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Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998
15Boxers, wrestlers, referees and entertainers
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#### 15 Boxers, wrestlers, referees and entertainers
15 Boxers, wrestlers, referees and entertainers
(cf former Sch 1 cl 15)
> > (1) A person engaged for fee or reward to take part—
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> > > (a) as a boxer, wrestler or referee in any public boxing or wrestling contest in a stadium or place to which the public is admitted on payment of a fee or charge, or
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> > > (b) as a boxer, wrestler or referee in any boxing or wrestling contest in or on premises subject to a club licence under the [Liquor Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-090), or
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> > > (c) as an entertainer in any public performance in a place of public entertainment to which the public is admitted on payment of a fee or charge, or
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> > > (d) as an entertainer in any performance in or on premises subject to a club licence under the [Liquor Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-090),
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> > is, for the purposes of this Act, taken to be a worker employed by the person conducting or holding the contest or public or other performance.
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> > (2) A person who takes part in a genuine amateur contest or performance conducted or held by a person who holds or is taken to hold an authority granted under the [Charitable Fundraising Act 1991](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1991-069), is not, for the purposes of this clause, taken to be engaged for fee or reward only because a trophy or certificate is offered or awarded as a prize in the contest or performance.
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> > (3) A person excluded from being a worker because of paragraph (d) of the definition of worker in section 4 (1) is taken not to be a person referred to in subclause (1) (c) or (d).
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> > (4) If 2 or more persons conduct or hold a contest or public or other performance, those persons are liable to contribute to any compensation payable under this Act for the injury in such proportion as, in default of agreement, the Commission determines.