National Platform for the Prevention of Corruption in Sport

L.N. 39 of 2024

SPORTS GOVERNANCE AND INTEGRITY ACT

(CAP. 626)

National Platform for the Prevention of Corruption in Sport

(Powers and Obligations) Regulations, 2024

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 73 of the

Sports Governance and Integrity Act, the Minister responsible for

sports, on the advice of the Authority for Integrity in Maltese Sport,

has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the National Platform for Citation.

the Prevention of Corruption in Sport (Powers and Obligations)

Regulations, 2024.

(1)

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise Interpretation.

requires

"Act" means the Sports Governance and Integrity Act;

"Authority" means the Authority for Integrity in Maltese

Sport established by article 5 and any reference in these

regulations or any other law to the Authority shall, unless the

context otherwise requires, be construed as including a

reference to any person authorised by the Authority to act for or

on its behalf;

"academy" means an organisation of a commercial nature

having the scope of providing training to athletes under the age

of sixteen (16) years with the aim of providing an adequate

ambience for their development and with the aim of

encouraging participation of the said minors in events organised

by the respective national sports organisations;

"administrator" shall have the same meaning as assigned to

it in the Establishment and Composition of the National L.N. 40 of 2024.

Platform for the Prevention of Corruption in Sport Regulations,

2024;

"association" or "national association" means an

association of clubs on a national level which group together for

the purpose of promoting a particular sport or for organising

competitive games in such sport;

"club" means an association of persons, whether in the

form of a civil partnership or a commercial partnership or

otherwise, in which persons constitute themselves in or form

part of an association mainly for the purpose of engaging in or

organising sport activities;

"federation" or "national federation" means an association

being mainly an association of a number of national

associations of the same sport activity or of associated sport

activities;

"information" means any detail, fact, report, evidence,

data, suspicion or any other information relevant to or which

may shed light on any investigation undertaken by the platform;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for sports;

"platform" means the National Platform for the Prevention

of Corruption in Sport established by means of the

Establishment and Composition of the National Platform for the

Prevention of Corruption in Sport Regulations, 2024;

''Regulation (EU) 2016/679'' means Regulation (EU) 2016/

679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April

2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the

processing of personal data and on the free movement of such

data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data

Protection Regulation);

"sport organisation" means a federation or a national

federation or an association or a national association or club or

foundation having sport as its main objective or an academy or

sport school or any other person being registered in the

Authority’s Register for Sport Persons or an organisation having

sport as its main objective and which for any reason whatsoever

is not yet registered in the said Register;

"sports school" means an undertaking, organisation or

enterprise, by whomsoever owned or managed, the main

function of which is to educate on a full-time or part-time basis

in any particular sporting discipline or sporting disciplines.

(2) The definitions prescribed in the Prevention of Corruption

in Sport Act shall apply, mutatis mutandis, unless they are

inconsistent with these regulations.

(3) The definitions prescribed in the Act shall apply, mutatis

mutandis, unless they are inconsistent with these regulations.

The platform shall operate with the aim of reaching its Operation of the

objectives and satisfying the obligations in accordance with these platform.

regulations.

The main objectives of the platform shall be the following

Objectives of

the platform.

(a)

to collect and analyse information relevant to

investigations relating to suspected manipulation of sport events

and to share the information with other national and

international entities of a similar nature in accordance with

these regulations and the Prevention of Corruption in Sport Act; Cap. 593.

(b) to analyse alerts stemming from betting monitoring

systems and other platforms whose function includes the

detection of suspicious betting activities;

(c)

to act as an information hub;

(d) to assist the police and sports organisations in the

production of evidence arising from information collected for

the purpose of prosecution of criminal cases as well as

disciplinary proceedings of a sporting nature respectively.

The platform shall ensure that it

Obligations of

the platform.

(a)

serves as a hub for collection, analysis and

verification of information and the dissemination of information

relating to sport betting with the aim of protecting sport from

criminal activity, organised crime and corruption;

(b) keeps abreast with contemporary methodologies

used to exploit the gaming and betting industry, including

threats from unregulated betting platforms and provides expert

advice about such emerging exploitation and threats to sport

organisations;

(c)

develops a general picture of the manipulation of

sport events and results phenomenon through monitoring and

studies about the risks involved;

(d) receives information relating to irregular and

suspicious betting placed on Maltese sport events and events

organised in Malta and where necessary, pre-empt the police

and the respective national federation or association;

(e)

communicates information through the controller

including personal data to enforcement authorities, any

international sport governing authority, for the purposes of

detecting, investigating and prosecuting criminal offences and

to take any disciplinary action as required;

(f)

improves the sharing of information between the

various interested organisations and takes the best possible

action with an aim of detecting initial signs of fraud and other

suspicious behaviour relevant to the fight against manipulation

of sport events and results and the prevention and repression of

those acts which may result in the breach of these regulations

and of the Prevention of Corruption in Sport Act, through a

network of contacts and means of communication;

(g) emphasises prevention, education and sharing of

information in order to prevent, detect and fight manipulation in

sport while promoting the role of the platform with the public in

general;

(h) assists the Authority with the publication of

recommendations, policies and recommended practices;

(i)

takes all necessary initiatives to ensure the effective

implementation of policies and strategies against manipulation

in sport events and corruption in sport by the organisations

concerned;

(j)

collaborates with sport organisations involved in the

fight against corruption in sport and manipulation of sport

results;

(k) collaborates with authorities and local and

international organisations, including European Union

institutions, other countries and other platforms to provide and

receive good practices and technical assistance for the purpose

of fighting corruption in sport and the manipulation of sport

results;

(l)

is accessible through means of communication,

including an interactive website where the general public may

report any wrong-doing as well as obtain information for the

purpose of education;

(m) endeavours to promote sport as a means of unity

within the community.

The platform shall sign cooperation agreements and other

formal agreements with parties involved in the fight against

manipulation of sport results and corruption in sports with the aim of

mutual cooperation with the platform as well as sharing of

information relating to specific cases and suspected manipulation or

corruption.

(1) The members of the platform shall meet at least six Meetings of

(6) times per year with the aim of discussing the operations of the members

platform.

platform as well as to report to the other members of the platform

what each organisation is doing for the achievement of the functions

and objectives of the platform.

(2) When a report is submitted or a suspicion is raised through

monitoring that a specific sport event or result has been manipulated

or that there is corruption in a specific sport, the members shall meet

by not later than four (4) days from the date of when a report is

submitted or when a suspicion was raised through the aforementioned

monitoring.

An annual report for the previous year shall be compiled Annual report.

and presented to the House as well as published with the aim of

making available to the public the milestones reached by the

platform, by not later than June of the year when the report is

presented.

The platform may organise a national general assembly Annual

and a national forum relating to the national strategy in order to meetings

form of a

present its achievements to the national federations and associations. national

and assembly.

The said national general assembly and national forum shall serve as

raising awareness about the platform and its role in sport.

(1) The platform shall have an interactive website Interactive

which shall primarily receive any information relating to website

role of the

manipulation of sports results and corruption in sport.

administrator.

(2) There shall be an administrator of the platform whose role

shall be that of

(a) alerting all members of the platform when

any information relating to a suspicion or investigation is

submitted on the interactive website and

(b)

immediately

organising

the

members’

meeting.

(3) The administrator of the platform shall also organise all

meetings contemplated in these regulations as well as keep in an

organised manner all information submitted to the platform.

The platform shall receive all information from its Information

members as well as from interested third parties with whom it has from

parties.

formal sharing of information agreements. The said information shall

be analysed by the administrator and sent to all the members of the

platform.

(1) Nothing in these regulations shall prejudice the

applicability of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the provisions of the Data

Protection Act and the regulations made thereunder and the

fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subjects.

(2) The platform and the administrator acting in their capacity

of controllers in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(7) of

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 shall perform the relevant data processing

operations which are limited to the extent necessary and

proportionate to the objectives pursued by the platform.

All administrative expenses of the platform shall be

equally absorbed by its members.

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