These Regulations come into operation on 15 March 2022.
Interpretation 2.
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“member” means a person who is a registered member of a sports body including a sportsperson;
“committee” means an internal dispute committee established under regulation 4;
“applicant” means a member of a sports body or a committee of a sports body or the governing body of a sports body who makes a dispute complaint under these Regulations;
“respondent” means a member of a sports body or a committee of a sports body or the governing body of a sports body named in the dispute complaint;
“secretary of the sports body” means any person who holds office as a secretary for a main committee of a sports body or in the event that the main committee of the
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sports body does not have a post for a secretary, any person holding an equivalent post who performs the same function as the secretary for a main committee of the sports body;
“secretary of the governing body of the sports body” means any person who holds an office of a secretary for the governing body of a sports body or in the event that the governing body of the sports body does not have the post for a secretary, any person holding an equivalent post who performs the same function as the secretary of the governing body of the sports body.
Dispute complaint 3.