New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

COMBAT SPORTS ACT 2008 - SECT 9

9 Determination of application

(cf 1986 Act s9)

(1) On receipt by the Authority of an application made by a person of or above the age of 18 years under section 8:

(a) where the Authority is satisfied that:

(i) the application complies with the requirements of section 8 (2), and

(ii) the applicant is a fit and proper person to be registered as a combatant of the prescribed class in respect of which the registration is sought, and

(iii) in the case of a subsequent application referred to in section 13 (6) or 29 (6)--the applicant has complied with any conditions imposed under either subsection in relation to the applicant's registration as a combatant,

the Authority:

(iv) must register the applicant as a combatant of the relevant class, and

(v) if, in the opinion of the Authority, it is in the interests of the health or safety of the applicant to be registered for a limited time, may register the applicant for a specified period, or

(b) where it is not so satisfied, the Authority must refuse to register the applicant as such a combatant.

(2) The Authority must give notice to an applicant, in writing, of the applicant's registration as a combatant of a prescribed class or of the refusal of the Authority to so register the applicant, as the case may be, within 7 days after the date of registration or refusal of registration.

(3) Where the Authority refuses to register an applicant as a combatant on the ground that the applicant is not a fit and proper person to be so registered, the Authority must, in the notice under subsection (2), so inform the applicant.