Boxing Australia Limited Australian Anti Doping Policy
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BOXING AUSTRALIA LIMITED AUSTRALIAN ANTI DOPING POLICY Adopted 4 January 2021 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING POLICY INTERPRETATION This Anti-Doping Policy takes effect on 1 January 2021. In this Anti-Doping Policy, references to the Sporting Administration Body are to be read as references to the Sporting Administration Body that has approved this policy as the anti-doping policy for their sport in accordance with the rules of their sport. Sporting Administration Body references in the policy to the International Federation are references to that Sporting Administration Body’s International Federation.1 WARNING TO ATHLETES AND OTHER PERSONS . You are responsible for knowing what the anti-doping rule violations are. You must find out which substances and methods are prohibited. Ignorance is no excuse. You must be aware of the rules in this Anti-Doping Policy. This Anti-Doping Policy adopts the strict liability principle. Athletes are responsible for anything found in their system. You must be aware of the sanctions that could be applied to you in this Anti-Doping Policy. 1 Defined terms are in italics and capitalised. Other words will have either the definition provided for by the WADA Code, or if they are not defined they will have their plain English meaning. 39302120 CONTENTS Australian National Anti-Doping Policy .................................................................................................. 1 ARTICLE 1 APPLICATION OF ANTI-DOPING POLICY ....................................................................... 1 1.1 Application of the Anti-Doping Policy ................................................................................ 1 1.2 Application to the Sporting Administration Body ............................................................ 1 1.3 Application to Persons ...................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Interaction between this Policy and the Sporting Administration Body’s Disciplinary Rules or Policies ............................................................................................................................. 4 ARTICLE 2 DEFINITION OF DOPING - ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS ....................................... 5 2.1 Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample ........................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method ........................................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Evading, Refusing or Failing to Submit to Sample Collection by an Athlete .................. 7 2.4 Whereabouts Failures by an Athlete ................................................................................ 7 2.5 Tampering or Attempted Tampering with any part of Doping Control by an Athlete or Other Person .................................................................................................................................. 7 2.6 Possession of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method by an Athlete or Athlete Support Person ................................................................................................................. 7 2.7 Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking in any Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method by an Athlete or Other Person ......................................................................................... 8 2.8 Administration or Attempted Administration by any Athlete or Other Person to any Athlete In-Competition of any Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method, or Administration or Attempted Administration to any Athlete Out-of-Competition of any Prohibited Substance or any Prohibited Method that is prohibited Out-of-Competition ................................................ 8 2.9 Complicity or Attempted Complicity by an Athlete or Other Person ............................... 8 2.10 Prohibited Association by an Athlete or Other Person .................................................... 8 2.11 Acts by an Athlete or Other Person to Discourage or Retaliate Against Reporting to Authorities ...................................................................................................................................... 9 ARTICLE 3 PROOF OF DOPING .................................................................................................... 10 3.1 Burdens and Standards of Proof ................................................................................... 10 39302120 3.2 Methods of Establishing Facts and Presumptions ....................................................... 10 ARTICLE 4 THE PROHIBITED LIST ............................................................................................... 14 4.1 Incorporation of the Prohibited List ............................................................................... 14 4.2 Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods Identified on the Prohibited List .... 14 4.3 WADA’s Determination of the Prohibited List ............................................................... 15 4.4 Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) ............................................................................. 15 ARTICLE 5 TESTING AND INVESTIGATIONS ................................................................................ 21 5.1 Purpose of Testing and Investigations .......................................................................... 21 5.2 Authority to Test .............................................................................................................. 21 5.3 Event Testing .................................................................................................................. 22 5.4 Testing Requirements .................................................................................................... 23 5.5 Athlete Whereabouts Information ................................................................................. 23 5.6 Retired Athletes Returning to Competition ................................................................... 27 ARTICLE 6 ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES ............................................................................................ 29 6.1 Use of Accredited and Approved Laboratories ............................................................. 29 6.2 Purpose of Analysis of Samples and Data .................................................................... 29 6.3 Research on Samples and Data .................................................................................... 29 6.4 Standards for Sample Analysis and Reporting ............................................................. 30 6.5 Further Analysis of a Sample Prior to or During Results Management ...................... 30 6.6 Further Analysis of a Sample After it has been Reported as Negative or has Otherwise not Resulted in an Anti-Doping Rule Violation Charge............................................ 30 6.7 Split of A or B Sample .................................................................................................... 31 6.8 WADA’s Right to Take Possession of Samples and Data ............................................ 31 ARTICLE 6A NON-ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION PROCESS ........................................................... 32 6A.1 Obligation on Persons .................................................................................................... 32 6A.2 Roles and Responsibilities of Other Parties ................................................................. 32 ARTICLE 7 RESULTS MANAGEMENT: RESPONSIBILITY, INITIAL REVIEW, NOTICE AND PROVISIONAL SUSPENSIONS ............................................................................................................. 34 7.1 Responsibility for Conducting Results Management ................................................... 34 7.2 Review and Notification regarding Potential Anti-Doping Rule Violations .................. 35 39302120 7.3 Identification of Prior Anti-Doping Rule Violations ........................................................ 35 7.4 Provisional Suspensions ................................................................................................ 35 7.5 Results Management Decisions .................................................................................... 37 7.6 Notification of Results Management Decisions ........................................................... 38 7.7 Retirement from Sport ................................................................................................... 38 7.9 Lower-Level Athletes ..................................................................................................... 39 7.10 Resolution without a Hearing ........................................................................................ 39 ARTICLE 8 RIGHT TO A FAIR HEARING........................................................................................ 41 8.1 Fair Hearings ................................................................................................................... 41 8.2 Event Hearings................................................................................................................ 41 8.3 Waiver of Hearing ........................................................................................................... 41 8.4 Establishment of Hearings ............................................................................................