There are special arrangements in place for Olympic sporting teams - contact your National Olympic Committee, National Paralympic Committee or the Therapeutic Goods Administration for information about these special arrangements.

Sporting teams will need to compile a list of the medicinal products they intend to bring with them.

Preparations should be made well in advance of the visit.

The following general rules apply when a sporting team is visiting Australia to participate in a national or international sporting event.

• Visiting sporting teams need to apply for permission to bring into Australia medicinal products:
  • that contain substances that are controlled, or
  • that are injections containing a substance of human or animal origin (except insulin - insulin is allowed)
• In addition, the visiting sporting team MUST comply with the following
  • The medicines MUST NOT be supplied (sold or given to) anyone who is not an official member of the visiting sporting team
  • The medicines MUST NOT be used in the treatment of anyone who is not an official member of visiting sporting team
  • Any unused medicines MUST be destroyed or taken out of Australia on departure
  • An official member of the visiting sporting team MUST be responsible for the control and custody of the medicines at all times while the sporting team is in Australia.

If an individual sporting team member wishes to bring a medicine into Australia for their own personal use, the general rules for bringing medicines for personal use apply.

An official member of the visiting sporting team MUST maintain control of the medicines at all times, and

• have a list in English of the quantity and type of the medicines brought into Australia, including in the list the name and strength of the active ingredient in each medicinal product, and
• maintain a record of the use of the medicines while the sporting team is in Australia, and
• produce the list or record for inspection at the request of a Customs officer or other authorised officer