Victorian Numbered Acts

PROFESSIONAL BOXING AND COMBAT SPORTS AMENDMENT ACT 2013 (NO. 65 OF 2013) - SECT 11

    (1)     In section 13(1) of the Principal Act—

        (a)     in paragraph (a), after "contestants;" insert "and";

        (b)     in paragraph (b), after "licence;" insert "and";

        (c)     in paragraph (d), for "attendance." substitute "attendance; and";

        (d)     after paragraph (d) insert —

    "(e)     inquiries are made of any prospective employee of the promoter for the purposes of establishing if the prospective employee has ever been denied a licence or had a licence cancelled under this Act; and

        (f)     inquiries are made of any person the promoter intends to enter into a business arrangement or business relationship relating to that professional contest for the purposes of establishing if the person has ever been denied a licence or had a licence cancelled under this Act.".

    (2)     After section 13(1) of the Principal Act insert —

    "(1A)     A promoter must not, in respect of every professional contest that he or she promotes—

        (a)     knowingly employ a person who has been denied a licence or had a licence cancelled under this Act; or

        (b)     knowingly enter into a business arrangement or business relationship with any person relating to the professional contest if that person has been denied a licence or had a licence cancelled under this Act.".