National Sports Tribunal (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2019

No. 69, 2019

An Act to deal with consequential and transitional matters arising from the enactment of the National Sports Tribunal Act 2019, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title 2

2 Commencement 2

3 Schedules 2

Schedule 1—Amendments 3

Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006 3

Freedom of Information Act 1982 3

Schedule 2—Application provisions 4

National Sports Tribunal (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2019

No. 69, 2019

An Act to deal with consequential and transitional matters arising from the enactment of the National Sports Tribunal Act 2019, and for related purposes

[Assented to 19 September 2019]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title

This Act is the National Sports Tribunal (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2019.
2 Commencement 1

Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information Commencement information Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of this Act At the same time as the National Sports Tribunal Act 2019 commences. However, the provisions do not commence at all if that Act does not commence. 19 March 2020

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

 2

Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Amendments

Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006

 1 Paragraph 13(1)(k)

After “Court of Arbitration for Sport”, insert “, the National Sports Tribunal”.

 2 Subsection 13D(3)

Omit “or the Court of Arbitration for Sport or other sporting tribunal”, substitute “, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the National Sports Tribunal or other sporting tribunal”.

Freedom of Information Act 1982

 3 Schedule 3

After:

insert:

 Application provisions 1 Application provisions 1

(1) Sections 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 of the National Sports Tribunal Act 2019 apply in relation to disputes that arise before, on or after the commencement of that Act.

 2

(2) Section 32 of the National Sports Tribunal Act 2019 applies in relation to a decision of a sporting body made before, on or after the commencement of that Act.

 3

(3) Sections 33 and 35 of the National Sports Tribunal Act 2019 apply in relation to a decision of a sporting tribunal made before, on or after the commencement of that Act.

Note: Section 38 of the National Sports Tribunal Act 2019 specifies time limits for making applications to the National Sports Tribunal.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 24 July 2019

Senate on 9 September 2019]

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