Fairness and Safety in Sport Regulation (Alta. Reg. 124/2025)

Alta. Reg. 124/2025

Alberta — Regulations

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(no amdt) ALBERTA REGULATION 124/2025 Fairness and Safety in Sport Act FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORT REGULATION Table of Contents 1

Definitions 2 Provincial sport organizations 3 Requirements of policies 4 Information re challenges 5 Provision of info rmation to Minister 6 Collection and use of personal information 7 Expiry 8 Coming into force

Schedule

Definitions 1 In this Regulation, (a) “Act” means the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act; (b) “birth registration document” means a birth registration document as defined in the Vital Statistics Act or a similar document issued outside of Alberta that contains the following information respecting an individual: (

i) the full name of the individual; (ii) the date and place where the birth of the individual occurred; (iii) the sex of the individual; (c) “challenge” means a proc edure referred to in

section 3(2)(c)(ii) by which an individual’s eligibility to participate in a relevant sport may be challenged. Provincial sport organizations 2 The provincial sport organizations listed in the

Schedule are prescribed for the purposes of

section 2(

g) of the Act.

Section 3 AR 124/2025 FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORT REGULATION 2 Requirements of policies 3(1) In this section, (a) “female-only league, class or division” means a league, class or division of a relevant sport intended to consist entirely of individuals whose sex at birth is female; (b) “sex at birth” means the se x of an individual that appears on the individual’s birth registration document.

(2) The policies established, implemented and maintained under

section 3 of the Act by a board must (

a) state that the purpose of the policies is the promotion of fairness and safety in sport, (

b) include female sex at bir th as an eligibility requirement to participate in the relevant sport where the participation is (

i) in a female-only league, class or division of the sport, and (ii) by an individual 12 years of age or older, (

c) include, as a process or method for determining whether individuals meet the eligibility requirement referred to in clause (b), (

i) a requirement that, at th e time of registration of an individual as a participant in the relevant sport, the individual or, if the individual is a minor, the parent or guardian of the individual provide confirmation in writing that (

A) the individual, parent or guardian, as the case may be, understands the eligibility requirement, and (

B) the individual meets the eligibility requirement, (ii) a procedure by which the eligibility of an individual under clause (

b) may be challenged, which must (

A) specify the persons or classes of persons who may make a challenge, (

B) require that a challe nge be made in writing to the board, (

C) allow the board to

Section 4 AR 124/2025 FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORT REGULATION 3 (

I) dismiss a challenge, if, in the opinion of the board, reasonable grounds do not exist for the challenge, or (II) direct the individual or, if the individual is a minor, the individual’s parent or guardian to file a copy of the individual’s birth registration document with the board, (

D) require the board, within a reasonable time of the individual’s birth registration document being filed with the board, to determine that the individual (

I) meets the eligibility r equirement referred to in clause (b), if the birth registration document filed with the board indicates that the individual’s sex at birth is female, or (II) does not meet the eligibility requirement referred to in clause (b), (

E) prohibit an individual from participating in the relevant sport where the board makes the determination referred to in paragraph (D)(II) with respect to the individual, (

F) include a process by which the board may reconsider a dismissal referred to in paragraph (C)(I), and (

G) allow the board to impose reasonable sanctions against a person who, in the opinion of the board, challenges the eligibility of an individual under clause (

b) in bad faith, a n d (

d) be made available to any person on request. Information re challenges 4 For the purposes of

section 4(1)(

d) of the Act, the making of challenges and decisions by boards respecting challenges are prescribed as matters in respect of which information is to be provided to the Minister.

Section 5 AR 124/2025 FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORT REGULATION 4 Provision of information to Minister 5 The frequency and timing in which a board is to provide information to the Minister under

section 4(1) of the Act is as follows: (

a) on the request of the Minister, where the information is respecting complaints relating to (

i) the board’s policies referred to in

section 3(2)(

b) or (c), or (ii) any decisions made under the board’s policies referred to in

section 3(2)(

b) or (c); (

b) once every 12 months, where the information is respecting (

i) requests for the estab lishment of mixed-gender or mixed-sex leagues, classes or divisions, or (ii) the establishment of mixed-gender or mixed-sex leagues, classes or divisions; (

c) within 3 business days after the day on which a challenge is made, where the information is respecting the making of challenges; (

d) within 30 business days after the day on which a challenge is made, where the information is respecting decisions by the board respecting challenges. Collection and use of personal information 6(1) In this section, “personal information” means personal information as defined in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

(2) An entity referred to in

section 2 of the Act or its board may collect and use personal information contained in an individual’s birth registration document for the purpose of determining whether the individual meets the eligibility requirement referred to in

section 3(2)(b).

(3) The personal information described in subsection (2) may be collected directly from an individual whose eligibility under

section 3(2)(

b) is the subject of a challenge or, if the individual is a minor, indirectly from the individual’s parent or guardian. Expiry 7 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be

Section 8 AR 124/2025 FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORT REGULATION 5 repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires on September 1, 2030. Coming into force 8 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of

section 7 of the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act.

Schedule Provincial Sport Organizations ACF — Alberta Curling Federation Alberta Alpine Ski Association Alberta Amateur Baseball Council Alberta Amateur Boxing Association Alberta Amateur Softball Association Alberta Amateur Speed Skating Association Alberta Amateur Wrestling Association Alberta Amputee Sports and Recreation Association Alberta Artistic Swimming Association Alberta Association for Family Recreation & Sport Alberta Badminton Association Alberta Basketball Association Alberta Baton Twirling Association Alberta Bicycle Association Alberta Bobsleigh Association Alberta Broomball Association Alberta Cerebral Palsy Sports Association Alberta Cheerleading Association Alberta Climbing Association Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Alberta Cricket Association Alberta Deaf Sports Association Alberta Division of Biathlon Canada Association Alberta Equestrian Federation Society Alberta Federation of Shooting Sports Alberta Fencing Association Alberta Field Hockey Association Alberta Freestyle Skiing Association Alberta Golf Association Alberta Gymnastics Federation Alberta Horseshoe Pitchers Association Alberta Kickboxing Association Alberta Kodokan Black Belt Association Alberta Lacrosse Association Alberta Luge Association Alberta Major/Minor Roller Hockey Association Alberta Netball Association Alberta Orienteering Association

Schedule AR 124/2025 FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORT REGULATION 6 Alberta Padel Association Alberta Powerlifting Union Association Alberta Racquetball Association Alberta Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics Federation Alberta Rowing Association Alberta Rugby Football Union Alberta Sailing Association Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association Alberta Section, Canadian Amateur Diving Association Alberta Senior Citizens Sport and Recreation Association Alberta Skeleton Association Alberta Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Association Alberta Snowboarding Association Alberta Soaring Council Alberta Soccer Association Alberta Sport Parachuting Association Alberta Sports and Recreation Association for the Blind Alberta Sprint Racing Canoe Association Alberta Table Tennis Association Alberta Taekwondo Association Alberta Target Archers Association Alberta Team Handball Federation Alberta Tennis Association Alberta Triathlon Association Alberta Water Polo Association Alberta Weightlifting Association Alberta Whitewater Association Association of Bowls Alberta Athletics Alberta (Track and Field, Cross Country, Road Running) Association Australian Football League Alberta Bowling Federation of Alberta Canadian Adaptive Snowsports – Alberta Association Cross Country Alberta Society Darts Alberta The Alberta Darts Organization Federation du Sport Francophone de l’Alberta Football Alberta Hockey Alberta, the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association Indigenous Sports Council (Alberta) Karate Alberta Association Pentathlon Alberta Association Pickleball Alberta Organization Ringette Alberta Association Rope Skipping Alberta Association Skate Canada: Alberta-Northwest Territories/Nunavut Association Special Olympics Alberta Association Squash Alberta Association Swim Alberta Association (S/NC) Volleyball Alberta Association Water Ski and Wake Association of Alberta

Schedule AR 124/2025 FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN SPORT REGULATION 7 Wheelchair Sports Alberta Association Wu Shu Alberta Society

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Collection	Alberta — Regulations
Citation	Alta. Reg. 124/2025
Type	regulation
Volume / chapter	2025 124
Language	en
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