Declaration ... Torah Bright will be one of Australia's medal hopes in Sochi. Source: AFP
Australian athletes competing at next year's Winter Olympics will be the first in the world to sign statutory declarations saying they have no history of doping in sport.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced the introduction of the landmark rule on Tuesday in the midst of the current doping scandal engulfing the NRL and AFL.
With those competing at the 2014 Sochi Games kick-starting the process it will now be mandatory for all future Australian Olympians to sign a statutory declaration about doping, with those who lie facing up to five years' imprisonment.
All members of the AOC's executive, its committees and commission as well as AOC staff will also be required to make the statutory declaration in the coming weeks.
Anyone refusing to sign will be ineligible for the Australian Olympic team or AOC employment.
The AOC board first discussed the reform at a meeting last November after the US Anti-Doping Agency stripped cyclist Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and banned him from sanctioned sport for life.
AOC president John Coates circulated final details of the Ethical Behaviour By Law amendment to his executive last Thursday - the same day the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) tabled its findings about widespread banned drug abuse in elite sport.
Coates last week said the reform could be a template for organisations like the AFL and NRL.
"I would encourage them to look at what we've done, even down at a club level,'' he said on Saturday.
The AOC have also vowed to share information with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority relating to the statutory declarations.
"Consistent with our obligations under the WADA Code to co-operate with ASADA and vigorously pursue all potential anti-doping rule violations'' Coates said on Tuesday.
"This may include verifying the contents of a statutory declaration, reporting suspected false declarations or identifying instances where a person or group of persons refuses to sign the statutory declaration altogether.''
In the wake of the ACC report, the federal government has moved to strengthen ASADA's investigative powers and resources, introducing a bill which would give them police-like enforcement to compel suspect athletes and others to turn up for questioning and hand over documents on request.
The AOC is currently preparing a submission and Coates, who last week welcomed the move, will attend a public hearing in Canberra next month.
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