Certificates of fitness
7A Certificates of fitness
In this Act, a certificate of fitness, for a person, means a certificate by a medical practitioner, in the approved form, certifying that, on the date specified in the certificate, the person—
does not have any medical, health or other physical condition prescribed by the regulations as being a condition that disqualifies a person from being registered as a combatant for the registration class of combatant in which the person is, or has applied to be, registered (a disqualifying condition), and
satisfies any other health requirements determined by the Authority or specified in the rules as being required to be met by the person for registration as a combatant for the registration class of combatant in which the person is, or has applied to be, registered, and
is, in the medical practitioner’s opinion, otherwise fit to engage in combat sport.
For the purposes of this Act, a certificate of fitness is a current certificate of fitness if the certificate was signed by the medical practitioner not more than 28 days before the certificate is sought to be relied on by the person.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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