Controlled Sports Act 2019

In this Act:

a national sporting organisation; or

an entity declared by the Minister to be an authorised controlled sports body.

An entity may apply to the Minister for a declaration under this section.

In making a declaration under this section, the Minister must consider the following:

whether the entity operates on a not-for-profit basis;

the activities that the entity is involved in or proposes to be involved in;

the rules and procedures of the entity, including any different rules for different styles of a controlled sport;

anything else prescribed by regulation.

The Minister must—

make the declaration; or

refuse to make the declaration.

The Minister’s decision to refuse to declare that an entity is an authorised controlled sports body is a reviewable decision (see s 81).

A declaration is a notifiable instrument.

The Minister may repeal a declaration that an entity is an authorised controlled sports body if—

any of the information about the entity mentioned in subsection (3) changes; or

the entity has contravened this Act.

For what is included in a reference to a contravention of this Act, see s 87.

A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including any regulation or code of practice (see Legislation Act, s 104).

The Minister’s decision to repeal a declaration that an entity is an authorised controlled sports body is a reviewable decision (see s 81).

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