Common use of Search and Seizure Clause in Contracts

Search and Seizure. For the purposes of determining whether the Team Member has in the Team Member’s possession any evidence of the use of a prohibited substance or method prohibited under the World Anti-Doping Code or clause 11.1 of this Agreement, the Team Member authorises MAI and its authorised officers to, in the presence of a third party: to search the Team Member bags and all possessions that the Team Member may bring into the Games Accommodation, have on the Team Member’s person, have under Team Member’s control at any Games Venue or have at any time while the Team Member is a member of the Team; to search the Team Member’s clothing and person at any time while the Team Member is a member of the Team; and to take and retain in its or their possession any substance or evidence of the use of a prohibited substance or method they may discover as a result of the search and which they believe or suspect to be a substance or method prohibited under the World Anti-Doping Code or clause 11.1 of this Agreement. The Team Member acknowledges that MAI will have any such substance or evidence of a prohibited method analysed or investigated at its expense to determine whether or not it is a prohibited substance or method. The Team Member acknowledges that MAI will return such substance or evidence to the athlete if the analysis or investigation determines that it is not prohibited under the World Anti-Doping Code or clause 11.1 of this Agreement.