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Commitment to Safe Sport:
Through our Safe Sport Framework, PERSILAT will document its clear commitment to keeping
the sport safe from harassment and abuse. We communicate our commitment to staff,
athletes, coaches, volunteers and technical officials and give them access to a copy of our
commitment statement.

PERSILAT minimize the likelihood of recruiting a person who is unsuitable:
PERSILAT will have appropriate measures in place to minimize the likelihood that we will not
recruit staff, athletes, coaches, volunteers and technical officials who are unsuitable to work
in sport.

We have recruitment procedures that ensure:
1) Our commitment to safe sport is communicated to potential applicants for positions
2) Face-to-face interviews are held which include safe sport related questions.
3) Two professional reference checks are undertaken
4) Screening checks are undertaken, including identity, declarations of disciplinary or

criminal record, qualifications or any relevant checks if available.

Procedures taken in case of harassment or abuse:
1) An appointment of Safe Sport Officer has to be made beforehand.
2) Person reporting the incident has to fill in a form and submit it to the Safe Sport Officer
(refer to Annex 7 for an example of the incident report from).
3) Safe Sport Officer has to investigate the case after consulting the necessary with the
Disciplinary Committee. Investigation will take about 1 - 2 weeks.
4) Safe Sport Officer will then report findings from investigation to Disciplinary Committee.
5) Disciplinary Committee will deliberate take necessary action based on the findings.
a) Actions taken can be in the form of counselling, or reporting to the proper authorities
i.e. the police, state court.

*Safe Sport: an athletic environment that is respectful, equitable and free from all forms of
harassment and abuse (non-accidental) violence.

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