Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PROFESSIONAL COMBAT SPORTS REGULATIONS 2004 - REG 15

15 .         Restrictions on competing following a knockout or other loss

        (1)         Where a contestant is knocked out — 

            (a)         the contestant must not participate in a contest for a period of at least 30 days;

            (b)         for a second consecutive time, the contestant must not participate in a contest for a period of at least 60 days; or

            (c)         for a third consecutive time, the contestant must not participate in a contest for a period of 90 days,

                or for such longer period as the medical practitioner referred to in section 49 of the Act determines.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        (2)         Where a contest is terminated because a contestant is judged unable to continue for a reason other than a knock-out, the contestant must not participate in a contest for such a period as the medical practitioner referred to in section 49 of the Act determines.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        (3)         Any contestant who loses 6 consecutive contests must not enter into any contract to participate in a contest unless the contestant has passed a medical examination by an approved medical practitioner.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        (4)         The medical practitioner referred to in section 49 of the Act is to endorse a contestant’s medical record book referred to in section 35 of the Act with any specific date before which the contestant is not to participate in a contest under this regulation.