Combat Sports Regulation 2014

the promoter of the combat sport contest must finalise the names of combatants and lodge the fight card with the Authority, in the manner and form approved by the Authority, not less than 5 days before the day of the combat sport contest, or within any shorter period that the Authority may approve,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must ensure that only combatants that are included on the fight card, and approved by the Authority, engage in the combat sport contest,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must provide the Authority with the title of the particular sports rules relating to each combat sport involved in the combat sport contest, in the manner and form approved by the Authority, not less than 5 days before the day of the combat sport contest, or within any shorter period that the Authority may approve,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must advise the Authority if the combat sport contest is not to be held, as soon as this information becomes available to the promoter,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must—

engage an attending medical practitioner for the combat sport contest, and give the name of the practitioner to the Authority, not less than 5 days before the combat sport contest, or within any shorter period approved by the Authority, and

notify the Authority as soon as practicable if the promoter needs to change the attending medical practitioner for the combat sport contest or engage an additional attending medical practitioner for the combat sport contest,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must provide to the Authority, in the manner and form approved by the Authority, not less than 5 days before the day of the combat sport contest, a plan for evacuating any injured combatant from the premises where the combat sport contest is held, being a plan prepared in the manner and form approved by the Authority,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must ensure that the combat sport contest is covered by the insurance policies determined by the Authority and is held in accordance with the requirements of the insurance policies that cover the contest,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must ensure that each combatant at the combat sport contest complies with any requirements of this Regulation or the rules regarding the wearing of protective clothing or equipment,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must ensure that the contest area, including the ring or cage, complies with any requirements of this Regulation or the rules,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must ensure that any announcements required by the Authority are made at the combat sport contest,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must supply the clean, serviceable and appropriate weight gloves (if any) required in accordance with the rules for each combatant on the fight card at the combat sport contest,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must provide the weigh-in scales, a bed or plinth in each dressing room for use by the attending medical practitioner and the hammer and bell for use by timekeepers at the combat sport contest,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must communicate to persons associated with the combat sport contest their responsibility to comply with the Act, this Regulation and the rules,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must ensure that any contest does not commence unless the promoter, each referee, and the attending medical practitioner, appointed for each contest have attended a briefing with the combat sport inspector at which the following are communicated to the referee, attending medical practitioner and combat sport inspector—

the rules made by the Authority under section 107 of the Act that relate to the particular combat sport (which must be communicated verbally),

a title of the sports rules that relate to the particular combat sport involved in the combat sport contest and an explanation of when the rules made by the Authority will override those sports rules (which must be communicated verbally),

the plan that the promoter provided to the Authority for evacuating any injured combatant from the premises used for the combat sport contest (which must be communicated both verbally and in writing),

the promoter of the combat sport contest must ensure that the contest does not commence, or continue, unless a referee is present in the ring, cage or mat area in which the contest is to occur,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must ensure that the first contest does not commence, or continue, unless a combat sport inspector is present and must ensure that a combat sport inspector is present for the whole contest,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must not be listed as a combatant on the fight card for the contest that the promoter promotes,

the match-maker for the combat sport contest must not be listed as a combatant on the fight card for the contest for which the match-maker has acted as match-maker,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must not act as a judge, referee or timekeeper at the contest that the promoter promotes,

the promoter of the combat sport contest must ensure the fight card for the combat sport contest lodged with the Authority is accompanied by—

a declaration, in the approved form, by the match-maker for the combat sport contest that the combat sport contest is, in the opinion of the match-maker, appropriately and fairly matched, and

any other information or documents required by the Authority.