Key Message from APU - Participation in Non-Compliant Anti-Doping Events

Dear Members of the APU,

While we encourage all members to be active in society and in multiple sports and activities (without over training), we do so with the expectation that each member of APU is fully aware and responsible for the adherence of the anti-doping rules that are required as a member, whether as athlete or support personnel.

Some of the anti-doping rules required by you may be found in the APU regulations, but there is also some that are in the IPF constitution and most lay under the APU Anti-doping policy (i.e. Australian National Anti-Doping Policy ).

With that in consideration, we (APU) also need to respect the regulations and policies that we accepted as/under:

1. The National affiliate to the International Powerlifting Federation and
2.  Australian National Anti-Doping Policy.

Please note that the following requirement under the IPF constitution may affect any person who considers participating in sports that have limited or no anti-doping.

Clause 14 (paragraph 2) of the IPF constitution (Constitution and By-Laws - International Powerlifting Federation IPF) is as follows:

Any athlete, coach, referee or official that participates in any competition or Event which is organized by a Sporting Body, Federation or Organisation that has not received recognition from the World Anti-Doping Agency and is thus non-compliant with the Code and International Standards shall be automatically rendered ineligible and shall not be permitted to take part in an authorized National or International Powerlifting or Bench Press Event for a period of 12 months from the date of the last non-compliant Event. Should the athlete, coach, referee or official participate in an unauthorized Powerlifting or Bench Press Event prior to the lapse of the 12 months, he/she may be sanctioned with a period of ineligibility of an additional 12 months from the date of the non-compliant Event. In the case of a second infringement for such participation, the period of ineligibility may be a maximum of 24 months. The decision to extend the period of ineligibility will be at the sole discretion of the Anti-Doping Commission.

Yours in Strength

The APU Board

To clarify under the IPF constitution, “national” means any APU sanctioned competition at any level from club/local competition, State Championships to National championships.