To find out more information about the governance of your sport or to report any concerns or suspected breaches of the Fair Play Code :

Peak Bodies

• Contact your state sport organisation.
• Vicsport represents sport organisations in Victoria.
• The National integrity of Sport Unit provides national policy direction on integrity issues
• The Australian Sports Commission provides strategic guidance, leadership and funding for sports in Australia
• The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) is Australia’s anti-doping organisation

Behaviour in sport

• Play by the Rules helps sport clubs put policies and guidelines in place to deal with unlawful or inappropriate behaviour like abuse, harassment, unfair treatment, child protection issues and discrimination.
  • Got an issue? Visit Play by the Rules issues

State sporting association and recreation body

Ensure the code is incorporated into a governance document. Establish complaint handling processes and sanctions for code breaches. Ensure all involved have access to, are aware of obligations and can exercise rights under, the code. Demonstrate code compliance to be eligible for Sport and Recreation Victoria funding.

Sport and recreation association - league and club

Check code compliance with any aligned state sporting association or recreation body. Adopt, promote, and establish processes to comply with and enforce, the code. Ensure members have access to and agree to abide by the code. Demonstrate code compliance to be eligible for Sport and Recreation Victoria funding.

Local council

Provide access to and encourage promotion of the code to member clubs and the local community. Ensure sport and recreation clubs who are tenants at a facility are code compliant to be eligible for Sport and Recreation Victoria funding.

Official or volunteer

Be informed about, abide by, promote and recognise compliance with, the code. Report a potential code breach to appropriate authorities.

Player or participant 

Be informed about the implications of the code on participation, rights and obligations and abide by the code. Ask a club official about code implementation.

Parent

Educate children about the importance of demonstrating code behaviours and model these behaviours at all times. Be informed about what actions to take for a potential code breach.

Spectator

Abide by the code when attending community sport and recreation, training and club sanctioned activities. Be informed about what actions to take for a potential code breach.

Member of the public

Abide by the code when attending community sport and recreation, training and club sanctioned activities. Be informed about what actions to take if involved in, or a witness to, a potential code breach.

Dylan Alcott - international wheelchair tennis champion

Indiana Budimir - Southern Metro Junior Football League umpire

Meg Lanning - Australian and Victorian cricket team captain

Dr Ebonie Rio - Victorian Institute of Sport physiotherapist

Lin Jong - Western Bulldogs player