26. Amendment of section 36 of the principal enactment

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

Section 36 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -

(1)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “athlete”, of the following new definition: -

““athlete support personnel” means any coach, trainer, manager, agent, team staff, official, medical or paramedical personnel, parent or any other person working with, treating or assisting an athlete participating in or preparing for sports competition;”;

(2)

by the repeal of the definition of the expression

“CAS”;

(3)

by the repeal of the definition of the expression

“Code”;

(4)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “competition”, of the following new definition:-

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““Court of Arbitration for Sport” means the

Court of Arbitration for Sport estab-lished by the International Olympic

Committee;”;

(5)

by the repeal of the definition of the expression

“in-competition testing” and the substitution therefor, of the following definitions: -

““in-competition”

means the period commencing at 11:59 p.m. on the day before a competition in which the athlete is scheduled to participate through the end of such competition and the sample collection process related to such competition;

“information” includes data, text, images, sounds, codes, databases or microfilm;

“International Level Athlete” means an athlete who competes in sport at the international level, as defined by each

International Federation consistent with the International Standard for

Testing and Investigations;

“Person” means a natural person or an organization or other entity;”;

(6)

by the repeal of the definition of the expression

“sports organization”;

(7)

by the repeal of the definitions of the expressions

“Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE)” and “use”

and the substitution therefor, of the following definitions, respectively: -

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““Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE)”, in relation to PART II of this Act, means an exemption granted to an athlete with a medical condition, in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code and the

International Standard for Therapeutic

Use Exemptions as set out in the rules made under section 33;

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

(8)

by the addition immediately after the definition of the expression “World Anti-Doping Agency

(WADA)”, of the following new definition: -

““World Anti-Doping 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.”.

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