Boxing Control (Amendment) Act 1993 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Boxing Control (Amendment) Act 1993

No. 71 of 1993

An Act to amend the Boxing Control Act 1993

[Notified in ACT Gazette S195: 27 September 1993]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Short title

1.  This Act may be cited as the Boxing Control (Amendment) Act 1993.

Commencement

2.  This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.

Principal Act

3.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Boxing Control Act 1993.1

Interpretation

4.  Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “for which approval has been given under section 8” from the definition of “boxing contest”.

Boxing contests

5.  Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “the written”.

Approvals

6.  Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a)by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:

“(3)  An approval shall—

(a)be in writing; and

(b)specify the conditions (if any) subject to which it is given.”;

(b)by omitting paragraph (4) (a); and

(c)by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection:

“(4A)  Compliance with a code of practice shall be taken to be a condition of an approval.”.

Amateur boxers

7.  Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a)by inserting in paragraphs (a) and (b) “(not being a kick boxing contest)” after “contest”; and

(b)by adding at the end the following subsection:

“(2) A person shall not—

(a)engage in an amateur kick boxing contest as a kick boxer; or

(b)participate in an amateur kick boxing contest as a kick boxing official;

unless the contest is sanctioned in writing by the World Kickboxing Association, Australasian Region.

Penalty:  $5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.”.

Approval

8.  Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “Where the Minister approves an application under section 8, the Minister shall, by instrument, approve—” and substituting “The Minister shall not approve an application under section 8 unless the Minister has, by instrument, approved—”.

NOTE

1. Act No. 24, 1993.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 26 August 1993]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1993