An Act to make better provision for regulating the promotion and conduct of boxing and wrestling contests, and to abolish the regulation of certain amateur wrestling contests.
Royal assent
16 September 1981
Commenced
16 September 1981
Administered by
Department of Internal Affairs
Legislative history
Introduced by
Brian Talboys[1]
Passed
2 February 1981
Status: Current legislation
The Boxing and Wrestling Act 1981 passed in 1981 in New Zealand is an Act of Parliament.[2] The Act replaced the Boxing and Wrestling Regulations 1958. The Act has professional wrestling and boxing in an amateur, corporate, exhibition and professional level to require a police permit for the event to take place under an approved organisation. The Act is administrated by The Department of Internal Affairs.[3]
^Statutory Regulations 1981 Volume 1. New Zealand Government. 1981.
^"Boxing and Wrestling Act 1981". 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^"Boxing and Wrestling Act 1981". Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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