Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PROFESSIONAL COMBAT SPORTS ACT 1987 - SECT 49

49 .         Medical practitioner to notify referee at contest if contestant unfit to participate; and referee to take action

        (1)         A medical practitioner approved by the Commission who is present at a contest shall inform the referee officiating at the contest if the medical practitioner is of the opinion that — 

            (a)         the contestant should not participate in the contest because of the contestant’s medical condition; or

            (b)         the contestant should not continue to participate in the contest because of the contestant’s medical condition.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (2)         A referee who, under subsection (1), is informed of a medical practitioner’s opinion that a contestant should not participate in, or continue to participate in, the contest because of the contestant’s medical condition shall ensure that the contestant does not participate in, or continue to participate in, the contest.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Section 49 inserted by No. 16 of 2003 s. 20.]