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BOXING AND MARTIAL ARTS ACT 2000 - SECT 11

BOXING AND MARTIAL ARTS ACT 2000 - SECT 11

11—Person must not compete unless registered

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2), a person must not be a contestant in a professional or public boxing or martial art event unless the person is currently registered under this Part as a contestant in relation to events of that kind.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is registered in relation to, or otherwise authorised to participate as a contestant in, events of that kind by a recognised authority of another State or Territory unless the person has been given a written notice by the Minister stating that subsection (1) applies to the person.

        (3)         In this section—

"recognised authority" means a person or body in another State or Territory of the Commonwealth recognised by the Minister as exercising a power equivalent to the power given to the Minister by this Act to register persons as contestants.