ASDA Annual Report 2004-05 (Adobe PDF | 173 pages | 4.4 MB)Appendix
L:
The objects, functions and powers of the Agency as specified in the ASDA Act
Objects
The objects of the establishment of the Agency are to:
- deter the use of scheduled drugs or doping methods in sport
- facilitate the safety of participants in sporting competitions
- encourage the development of programs to educate the sporting community about matters relating to drugs in sport
- advocate the international adoption of consistent and effective anti-doping programs
- coordinate the development of a consistent and effective national response to matters relating to drugs in sport.
Functions
The functions of the Agency include provisions to:
- employ functions that are conferred on the Agency by a drug testing scheme
- provide drug testing services
- advocate the international development and implementation of consistent and effective anti-doping programs
- encourage Australian national sporting organisations, State and Territory sporting organisations and professional sporting organisations to develop and implement comprehensive and consistent anti-doping initiatives and use the services of the Agency and accredited laboratories
- provide safety checking services
- develop and implement initiatives that increase the skills and knowledge of the people involved in sporting activities about matters relating to the use of drugs in sport
- collect, analyse, interpret and disseminate information about matters relating to the use of drugs in sport and the safety of participants in sporting competitions
- carry out research relating to the use of drugs in sport and the safety of participants in sporting competitions
- advocate and support research in and outside Australia relating to the use of drugs in sport and the safety of participants in sporting competitions
- implement anti-doping arrangements
- encourage the establishment of means for the carrying out by government departments and authorities of the States and Territories of initiatives relating to the use of drugs in sport
- cooperate with those departments and authorities and with non-government sporting organisations to implement those initiatives
- any other functions conferred on the Agency under the ASDA Act
- advise the Minister on matters falling within any of the above mentioned functions and related matters
- do anything incidental to, or conducive to, the performance of any of the above functions.
Powers
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The Agency has the power to do all things necessary or convenient for, or in connection with, the performance of its functions and, in particular, may:
- enter into contracts
- acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property
- obtain goods and services on credit from any person by the use of a credit card
- form, or participate in the formation of, companies
- occupy, use and control any land or building owned or held under lease by the Commonwealth and made available for the purposes of the Agency
- appoint agents and attorneys, and act as an agent for other persons
- engage persons to perform services for the Agency
- accept gifts, grants, bequests and devises made to the Agency (whether on trust or otherwise) and act as trustee of money or other property vested in the Agency on trust
- develop, maintain, distribute and publish information on procedures for, and developments concerning, the collection and testing of samples
- do anything incidental to any of its powers
The Agency may charge fees for providing services, information or advice.
The amount of a fee must not be such as to amount to taxation.
ASDA can exercise these powers within or outside Australia.