Legal issues in Sport

1
Legal issues in Sport

• HM 647 Management of Sport Organisations
• Week 4 Lecture 2
• Lecturer Sue Brown

2
Legal issues in Sport

• Association Incorporation Act
• Privacy Act
• Food Act
• Fundraising Act
• Harassment/Discrimination
• Pregnancy
• Public Liability Insurance

3
Association Incorporation Act

• Incorporating a club/association
• Constitution - Model rules
• Annual requirements - AGM financial
• Changes to the constitution
• Merging winding up a club

4
Privacy Act

• Purpose of the Act
• Who is required to comply to the Act
• Organisation requirements
• Privacy practices for sport organisations
• Privacy policy

5
Fundraising Act

• Purpose of the Act
• Who is required to comply to the Act
• Organisation requirements
• Fundraising practices for sport organisations

6
Harassment/Discrimination

• Member Protection Policy - framework for sport
• responsibilities of organisations
• harassment sexual harassment
• anti-discrimination child protection laws
• dealing with complaints of harassment
• screening
• codes of behaviour

7
Pregnancy

• Should pregnant women participate in sport?
• Raises legal, medical, insurance ethical issues
• Banning participation anti-discrimination laws
• Guidelines developed from Forum

8
Public Liability Insurance

• Public liability provides indemnity to persons
  insured in respect of bodily injury or property
  damage caused by an accident (Healey, 1996,
  p.131)
• Policy may not cover members volunteers
• Review of Australian Sports Insurance
• Sport Recreation Ministers Council-March
  2002

9
Working with Children Bill 2005

• Screening process intended to reduce the risk of
  sexual or physical harm to children
• WWCC must be obtained by all employees and
  volunteers engaged in child-related work
  including COM
• Four proposed exemptions
• Volunteer whose child participates in the
  activity
• Persons working with closely related child
• Volunteers with limited contact (4 times in a
  12-month period)
• Exemption for children under the age of 14
• Lodge application to a new agency
• Give consent for police check, checking of
  relevant professional bodies
• Provide identifying information
• Cost - 50 - 120 per person