New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

COMBAT SPORTS ACT 2008 - SECT 73

73 Regulations

(cf 1986 Act s72)

(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) In particular, regulations may be made for or with respect to the following:

(a) the use and custody of the seal of the Authority,

(b) any matter in relation to which a rule may be made,

(c) the exemption of persons or classes of persons, or combat sports or classes or aspects of combat sports, from provisions of this Act,

(d) the revocation of, and the imposition or variation of conditions on, permits after they have been granted under this Act.

(3) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on regulations made for the purposes of or in connection with the definition of
"combat sport" in section 3 (1).

(4) The regulations may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(5) The regulations may declare a contravention of the regulations to be a disciplinary breach attracting a fine, but cannot make such a declaration if the contravention is punishable as an offence.

Note : A contravention that is declared to be a disciplinary breach attracting a fine can be dealt with by the Authority by way of imposition of a fine (see sections 13 and 29).

(6) In the event of any inconsistency between a regulation and a rule, the regulation prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.