Combat Sports Act 1987

Each person intending to participate in a contest must, within 24 hours before the contest —

attend a medical practitioner approved by the Commission; and

submit to an examination by the practitioner; and

produce his or her contestant record book to the practitioner for inspection and for the recording of relevant information.

The medical practitioner whom a person attends under subsection (1) must do the following —

inspect the person’s contestant record book;

carry out a medical examination of the person;

certify in the person’s contestant record book such information as is prescribed;

record the results of the examination on a form approved by the Commission;

if the practitioner is of the opinion that the person should not participate in the proposed contest because of the person’s medical condition, record the opinion in the form;

give the form to the Commission’s appointee referred to in section 48(2)(c)(ii).

If a form given by a medical practitioner to the Commission’s appointee under subsection (2) states a person should not participate in a proposed contest because of the person’s medical condition, the Commission’s appointee —

must inform the person who holds the permit for the contest, or that person’s agent, of that fact forthwith; and

give the person who holds the permit for the contest, or that person’s agent, a copy of the form as soon as practicable.

If the person who holds the permit for a contest, or that person’s agent, is informed under subsection (3), the permit holder must ensure the person does not participate in the contest.