South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts58—Certain sporting injuries not to be compensable
(1) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Act, but subject to subsection (2),
where—
(a) a
worker is employed by an employer solely—
(i)
to participate as a contestant in a sporting or athletic
activity (and to engage in training or preparation with a view to such
participation); or
(ii)
to act as a referee or umpire in relation to a sporting
or athletic contest (and to engage in training or preparation with a view to
so acting); and
(b)
remuneration is not payable under the contract of employment except in respect
of such employment,
a disability arising out of or in the course of that employment is not
compensable.
(2) This section does
not apply to—
(a) a
person authorised or permitted by a racing controlling authority within the
meaning of the Authorised Betting Operations Act 2000 to ride or drive in
a race within the meaning of that Act; or
(b) a
boxer, wrestler or referee employed or engaged for a fee to take part in a
boxing or wrestling match; or
(c) a
person who derives an entire livelihood, or an annual income in excess of
the prescribed amount, from employment of a kind referred to in
subsection (1)(a).
(3) In this
section—
"the prescribed amount" means—
(a) in
relation to 1987—$27 200;
(b) in
relation to a subsequent year—a sum (calculated to the nearest multiple
of $100) that bears to $25 000 the same proportion as the
Consumer Price Index for the September quarter of the immediately preceding
year bears to the Consumer Price Index for the September quarter, 1985.