16AAutomatic suspension of registration—medical suspensions

#### 16A Automatic suspension of registration—medical suspensions 16A Automatic suspension of registration—medical suspensions > > (1) A person’s registration as a combatant is automatically suspended in the following circumstances— > > > > > (a) the person loses a combat sport contest by knockout under the sports rules for the combat sport involved in the contest, > > > > > (b) the person becomes the subject of an automatic or other suspension on the basis of a medical suspension certification by an authority responsible for the regulation and administration of combat sports in another jurisdiction, > > > > > (c) the person becomes the subject of a medical suspension certification by a medical practitioner in New South Wales, > > > > > (d) the person becomes the subject of a medical suspension certification by a medical practitioner in another jurisdiction. > > > (2) In this Act, the suspension of a person’s registration under this section is a medical suspension. > > > (3) The suspension of the person’s registration as a combatant under this section applies to each registration class of combatant in which the person is registered. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > knockout— > > > > > (a) includes a technical knockout if the person who calls for the contest to be stopped (the caller) does so— > > > > > > > (i) on the basis that the caller observed a category 1 head injury sign in a combatant, or > > > > > > > (ii) under a direction by another person who observed a category 1 head injury sign in a combatant, but > > > > > (b) does not include a tap out or submission. > > > > medical suspension certification means a certification by a medical practitioner on any of the following terms— > > > > > (a) that, in the medical practitioner’s opinion, the person is not medically fit to engage in a combat sport contest or sparring, > > > > > (b) that the person must not engage in any combat sport contest or sparring until the person has been examined and cleared by a medical practitioner as being fit to engage in combat sport, > > > > > (c) that the person must not engage in any combat sport contest or sparring before a specified date, > > > > > (d) that the person must not engage in any combat sport contest or sparring before a specified date unless the person has been examined and cleared by a medical practitioner as being fit to engage in combat sport. > > **s 16A:** Ins 2024 No 16, Sch 1\[20\].