Combat Sports Regulation 2014

This Regulation is the Combat Sports Regulation 2014.

This Regulation commences on 15 December 2014 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

In this Regulation—

approved sporting organisation means an international or national sporting organisation or a sporting organisation of another State or Territory that the Authority has determined, by notice published on the Authority’s website, is equivalent to an approved amateur body.

equivalent Australian regulatory body means a combat sport body, established by legislation for the purpose of regulating combat sports, of another State or Territory or of the Commonwealth.

equivalent overseas regulatory body means a combat sport body, established by legislation for the purpose of regulating combat sports, of a country other than Australia.

protective material means any clothing or equipment that is worn or used by a combatant in a combat sport contest to protect the combatant and may include, but is not limited to, the following—

a mouth guard,

gloves,

padding,

taping,

a chest guard,

a groin guard.

sports rules, in relation to a combat sport, means rules made or adopted by any organisation, group or other person concerned with the combat sport, being the rules under which the combat sport is held.

the Act means the Combat Sports Act 2013.

Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.

For the purposes of the definition of combat sport in section 4 (1) of the Act, any sport, martial art or activity listed in Schedule 1 that is held under the sports rules made or adopted by, and is sanctioned by, any organisation listed in that Schedule in relation to that sport, martial art or activity is prescribed as not being included within the definition.

For the purposes of the definition of combat sport in section 4 (1) of the Act, the following sports, martial arts or activities are prescribed as not being included within the definition—

sports, martial arts or activities that involve only light contact or grappling activity and for which scores are not kept or for which there is no outcome or result,

sports, martial arts or activities that involve only light contact or grappling activity conducted solely for the purpose of determining the proficiency of a person engaged in the sport, martial art or activity,

sports, martial arts or activities for which the relevant sports rules specify that a person engaged in the sport, martial art or activity is penalised if the person strikes, kicks, hits, grapples with, throws or punches in a manner that does not involve light contact with the other person,

sports, martial arts or activities the relevant sports rules of which do not allow any contact to be made to the head of a person engaged in the sport, martial art or activity and require that all strike zones on the body of a person are fully protected by use of protective material,

sports, martial arts or activities that involve only limited physical contact between persons engaged in the sports, martial arts or activities and that are conducted only to demonstrate the moves of strikes, kicks, hits, grapples, throws or punches in a predominantly artistic context either with or without a weapon,

wrestling conducted solely for theatrical or humorous entertainment.

In this clause—

light contact means contact resulting from the use of controlled techniques in a manner that involves anything other than substantial force.

For the purposes of section 11 (3) of the Act, the prescribed fee payable for an application for registration as a combatant is the fee specified in Schedule 3.

For the Act, section 13(1)(e), the following are prescribed as matters of which the Authority must be satisfied before registering an applicant as a combatant for a registration class—

that the applicant has provided the proof of any qualifications or the endorsement of skills or experience required by the Authority for registration in the registration class,

that the applicant has undertaken, and successfully completed to the standard required by the Authority, any training relating to the management of concussion and head injuries as and when required by the Authority for registration in the registration class,

that the applicant has undertaken, and successfully completed to the standard required by the Authority, any other training, education program or examination as and when required by the Authority for the registration in the registration class,

that the applicant has provided proof of the applicant’s identity as required by the Authority.

For the purposes of section 14 (3) of the Act, the following standard conditions are imposed on the registration of a combatant—

the combatant must undergo an annual medical check, no later than the anniversary of the combatant’s registration,

the combatant must give the Authority a current certificate of fitness for the combatant no later than 12 months after the date of the previous certificate,

the combatant must give the Authority a current serological clearance for the combatant no later than 12 months after the date of the previous certificate,

the combatant must complete any drug education program required by the Authority,

the combatant must submit to any drug testing regime required by the Authority,

the combatant must, at the pre-contest medical examination for a contest in which the combatant proposes to engage, advise the attending medical practitioner examining the combatant, whether the combatant has suffered a concussion or other serious head injury since the combatant’s previous medical examination under the Act,

the combatant must undertake, and successfully complete to the standard required by the Authority, any training relating to the management of concussion and head injuries as and when required, from time to time, by the Authority for the class of combatant in which the combatant is registered during the period of the combatant’s registration,

the combatant must complete any sport integrity program required by the Authority,

the combatant must not place a bet on any combat sport contest in which the combatant is engaged,

the combatant must not cause any bet to be placed on the combatant’s behalf on any combat sport contest in which the combatant is engaged,

the combatant must abide by the Combatants Code of Conduct published by the Authority and given to the combatant by the Authority.

For the Act, section 17(2)(i), the Authority must include, for each registered combatant, the date, from time to time, up until which the combatant is eligible to engage in combat sports contests, being the earlier of the following—

the date when the combatant’s registration expires,

the date until which the combatant’s most recent serological certificate remains a current serological certificate,

the date until which the combatant’s most recent certificate of fitness remains a current certificate of fitness.

For the Act, section 17(5)(a), the Authority may make the following information about a registered combatant included on the register of combatants publicly available—

the combatant’s name,

the combatant’s registration number,

the registration class or classes for which the combatant is registered,

the expiry date of the combatant’s registration,

the date, from time to time, until which the combatant is eligible to engage in combat sports contests under clause 7A,

the combatant’s ring name.

For the purposes of section 17 (5) of the Act, the following are prescribed as circumstances in which information contained in the register of combatants is to be made available—

if a combatant seeks to view the combatant’s own registration details,

if a registered promoter, manager or match-maker seeks to view the name, gender and registration status of any registered combatant,

if a police officer or other member of the NSW Police Force seeks to view any information on the register for the purposes of the exercise of any functions under the Act by any police officer or other member of the NSW Police Force,

if an equivalent Australian regulatory body seeks to view the name, gender and registration status of any registered combatant,

if a person authorised in writing by an approved amateur combat sport body seeks to view the name, gender and registration status of any registered combatant.

The Authority may, on application made by or on behalf of a registered combatant, give a certificate (a registration status certificate) for the combatant for the purposes of engaging in a proposed combat sport contest to be held outside of New South Wales (whether in Australia or overseas).

The registration status certificate for the combatant may be given only to any of the following—

an equivalent Australian regulatory body,

an equivalent overseas regulatory body,

a national sporting organisation,

a sporting organisation of a State or Territory,

an international sporting organisation,

the registered combatant named on the clearance.

A registration status certificate for the combatant must include the following—

the registration status of the combatant, including the class of registration (if any),

confirmation of the serological clearance status of the combatant.