Combat Sports Act 2013

The Authority must, before taking disciplinary action against a registered combatant, industry participant or promoter, give the person a show cause notice and consider any response by the person within the period specified in the notice.

A show cause notice must—

specify the grounds on which disciplinary action is proposed to be taken against the person and specify the proposed action, and

invite the person to give reasons to the Authority, within the period specified in the notice (being a period of not less than 14 days after the notice is given), as to why disciplinary action of the kind specified in the notice should not be taken, and

specify the date and time of a meeting of the Authority at which the person may also attend and respond to the notice, and

advise the person that the person may be represented at the meeting by a legal practitioner or other person, and

advise the person that it is an offence to provide false or misleading information in response to the notice.

The Authority must ensure that the show cause notice does not, in specifying the grounds on which disciplinary action is proposed to be taken or otherwise, disclose the existence or content of any criminal intelligence report or other criminal information without the approval of the Commissioner of Police.

A person who is given a notice under this section may respond to the notice in writing or at a meeting of the Authority or in both ways.

The Authority is to determine, after the end of the period specified in the show cause notice, whether or not to take disciplinary action against the person given the notice.