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Combat Sports Act 2013
16CDuration of automatic suspensions
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#### 16C Duration of automatic suspensions
16C Duration of automatic suspensions
> > (1) The medical suspension of a person’s registration starts—
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> > > (a) for a medical suspension under section 16A(1)(a)—as soon as the knockout occurs, or
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> > > (b) for a medical suspension under section 16A(1)(b)—when the automatic or other suspension started, or
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> > > (c) for a medical suspension under section 16A(1)(c) or (d)—when the person is notified of the medical suspension.
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> > (2) The medical suspension of a person’s registration ends—
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> > > (a) for a medical suspension under section 16A(1)(a)—in accordance with the regulations, or
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> > > (b) for a medical suspension relating to a certification that the person is not medically fit to engage in a combat sport contest or sparring—on the day a medical practitioner subsequently certifies that the person is medically fit to engage in a contest or sparring, or
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> > > (c) for a medical suspension under section 16A(1)(b)—on the day the automatic or other suspension ends, or
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> > > (d) for a medical suspension relating to a certification 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—on the day the person is examined and cleared by a medical practitioner as being fit to engage in combat sport, or
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> > > (e) for a medical suspension relating to a certification that the person must not engage in any combat sport contest or sparring before a specified date—on the specified date, or
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> > > (f) for a medical suspension relating to a certification 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—on the earlier of the specified date or the day the person is examined and cleared by a medical practitioner as being fit to engage in combat sport.
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> > (3) The automatic suspension of a person’s registration under section 16B—
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> > > (a) starts at the end of the day on which the person was due to comply with the safety training condition, and
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> > > (b) ends at the end of the day on which person complies with the safety training condition as stated in the notice given under section 16G(2).
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> **s 16C:** Ins 2024 No 16, Sch 1\[20\].