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Integrity Sport and Recreation Act 2023

Preliminary provisions

5: Meaning of threat to integrity

You could also call this:

"What is a threat to fairness and honesty in sport?"

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When you hear the term "threat to integrity" in this Act, it means something that can harm the honesty and fairness of sport. This can include things like trying to manipulate the result of a game or competition. It also includes doping in sport, which is when someone takes substances to cheat and get an unfair advantage.

You might see a threat to integrity when there is racism, discrimination, bullying, or harassment in sport, which is against the law under Part 2 of the Human Rights Act 1993, found here. It can also be when someone is corrupt, commits fraud, or breaks the trust of others in sport.

A threat to integrity can happen when a sports organisation does not take reasonable steps to prevent these bad things from happening, such as stopping manipulation of competitions, doping, or protecting people from harm, including following Part 2 of the Human Rights Act 1993, found here, or keeping children safe in sport.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

5Meaning of threat to integrity

  1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, threat to integrity means—

  2. manipulation or attempted manipulation of the result or course of a sporting competition or activity:
    1. sports betting activity connected with competition manipulation or the misuse of inside information connected with competition manipulation or sports betting:
      1. doping in sport:
        1. racism, discrimination that is unlawful under Part 2 of the Human Rights Act 1993, bullying, violence, abuse, sexual misconduct, intimidation, or harassment in sport or organised physical recreation:
          1. corruption, fraud, and other forms of deception or breach of trust in sport or organised physical recreation:
            1. a failure by an organisation in the sport and physical recreation sector to take reasonable measures to—
              1. prevent manipulation or attempted manipulation of sporting competitions and the misuse of inside information for sports betting; or
                1. prevent sports betting activity connected with competition manipulation or the misuse of inside information connected with competition manipulation or sports betting; or
                  1. prevent doping in sport; or
                    1. protect all participants in sport or organised physical recreation from racism, discrimination that is unlawful under Part 2 of the Human Rights Act 1993, bullying, violence, abuse, sexual misconduct, intimidation, or harassment; or
                      1. safeguard children in sport or organised physical recreation; or
                        1. prevent corruption, fraud, and other forms of deception or breach of trust in sport and organised physical recreation.