Boxing Control (Amendment) Act 1996 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Boxing Control (Amendment) Act 1996

No. 11 of 1996

An Act to amend the Boxing Control Act 1993

[Notified in ACT Gazette S59: 10 April 1996]

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 1996.

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 inserting the following definition:

“ ‘code of practice’ means the code of practice determined under subsection 15 (1) as varied from time to time under that subsection;”.

Approvals

5.  Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a)by omitting from paragraph (3) (a) “and”;

(b)by adding at the end of paragraph (3) (b) “and”;

(c)by adding at the end of subsection (3) the following paragraph:

“(c)be accompanied by a copy of the code of practice (if any).”;

(d)by omitting from subsection (4A) “a code of practice” and substituting “the code of practice (if any)”; and

(e)by inserting after subsection (4A) the following subsection:

“(4B)  A failure to comply with paragraph (3) (c) does not affect the validity of an approval under subsection (1).”.

Amateur boxers

6.  Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) “the World Kickboxing Association, Australasian Region” and substituting “an organisation approved by the Minister by instrument for the purposes of this subsection”.

Substitution

7.  Part III of the Principal Act is repealed and the following Part substituted:

“Part iii—code of practice

Determination and variation

“15.  (1)  The Minister may, by instrument—

(a)determine a code of practice in respect of the conduct of boxing contests; and

(b)vary the code of practice from time to time.

“(2)  An instrument under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.

Contents

“16.  The code of practice may include, but is not limited to, matters relating to—

(a)medical examinations of boxers;

(b)the numbers and functions of medical practitioners in connection with boxing contests;

(c)venues for boxing contests;

(d)sizes of rings for boxing contests;

(e)protective clothing to be worn by participants in boxing contests;

(f)weigh-in procedures;

(g)records to be maintained in relation to boxing contests; and

(h)the rules of boxing to apply to boxing contests.”.

Notice of decisions

8.  Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a)by omitting from paragraph (1) (d) “or”; and

(b)by inserting after paragraph (1) (d) the following paragraph:

“(da)to refuse to approve an organisation under subsection 12 (2); or”.

NOTE

Principal Act

1. Reprinted as at 31 January 1994.  See also Act No. 60, 1994.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 14 December 1995]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1996