1.1 The Rules apply to:

1.1 The Rules apply to:

1.1.1 The Commission, including its board members, directors, officers and specified employees, and Delegated Third Parties and their employees who are involved in any aspect of Doping Control, and all Doping Control and any investigation into any anti-doping rule violation carried out by the Commission (save where the Commission carries out Doping Control or any investigation by agreement with foreign governments, other Anti-Doping Organisations or Signatories to the Code under the Act, in which case Doping Control or any investigation will be governed by the agreement entered into or the Code);

1.1.2 any TUE Committee established by the Commission;

1.1.3 any National Sporting Organisation that agrees to the Rules, including their board members, directors, officers and specified employees, and Delegated Third Parties and their employees who are involved in any aspect of Doping Control;

1.1.4 any club, team, association, league or any other Person that either:

1.1.4.1 is a member of a National Sporting Organisation that has agreed to the Rules; or

1.1.4.2 agrees to the application of the Rules with the National Sporting Organisation; or

1.1.4.3 otherwise agrees to the application of the Rules;

1.1.5 all Persons who:

1.1.5.1are members of a National Sporting Organisation that has agreed to the Rules, regardless of where the Persons reside or are situated; or

1.1.5.2 are members of any club, team, association, league or other organisation that has agreed to the application of the Rules with a National Sporting Organisation, regardless of where the Persons reside or are situated; or

1.1.5.3 are Participants who agree to the Rules as part of the conditions of participation in any capacity in any activity organised, held, convened or authorised by a National Sporting Organisation or one or more of its member organisations, clubs, teams, associations, leagues or other organisations, regardless of whether the Person is a member of any such organisation; or

1.1.5.4 Compete in sport at the international level (as defined by each International Federation) or national level (as defined by any relevant National Anti-Doping Organisation) and who are present in New Zealand.

1.1.5.5 otherwise agrees to the Rules.

1.1.6 the Sports Tribunal and any NSO Anti-Doping Tribunal established in accordance with the Rules.

1.2 Application to National Sporting Organisations

1.2    Application to National Sporting Organisations

1.2.1    A National Sporting Organisation may agree to the Rules by incorporating them by reference into its governing documents, constitution, Rules or anti-doping policies so that the Rules form part of the rules of the National Sporting Organisation and govern the rights and obligations of all Persons who are subject to the rules of the National Sporting Organisation. A National Sporting Organisation may also adopt the Rules as its anti-doping policy or Anti-Doping Rules.

1.2.2    All Persons to whom the Rules apply will recognise and accept the authority and responsibility of the Commission to enforce these Rules, including any Consequences for the breach thereof, and to the jurisdiction of the hearing panels specified in Rule 8.

1.2.3    By agreeing to the Rules, National Sporting Organisations:

1.2.3.1 recognise and accept the authority and responsibility of the Commission as the sole National Anti-Doping Organisation in New Zealand for implementing the Code; and

1.2.3.2 authorise the Commission to carry out Doping Control, to investigate anti- doping rule violations under the Rules and to present evidence in support of anti-doping rule violations before the Sports Tribunal or an NSO Anti-Doping Tribunal.

1.2.4    A National Sporting Organisation that has agreed to the Rules will take all reasonable steps to ensure that any Person who wishes to take part in any Event, Competition or activity organised or authorised by it who is not a member of the National Sporting Organisation or who has not otherwise agreed to be bound by the Rules, agrees to be bound by the Rules.

1.2.5   A National Sporting Organisation that has agreed to the Rules must ensure that any Person who is not a member of the National Sporting Organisation but who wishes to participate in International Events or Events organised, sanctioned or authorised by the National Sporting Organisation and who fulfils, or would otherwise fulfil, the requirements to be part of the Commission’s Registered Testing Pool, becomes either a member of the National Sporting Organisation and/or agrees to make themselves available for Testing, at least twelve months before participating in any International Event or in any Event.

1.2.6   Nothing in the Rules shall be interpreted as limiting the functions of the Commission under the Act and its obligations as a Signatory to the Code. Nothing in the Rules prevents the Commission from collecting Samples from Athletes and arranging for Testing and reporting of the results of Testing or undertaking any other anti- doping activity or investigation in accordance with any agreement or arrangement with any other Anti-Doping Organisation, International Federation, Signatory to the Code or any National Sporting Organisation which has not agreed to the Rules, or in accordance with any obligation under the Act or Code.

1.2.7    The Commission will encourage and assist National Sporting Organisations to agree to the Rules, and will encourage all Participants and Persons to agree to take part in sport on the basis of the Rules.

1.2.8    Where a National Sporting Organisation is a member of an International Federation and is bound by the Rules and the Anti-Doping Rules of the International Federation and there is a conflict or inconsistency between the Rules and the Anti-Doping Rules of the International Federation, the International Federation’s Anti-Doping Rules will prevail.

1.2.9    Where an Athlete, Athlete Support Personnel or other Person has an agreement with the National Olympic and/or Paralympic Committee for it to provide financial, coaching or other support directly to that Athlete, Athlete Support Personnel or other Person (other than for support for the Olympic Games or Paralympic Games), that National Olympic and/or Paralympic Committee will, for the purposes of these Rules, be regarded as a National Sporting Organisation. To the extent that those circumstances apply, every reference in these Rules to any right or obligation of a National Sporting Organisation shall apply to the National Olympic and/or Paralympic Committee, in addition to any other rights and obligations it has as a National Olympic and/ or Paralympic Committee under these Rules or under the Code.

1.2.10    The Rules are subject to the Legislation Act 2019.

1.3 International Standards incorporated into the Rules

1.3 International Standards incorporated into the Rules

1.3.1 The Rules incorporate the following International Standards by reference:

1.3.1.1 World Anti-Doping Agency International Standard Prohibited List, effective 1 January 2025 as further clarified in Rules 4.1 to 4.3;

1.3.1.2 World Anti-Doping Agency International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions, effective 1 January 2023;

1.3.1.3 World Anti-Doping Agency International Standard for Testing and Investigations, effective 1 January 2023;

1.3.1.4 World Anti-Doping Agency International Standard for Laboratories, effective 1 January 2021;

1.3.1.5 World Anti-Doping Agency International Standard for the Protection of Privacy and Personal Information, effective 24 November 2021;

1.3.1.6 World Anti-Doping Agency International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories, effective 1 April 2024;

1.3.1.7 World Anti-Doping Agency International Standard for Results Management, effective 20 May 2021; and

1.3.1.8 World Anti-Doping Agency International Standard for Education, effective 1 January 2021.

1.3.2 Where the Rules refer to any of the above International Standards, the reference is to the version of the International Standard dated as above.