Australian Sports Drug Agency

Set up administratively in 1988 to run the national drug-testing program for sport, which had begun under the Australian Sports Commission; it became an independent statutory authority when the Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990 (assented to on 21 January 1991) commenced on 17 February 1991.

Legislation: Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990

1. 17 February 1991Became a statutory authority on the commencement of the Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990.
2. 27 December 1991The Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories became the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories when tourism moved to a separate department.
3. 24 March 1993Moved with the sport functions to the Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories.
4. 9 October 1997Moved with the sport functions to the Department of Industry, Science and Tourism.
5. 21 October 1998The Department of Industry, Science and Tourism was replaced by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, which kept the sport functions.
6. 26 November 2001Moved with the sport functions to the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.

Abolished on 14 March 2006 and replaced by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, which took over its testing and education functions and added investigation of doping violations.

• drug testing of athletes in and out of competition
• anti-doping education
• maintenance of athlete testing registers
• testing services for sporting bodies on a fee basis

Last in the portfolio of Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.

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