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Anti-Doping Policies and Procedures in Northern Ireland
Sport Northern Ireland is committed to drug-free sport and works
with UK Sport and the Irish Sports Council to ensure that athletes in Northern
Ireland are:
- educated
about anti-doping issues
- involved
in drug testing programmes, both in and out of competition
Sport NI’s policy direction on drug-free Sport is
in line with that of UK Sport.
In
March 2003, the UK Government, along with the Government of the Republic of
Ireland, and 72 other governments worldwide,
signed up to a new World Anti-Doping Code in Copenhagen.
Sport NI is working with UK Sport to ensure the implementation
of the Code over the next year.
The
Code will harmonise anti-doping activities and processes across different
countries and different sports, creating one definitive set of anti-doping
procedures that cover testing, laboratory accreditation and operations, banned
substances and disciplinary sanctions.
The
Code will have implications for both the UK policy on anti-doping and the Irish
Anti-Doping programme. In taking the implementation of the Code further, the
following plans are in place:
- meeting between the Sport NI, UK Sport and the Irish
Sports Council to ensure a co-ordinated approach in relation to testing and
education programmes in NI;
-
briefing
and consultation with Northern Ireland governing bodies on the implications of
the new code (summer 2003);
-
revisions
to the UK and Northern Ireland’s anti-doping policies (September 2003);
-
re-structuring
and training (October – December);
-
implementation
of the newly revised statement of Anti-Doping Policy which will be compliant
with the World Code.
Click
on the links to access the
UK Sport and Irish
Sports Council anti-doping websites.
For
further information on anti-doping plans in Northern Ireland, please contact jillpoots@sportni.net
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