Other sports, martial arts and activities not included in definition of “combat sport”
5 Other sports, martial arts and activities not included in definition of “combat sport”
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.
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