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4. Amendment of section 5 of the principal enactment

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

Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection: -

“(1) A Therapeutic Use Exemption

(in this Act referred to as a “TUE”) may be granted to an athlete with a medical condition, permitting the use of a prohibited substance or prohibited method by the athlete when participating at any sports event, only if the conditions set forth in the rules are satisfied.”; and

Act, No. 21 of 2025

(2)

in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution for the words “an application not less than thirty days”, of the words “an application as soon as possible, and for substances prohibited in-competition only, not less than thirty days”

and for the word “should”, of the word “shall”.

Read on from s 5