58Pre-contest medical examination

58 Pre-contest medical examination

58 Pre-contest medical examination

(1) A combatant must not engage in a combat sport contest unless the combatant has been examined by a medical practitioner exercising the pre-contest medical examination functions in relation to the combatant.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(1A) The examination must be undertaken—

(a) on the day of the contest, and

(b) if the combatant has engaged in any other combat sport contests (the previous contests) on the day of the contest—after the previous contests.

(2) The promoter of a combat sport contest must not permit a combatant to engage in the contest unless the promoter is satisfied that——

(a) the combatant has been examined by the attending medical practitioner under subsection (1), and

(b) the attending medical practitioner has sighted the combatant’s medical record book, and

(c) the attending medical practitioner has certified that the combatant is medically fit to engage in the contest.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—500 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both, or

(b) otherwise—1000 penalty units.

s 58: Am 2024 No 16, Sch 1[64]–[66].