Regulation-making power

In force

(1)

The Executive may make regulations for this Act.

(2)

A regulation may make provision in relation to the following:

(a)

the conduct of controlled sports events, including reporting requirements for registered events;

(b)

the conduct and responsibilities of controlled sports officials and contestants at controlled sports events.

(3)

A regulation may create offences and fix maximum penalties of not more than 20 penalty units for the offences.

Schedule 1 Reviewable decisions (see s 81)

column 1 item column 2 section column 3 decision column 4 entity

8 refuse to exempt light contact combat sport as a controlled sport applicant for declaration

18 refuse to register applicant applicant for registration

20 impose condition on official’s registration applicant for registration or registered official

21A refuse to amend official’s registration registered official

22 refuse to renew official’s registration applicant for renewal

23 suspend or cancel official’s registration registered official

27 refuse to register applicant applicant for registration

29 impose condition on contestant’s registration applicant for registration or registered contestant

30A refuse to amend contestant’s registration registered contestant

31 refuse to renew contestant’s registration applicant for renewal

32 suspend or cancel contestant’s registration registered contestant

35 refuse to register event registered promoter

36 impose condition on event registration registered promoter

38 suspend or cancel event registration registered promoter

63 refuse to declare entity to be an authorised controlled sports body applicant for declaration

63 repeal declaration that entity is an authorised controlled sports body entity

Dictionary (see s 3)

Note 1

The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.

Note 2

For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

 ACAT

 adult

 Commonwealth

 Commonwealth Criminal Code

 corporation

 Corporations Act

 Criminal Code

 disallowable instrument (see s 9)

 Executive

 exercise

 found guilty

 function

 individual

 may (see s 146)

 medical practitioner

 Minister (see s 162)

 must (see s 146)

 notifiable instrument (see s 10)

 penalty unit (see s 133)

 person (see s 160)

 public servant

 State

 the Territory

 working day.

another jurisdiction means a State or territory other than the ACT.

approved code of practice means a code of practice approved under section 49.

authorised controlled sports body—see section 63.

certificate of fitness means a certificate issued for a person by a medical practitioner that—

(a)

states the person is medically fit to compete in a registered event; and

(b)

includes the details, medical reports and investigations prescribed by regulation.

Example—medical investigation serological testing combat sport means a sport or activity in which a person strikes, kicks, hits, grapples with, throws or punches another person.

Examples—grapple joint lock, chokehold, submission hold controlled sport—see section 7.

controlled sports contestant—see section 25 (1).

controlled sports event—see section 9.

controlled sports official, for a controlled sports event—see section 11.

corresponding law means a law of another jurisdiction that corresponds or substantially corresponds to this Act and includes a law of another jurisdiction that is prescribed by regulation to be a corresponding law for this Act.

law enforcement agency means each of the following:

(a)

the Australian Federal Police;

(b)

the police service or force of a State, another territory or a foreign country;

(c)

the Department of Home Affairs (Cwlth);

(d)

the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission;

(e)

the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption or a similar entity established under the law of another State or territory;

(f)

the New South Wales Crime Commission or a similar entity established under the law of another State or territory;

(g)

the ACT Gambling and Racing Commission;

(h)

an entity prescribed by regulation.

non-registrable event—see section 61.

occupier, of premises or a part of premises, for part 5 (Enforcement)—see section 70.

police certificate, for a person, means a written statement by the Australian Federal Police or a police force of a State or Territory indicating—

(a)

whether, according to the records held by that entity or another entity (for example, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission), the person has been charged with, or convicted of, an offence against a law of—

(i)

the Territory; or

(ii)

the Commonwealth; or

(iii)

a State; or

(iv)

another country; and

(b)

if so—particulars of each offence.

Note

A conviction does not include a spent conviction or an extinguished conviction (see Spent Convictions Act 2000, s 16 (c) (i) and s 19H (1) (c) (ii)).

pre-event medical clearance certificate, for a controlled sports contestant competing in a registered event, means a certificate issued for the contestant by a registered medical practitioner within 48 hours of the event that—

(a)

states the contestant is medically fit to compete in the event; and

(b)

includes the details, medical reports and investigations prescribed by regulation.

registered controlled sports contestant means a controlled sports contestant registered under section 27.

registered controlled sports official means a controlled sports official registered under section 18.

registered event—see section 35 (2) (a).

registered medical practitioner means a person registered in the capacity of medical practitioner under section 18.

registered promoter means a person registered in the capacity of promoter under section 18.

registered referee means a person registered in the capacity of referee under section 18.

registrable event—see section 10.

registrar means—

(a)

the controlled sports registrar appointed under section 12 (1); or

(b)

if an appointment is not made under section 12 (1), the person exercising the functions of the controlled sports registrar under an arrangement mentioned in section 12 (4).

relevant person, for a corporation, means—

(a)

an executive officer of the corporation; or

(b)

a person who may exercise a relevant power in relation to the corporation.

Examples—par (a) director, secretary

Example—par (b) an influential shareholder relevant power, for a corporation, means a power to—

(a)

take part in a directorial, managerial or executive decision for the corporation; or

(b)

elect or appoint a person as an executive officer in the corporation; or

(c)

exercise a significant influence in relation to the conduct of the corporation.

reviewable decision, for part 6 (Notification and review of decisions)—see section 81.

security sensitive information means information held by a law enforcement agency that relates to actual or suspected criminal activity (whether in the ACT or elsewhere) the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to—

(a)

prejudice a criminal investigation; or

(b)

enable the discovery of the existence or identity of a confidential source of information relevant to law enforcement; or

(c)

endanger a person’s life or physical safety.

Regulations

This provision refers to the regulations (may make regulations, prescribed by regulation). Made under this Act:

Controlled Sports Regulation 2019 · under s 90

This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement Second reading speech

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