the words “Where a member of

Committee or Panel”, of the words and figures

“Where a member of a Committee or Panel other than the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel appointed under section 26,”;

(b)

in paragraph (i) of that subsection, by the substitution for the words “The Athlete or a member of his entourage, Agency, the

International Federation, the National Sports

Association and WADA”, of the words “The athlete or athlete support personnel, the

Agency, the International Federation, the

National Association of Sports and the World

Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)”;

(c)

in paragraph (j) of that subsection, by the substitution for the words “The Athlete or a

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member of his entourage”, of the words “The athlete or athlete support personnel” and for the words “The Athlete or related person”, of the words “The athlete or athlete support personnel”;

(d)

in paragraph (m) of that subsection, by the substitution for the words “the Athlete or

Person concerned.”, of the words “the athlete or athlete support personnel.”; and

(e)

in paragraph (n) of that subsection, by the substitution for the words “the Athlete or a member of his entourage, Agency, the International Federation, the National

Association of Sports and WADA”, of the words “the athlete or other Person, the

Agency, the International Federation, the

National Association of Sports and the World

Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)”;

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection: -

“(2) The Board shall appoint a pool of members, who shall constitute the first instance hearing body to be called the “Sri Lanka

Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel” (in this Act referred to as the “Disciplinary Panel”). Such pool shall consist of-

(a)

two persons from among lawyers who have more than five years’ experience in court appearances;

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(b)

three persons from among medical practitioners who have more than five years’ experience in the field of sports medicine; and

(c)

three persons who shall have previous experience in sports administration.”;

and

(3)

by the addition immediately after subsection (2)

of that section, of the following new subsections which shall have effect as subsections (3), (4) and (5) of that section: -

“(3) The Minister shall appoint one of the members specified in subsection (2) as the

Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel.

(4)

The Chairman shall appoint the other members of a Disciplinary Panel which shall not exceed three members including the Chair-man.

(5)

The Board may pay the Chairman and the other members of the Disciplinary Panel such remuneration or allowance as may be de-cided by the Board with the concurrence of the

Minister assigned the subject of Finance.”.

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