Boxing and Wrestling Regulations 1958

Boxing and Wrestling Regulations 1958

(SR 1958/72)

Note

These regulations are administered in the Police Department.

PURSUANT to the Police Offences Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.

Title and commencement

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  • (1) These regulations may be cited as the Boxing and Wrestling Regulations 1958.

    (2) These regulations shall come into force on the seventh day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.

Interpretation

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  • In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    Club means any club or association approved by the Governor-General in Council pursuant to section 65 of the Police Offences Act 1927;

    Contest includes a boxing contest and a wrestling contest

    medical practitioner means a health practitioner who is, or is deemed to be, registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand continued by section 114(1)(a) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 as a practitioner of the profession of medicine.

    medical practitioner: this definition was inserted, as from 18 September 2004, by section 175(3) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48). See sections 178 to 227 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.

    Policeman means a member of the Police Force of New Zealand.

Application for permit to hold contest

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  • (1) Every application for a permit to hold a contest shall be in writing, signed by a responsible officer of the club making the application, and shall state:

    • (a) The full name and address of the club:

    • (b) The date and hour when it is proposed to hold the contest:

    • (c) The place where the contest is to be held:

    • (d) The name of the person to control the contest as referee:

    • (e) In the case of a professional contest, the full name of every person to take part therein as a competitor.

    (2) Every application shall be made at least seven days before the date on which it is proposed to hold the contest:

    Provided that a commissioned officer of Police may, if he thinks fit, entertain an application made at any time.

Granting of application

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  • (1) The commissioned officer of Police dealing with any such application may require such evidence as he thinks fit that the applicant is an approved club, or relating to the persons to take part in the contest, or as to the conduct and control of the contest.

    (2) The granting or withholding of a permit shall be in the absolute discretion of the said commissioned officer.

Form and effect of permit

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  • Every permit shall be in the form set out in Schedule 1 hereto or to the effect thereof, and shall authorise the holding of the contest under the control of the club named at the time and place stated therein, and, in the case of a professional contest, between the competitors named therein, and not otherwise:

    Provided that any commissioned officer of Police may, if he thinks fit, alter the permit at any time before the contest, and the permit shall operate accordingly.

Conditions of boxing permit

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  • Every permit to hold a boxing contest shall be deemed to be granted subject to the following conditions:

    • (a) The contest shall be conducted in a ring not less than 4.90m nor more than 6.10m square, and approved by a commissioned or non-commissioned officer of Police:

    • (b) The ring shall be enclosed by at least three horizontal tightly stretched ropes so placed as to provide approximately equal distances between the ropes, and the top rope shall be cased in leather or other appropriate material:

    • (c) The ropes shall be supported by posts of a height of approximately 1.22m above the floor of the ring, and the posts shall be padded for their full length with felt or other appropriate material of a thickness of not less than 5cm:

      Provided that this paragraph shall not apply where the ropes are supported on the stakeless principle:

    • (d) The whole of the floor of the ring shall be padded with felt or other appropriate material not less than 1.27cm thick and having a top cover of canvas:

    • (e) The boxing gloves shall weigh not less than 165 g nor more than 230g, except that competitors who are under 51kg in weight may use gloves weighing not less than 110g:

    • (f) Every competitor shall, before engaging in a contest, produce to the referee or the secretary of the club for inspection by any policeman present a certificate dated not more than three days previously and signed by a medical practitioner to the effect that the competitor is medically fit to compete:

    • (g) No amateur contest shall exceed six rounds and no professional contest shall exceed fifteen rounds:

    • (h) No round shall exceed three minutes in duration, and the interval between each round shall be not less than one minute:

    • (i) If at any time in the opinion of the senior policeman present on duty at any contest there is undue roughness or persistent or wilful breach by one or more of the contestants of any of the boxing rules under which the contest is conducted, that policeman may order the contest to be stopped, and the permit shall thereupon become void in respect of the contest which has been stopped as aforesaid.

    Metric Conversion Regulation 6 was amended by regulation 2 Boxing and Wrestling Regulations 1958, Amendment No 1 (SR 1978/125) by making the following substitutions: — “18 ft” — “4.90 m”, “21 ft” — “6.10 m”, “4 ft” — “1.22 m”, “2 in” — “5 cm”, “1/2 in” — “1.27 cm”, “6 oz” — “165 g”, “8 oz” — “230 g”, “8 stone” — “51 kg” and “4 oz” — “110 g”.

    Paragraph (f) was amended, as from 18 September 2004, by section 175(3) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48) by omitting the word “registered”. See sections 178 to 227 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.

Conditions of wrestling permit

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  • (1) Every permit to hold a wrestling contest shall be deemed to be granted subject to the following conditions:

    • (a) The contest shall be conducted in a ring not less than 5.49m square, but of such larger size up to 7.32m square as in the opinion of the commissioned officer of Police granting the permit can be reasonably provided:

    • (b) The ring shall be enclosed by at least four horizontal tightly stretched ropes and the top rope shall be cased in leather or other appropriate material:

    • (c) The bottom rope shall be not less than 30cm or more than 46cm above the floor of the ring, and the top rope shall be not less than 1.37m or more than 1.52m above the floor of the ring, and the intervening ropes shall be so placed as to provide approximately equal distances between each rope:

    • (d) The ropes shall be supported by posts of a height of approximately 1.6m above the floor of the ring, and the posts shall be padded with felt or other appropriate material not less than 5cm thick:

      Provided that this paragraph shall not apply where the ropes are supported on the stakeless principle:

    • (e) The whole of the floor of the ring shall be padded with felt or other appropriate material not less than 2.5cm thick and having a top cover of canvas:

    • (f) Every competitor shall, before engaging in a contest, produce to the referee or the secretary of the club for inspection by any policeman present a certificate dated not more than seven days previously and signed by a medical practitioner to the effect that the competitor is medically fit to compete:

      Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall apply in respect of a competitor in a contest held by the New Zealand Amateur Wrestling Union (Incorporated) or any club affiliated to it.

    • (g) No contest shall exceed eight rounds of ten minutes each, with an interval of not less than one minute between each round:

    • (h) In no contest, other than one between professional wrestlers, shall the time occupied in actual wrestling exceed fifteen minutes:

    • (i) A fall shall be counted whenever a competitor's two shoulders are on the ground at the same time for a period of three seconds:

      Provided that any wrestling rules may provide that submission signified to the referee shall be counted as a fall:

    • (j) A round shall end by a fall, or a submission, or effluxion of time limit, whichever occurs first:

    • (k) If at any time in the opinion of the senior policeman present on duty at any contest there is undue roughness or persistent or wilful breach by one or more of the contestants of any of the wrestling rules under which the contest is conducted, that policeman may order the contest to be stopped and the permit shall thereupon become void in respect of the contest which has been stopped as aforesaid.

    (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (1) of this regulation, where a wrestling contest, other than one between professional wrestlers, is held on good turf outside any building, a commissioned officer of Police may dispense with compliance with any one or more of the provisions contained in paragraphs (a) to (f) of that subclause; and where a wrestling contest, other than one between professional wrestlers, is held on the main floor or one of the main floors of a building and there is left on all sides of the ring on a level with and contiguous to it a space not less than 1.83m wide completely free from obstructions and covered with some soft material well fixed to the floor, a commissioned officer of Police, if he is of opinion that the use of ropes enclosing the ring is not necessary for the protection of the competitors, may dispense with compliance with the requirements of the provisions contained in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of the said subclause (1).

    Metric Conversion Regulation 7 was amended by regulation 3(1) Boxing and Wrestling Regulations 1958, Amendment No 1 (SR 1978/125) by making the following substitutions: — “18ft” — “5.49 m”, “24ft” — “7.32 m”, “12 in” — “30 cm”, “18 in” — “46 cm”, “4 ft 6 in” — “1.37 m”, “5 ft” — “1.52 m”, “5 ft 3 in” — “1.6 m”, “2 in” — “5 cm”, “1 in” — “2.5 cm”, “6 ft” — “1.83 m”.

    Regulation 7(1)(f), Proviso was inserted by regulation 2 Boxing and Wrestling Regulations 1958, Amendment No 2 (SR 1981/18).

    Subclause (1)(f) was amended, as from 18 September 2004, by section 175(3) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48) by omitting the word “registered”. See sections 178 to 227 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.

Revocations

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  • The regulations referred to in Schedule 2 hereto are hereby revoked.

Schedule 1
Permit to hold a boxing (or wrestling) contest

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Name of club is granted permission to hold a boxing (or wrestling) contest at ......... on the .. day of ..... 19....., at ....... m. The names of the professional competitors to whom this permit refers are: ............. This permit is subject to the provisions of section 66 and section 72 of the Police Offences Act 1927 and the Boxing and Wrestling Regulations 1958. Dated at ......... this ..... day of .... 19 ..... Name of Commissioned Rank of Police.

Schedule 2
Regulations revoked

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TitleGazette Reference or Statutory Regulations Serial Number
The Police Offences (Wrestling Contests) Regulations 1931Gazette, 1931, Vol 3, p 2998.
The Police Offences (Boxing Contests) Regulations 1931Gazette, 1931, Vol 3, p 3394.
The Police Offences (Wrestling Contests) Regulations 1931, Amendment No 21936/14.
The Police Offences (Wrestling Contests) Regulations 1931, Amendment No 41948/171.
The Police Offences (Wrestling Contests) Regulations 1931, Amendment No 51950/129.

T J SHERRARD,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations are a consolidation of the Police Offences (Boxing Contests) Regulations 1931 and the Police Offences (Wrestling Contests) Regulations 1931.

The regulations relate to both types of contests. No material alteration is made to the effect of the previous regulations.

Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936.

Date of notification in Gazette: 29 May 1958.