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,