24ARequirements for combatants included on fight card—the Act, section 106(2)(b)

24A Requirements for combatants included on fight card—the Act, section 106(2)(b)

24A Requirements for combatants included on fight card—the Act, section 106(2)(b)

(1) The match-maker for a combat sport contest must not include a combatant on the fight card for the contest unless—

(a) the combatant is—

(i) registered as a combatant for a registration class appropriate for the contest (an appropriate registration class), or

(ii) will, on the day of the contest, be exempt, in accordance with Part 12, from the requirement to be registered as a combatant for an appropriate registration class, and

(b) the combatant has given the Authority—

(i) a current serological clearance for the combatant as at the day of the contest, and

(ii) a current certificate of fitness for the combatant as at the day of the contest, and

(c) the combatant is matched against another combatant on the fight card in relation to the contest or each match comprising the contest.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) Despite subclause (1)(c), the match-maker may include on the fight card a combatant who is not matched against another combatant if—

(a) the contest is an amateur combat sport contest comprising a single contest and the combatant is listed on the fight card as being a reserve combatant for the contest, or

(b) the contest is an amateur eliminator contest for which only the combatants for each contest in the first round are listed.

(3) In this clause—

amateur eliminator contest means an amateur combat sport contest that—

(a) comprises 2 or more rounds of matches in which the winners of each match in each round progress to the next round of matches in the contest, and

(b) will be conducted in accordance with any policies relating to the conduct of amateur eliminator contests approved by the Authority from time to time.

cl 24A: Ins 2024 No 16, Sch 2[40].