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LAWS OF KENYA
ANTI-DOPING ACT
CAP. 245B
- Published in Kenya Gazettte Vol. CXVIII—No. 50 on 6 May 2016
- Assented to on 22 April 2016
- Commenced on 26 April 2016
- [Amended by Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act No. 18 of 2016) on 17 June 2016]
- [Amended by Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Act No. 24 of 2020) on 31 December 2020]
- [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
Part I – PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Anti-Doping Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"accredited laboratory" means a laboratory approved by the World Anti-doping Agency to analyse samples for the presence of prohibited substances in accordance with International Standards;"administration" deleted by Act No. 24 of 2020, s. 2(b);"Agency" means the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya established under section 5;“anti-doping activities” means anti-doping education and information, test distribution planning, maintenance of a registered testing pool, managing Athlete Biological Passports, conducting testing, organising analysis of samples, gathering of intelligence and conduct of investigations, processing of therapeutic use exemptions applications, results management, hearings, monitoring and enforcing compliance with any consequences imposed, and all other activities related to anti-doping to be carried out by or on behalf of an anti-doping organisation, as set out in the World Anti-Doping Code and in the International Standards;"Anti-Doping Administration and Management System" means a web-based database management tool for data entry, storage, sharing, and reporting designed to assist stakeholders and the World Anti-doping Agency in anti-doping operations;"Anti-Doping Rules" includes the Regulations made under this Act;"athlete" means any person who competes in sport at the international level as defined by an international federation or at the national level as defined by the Agency;“athlete biological passport” means the program and methods of gathering and collating data as described in the International Standard for Testing and Investigations and International Standard for Laboratories;"athlete support personnel" includes a 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 a sports competition;"attempt" deleted by Act No. 18 of 2016, s. 2;"Board" means the board of Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya established under section 10;"Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to sport;"Convention" means the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Convention Against Doping in Sport;"Code" means the World Anti-Doping Code that has been adopted by sports organizations, international sports federations and national anti-doping organizations to regulate doping in sports;"Committee" means the Therapeutic Use Committee established under section 23 of the Act;"Court of Arbitration for Sport" means a court set up by the International Council of Arbitration for Sport;"competition" means a single race, match, game or singular sport contest;"complicity" deleted by Act No. 24 of 2020, s. 2(c);“delegated third party” means any person to which the Agency delegates any aspect of doping control or anti-doping education programs including, but not limited to, third parties or other Anti-Doping Organisations that conduct sample collection or other doping control services or anti-doping educational programs for the Agency, or individuals serving as independent contractors who perform doping control services for the Agency, but does not include the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS);"doping" means the use of prohibited substances and methods in any sporting activity whether competitive or recreational in order to artificially enhance performance;"doping control" means the steps and processes commencing with test distribution planning to the disposition of any appeal and the enforcement of consequences, including steps and processes in between, including but not limited to provision of testing, investigations, whereabouts information, therapeutic use exemptions, sample collection and handling, laboratory analysis, results management, and hearings and appeals, and investigations or proceedings relating to violations of Article 10.14 (status during ineligibility or provisional suspension) of the World Anti-Doping Code;“education” means the process of learning to instill values and develop behaviors that foster and protect the spirit of sport, and to prevent intentional and unintentional doping;"event" means a series of separate competitions conducted together under one ruling body;"healthcare practitioner" deleted by Act No. 18 of 2016, s. 2;"in-competition" means the period commencing one minute to midnight 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, unless provided otherwise in the rules of an international federation or the body in charge of an event;“institutional independence” means the independence of the hearing panels on appeal from the Anti-Doping Organisation responsible for results management;Note: They must therefore not in any way be administered by, connected or subject to the Anti-Doping Organisation responsible for results management;"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;"International Olympic Committee" means the organization created by the Congress of Paris on June 23, 1894 and entrusted with the control and development of the modern Olympic Games;"International Paralympic Committee" means the organization established on September 22, 1989, to enable paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to inspire and excite the world and entrusted with the control and development of the Paralympic Games;"International Standard" means a standard adopted by the World Anti-Doping Agency in support of the Code and includes any technical documents issued pursuant to the International Standard;"licence" means a certificate issued to a professional sports body, coach, agent, or a professional sports person for purposes of carrying out the activities of the relevant sport;"marker" means a compound, group of compounds or biological variables that indicates the use of a prohibited substance or prohibited method;"member" includes the Chairperson and members of the Board established under section 10 of this Act;"metabolite" means any substance produced by a biotransformation process;"minor" means a natural person who has not reached the age of eighteen years;"National Anti-Doping Organization" means the entity designated by each country as possessing the primary authority and responsibility to adopt and implement Anti-Doping Rules, direct the collection of samples, the management of test results, and the conduct of hearings at the national level and where this designation has not been made by the competent public authorities, the entity shall be the country's National Olympic Committee or its designee;"national level athlete" means athletes who compete in sport at the national level, as defined by each national anti-doping organisation, consistent with the International Standard for Testing and Investigations. In Kenya, national level athletes are defined as any athletes who—3. Application of the Act
This Act applies to—4. Purpose of the Act
The purpose of this Act is to give effect to the World Anti-Doping Code and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Convention Against Doping in Sport in order to—Part II – ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ANTI-DOPING AGENCY
5. Establishment of the Agency
6. Headquarters of the Agency
The headquarters of the Agency shall be in Nairobi.7. Functions of the Agency
8. Powers of the Agency
The Agency shall have all the powers necessary for the proper performance of its functions under this Act.9. Independence of Agency and Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee
10. Board of the Agency
11. Tenure
12. Removal of Board member
13. Vacancy in Board
14. Powers of the Board
15. Conduct of business and affairs of the Board
16. Seal and execution of documents
17. Chief Executive Officer
18. Removal of Chief Executive Officer
19. Staff of the Agency
20. Remuneration
The members of the Board and members of staff shall be paid such remuneration as the Cabinet Secretary upon the advice of the Salaries and Remunerations Commission may determine.21. Protection from personal liability
22. Delegation by the Board
22A. Board members and staff to be bound by the Act
Subject to applicable law, as a condition of such position or involvement, all of the Board members, directors, officers, and those employees (and those of appointed delegated third parties), who are involved in any aspect of doping control, shall be bound by this Act and any other anti-doping rules as persons in conformity with the Code for direct and intentional misconduct, or to be bound by comparable Rules and Regulations put in place by the Agency.[Act No. 24 of 2020, s. 13.]23. Therapeutic Use Committee
24. Application for Therapeutic use exemption
25. Registered Testing Pool
Part III – ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
26. [Deleted by Act No. 18 of 2016, s. 8.]
27. Acceptance of the Code and related obligations
28. Accredited laboratories
29. Appointment of anti-doping compliance officers
30. Power of search, entry, interrogation
Part IV – DISPUTE RESOLUTION
31. Jurisdiction of Sports Tribunal
32. Appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Part V – FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
33. Funds of the Agency
34. Financial Year
The financial year of the Agency shall be the period of twelve months ending on the thirtieth of June in each year.35. Annual estimates
36. Accounts and audit
37. Returns and reports
38. Bank accounts
The Agency with the approval of the National Treasury shall open and maintain bank accounts in such banks in Kenya as the Agency may consider necessary.39. Investment of funds
The Agency may invest any of its funds in securities in it may by law invest trust funds, or in any other securities which the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for finance may, from time to time, approve.40. Expenditure
No expenditure shall be incurred by the agency except in accordance with the annual estimated estimates approved under section 34 or as approved by the Board.Part VI – GENERAL PROVISIONS
41. Confidentiality
A member of the Board or member of staff of the Agency shall not disclose any information obtained in the course of undertaking any function under this Act unless in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the law relating to information.41A. All persons to be bound by Rules
All persons shall be bound by the Anti-Doping Rules.[Act No. 18 of 2016, s. 13.]41B. Internal Rules to conform with the Code
Each sports federation shall prepare Rules requiring all athletes preparing for or participating in a competition or activity authorized or organised by a national federation or one of its member organisations, and each athlete support personnel associated with such athletes to agree to be bound by Anti-Doping Rules and the Agency’s results’ management authority in conformity with the Code as a condition for such participation.[Act No. 18 of 2016, s. 13, Act No. 24 of 2020, s. 23.]41C. Reports on violations
All persons shall report any information suggesting or relating to an anti-doping rule violation to the Agency, and if it is a national federation, to its international federation.[Act No. 18 of 2016, s. 13.]41D. Co-operation with the Agency
All persons shall cooperate with any investigations conducted by the Agency or other anti-doping organisation.[Act No. 18 of 2016, s. 13, Act No. 20 of 2020, s. 24.]42. Offences
43. General penalty
A person who contravenes any provision of this Act for which no specific penalty is provided shall be liable to a fine of not less than one million shillings or to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.44. [Spent]
Part VII – PROVISIONS ON DELEGATED POWERS
45. Regulations
History of this document
31 December 2022 this version
Revised by
24th Annual Supplement
31 December 2020
17 June 2016
06 May 2016
26 April 2016
Commenced
22 April 2016
Assented to
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Subsidiary legislation
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The Anti-Doping Regulations | Legal Notice 211 of 2020 | 31 December 2022 |
The Anti-Doping Rules, 2016
Repealed
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Legal Notice 216 of 2016 | 20 January 2017 |