2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 3 - Executive
Chapter 18 - Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation
Subchapter II - The Virgin Islands Sports Commission
§ 311. Definitions
- As used in this subchapter the following terms have the following meanings
(1) “Commission” means the Virgin Islands Sports Commission established in section 312;
(2) “Exercise” means a physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive for the purpose of conditioning any part of the body;
(3) “Games” means an activity providing entertainment or amusement or a competitive activity or sport in which players engage in an activity;
(4) “Leisure and recreation” means a time for off-work activity which refreshes a person’s health or spirits by relaxation and enjoyment;
(5) “Physical Education” means instruction in the development and care of the body ranging from simple callisthenic exercises to a course of study;
(6) “Sports” means all forms of usually competitive physical activity which, through casual or organized participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing entertainment to participants, and, spectators alike;
(7) “Sports for All” means sport and physical education as a fundamental right for all according to United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
(8) “Sports Policy” means a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in the particular area of sports. It is the official policy of the government to guide future development of sports.
(9) “Sports Tourism” means specific travel outside of the usual environment of either passive or active involvement in competitive sports where sport is the primary motivational reason for travel and the touristic or leisure element may act to reinforce the overall experience.
(10) “Sports Governance” means the manner in which governing bodies are directed, controlled and regulated, and how rights, authority, and responsibility are distributed among the participants in order to monitor performance and achieve goals.
(11) “Sports Industry” means a market in which similar or closely related products are sold to buyers. It consists of a multitude of segments: youth sports, interscholastic sport, intercollegiate sport, Olympic sport, professional sport, sport manufacturing, sport retailing, sport consulting, sports marketing, sport merchandising, facility management, sport medicine and sport economics.
