The New Zealand Sports Drug Agency (NZSDA) and the New Zealand Powerlifting Federation (NZPF) have reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Respondent for his refusal to provide a sample.
Hereafter the NZPF applied for the imposition of a sanction against the Respondent with the Sports Disputes Tribunal of New Zealand.
At the Pre-hearing Conference the president of the Tribunal raised the question whether the Tribunal was properly constituted to be the Tribunal appointed, pursuant to the NZPF Anti-Doping Code to determine the application.
The Tribunal rules that it is not properly constituted to deal with this matter as a Tribunal under the NZPF’s Anti-Doping Code. Accordingly, it declines to hear the application.
