Institute of Sport Act 1995 (NSW)

Institute of Sport Act 1995 No 52

An Act to constitute the New South Wales Institute of Sport as a statutory body to promote excellence in sport; and for other purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Institute of Sport Act 1995.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Definitions (1) In this Act— Board means the Board of the Institute established under this Act. chief executive officer means the person employed in the Public Service as the chief executive officer of the Institute. exercise a function includes perform a duty. function includes a power, authority or duty. Fund means the New South Wales Institute of Sport Fund established under this Act. Institute means the New South Wales Institute of Sport constituted by this Act. member means a member of the Board. (2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.

Part 2 Constitution and objects of New South Wales Institute of Sport

4 Constitution of Institute (1) There is constituted by this Act a body corporate with the corporate name of the New South Wales Institute of Sport. (2) The Institute is, for the purposes of any Act, a statutory body representing the Crown.

5 Objects of Institute The principal objects of the Institute are as follows— (a) to provide resources, services and facilities to enable New South Wales sportspeople to pursue and achieve excellence in sport while also furthering their educational, vocational and personal development, (b) to foster the development and co-ordination of high performance and talent development programs for New South Wales sportspeople, (c) to assist the development of Australian sporting performance at international levels through co-operatively developed, and complementary, national programs.