ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Sports Act
2. Interpretation
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
2. Interpretation
(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Academy" means the Kenya Academy of Sports established under section 33;"Board" means the Board of Sports Kenya constituted in accordance with section 6(1);"Board of Trustees" deleted by Act No. 7 of 2019, s. 2;"Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to sports;"club members" includes officials and member athletes;"Council" means the Council of the Institute constituted in accordance with section 35;"Director-General" means the Director-General of Sports Kenya appointed under section 8 or a person authorized to act on his behalf;"Fund" means the Sports, Arts and Social Development Fund established under regulation 3 of the Public Finance Management (Sports, Arts and Social Development Fund) Regulations, 2018;"lottery" means a lottery as defined in the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act (Cap. 131);"national sports organization" includes an umbrella body responsible for Olympic, non-Olympic, Paralympic or Deaflympic sports or multi-sport organization responsible for all sports disciplines or recreational bodies or body responsible for a particular sport nationally;"professional sports" means sports for which a contract for engagement and remuneration has been entered into by a club or sports organization and the professional sports persons;"professional sports person" means a person who is, on the basis of a contract for engagement and remuneration, preparing or training for the purposes of participating in the relevant sports competition;"recreation" means voluntary participation in a physical or mental activity for enjoyment, improvement of general health, well-being and the development of skills of an individual;"Registrar" means the Sports Registrar appointed under section 45;"sport" includes all forms of physical or mental activity which, through casual or organized participation, or through training activities, aims at expressing or improving physical and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels, and includes any other activity as the Cabinet Secretary may, from time to time and after consultation with the technical department responsible for sports, prescribe;"sports agencies" includes the sports institutions and sports organizations;"sports institutions" means the Sports Kenya, the Kenya Academy of Sports and the Sports Disputes Tribunal established under this Act;"sporting event" means a sporting contest, competition, tournament or game open to participation and attendance by the public;"Sports Kenya" means the Sports Kenya established by section 3;"sportsperson’s representative" means a person who is duly authorized and registered as such according to the constitution of the respective sports organisation;"Tribunal" means the Sports Disputes Tribunal established under section 55;