The BC government has just passed Order in Council 2013-342 which expands the BC athletic Commissioner’s powers to regulate Camiseta Sporting CP all amateur MMA, kickboxing, pankration and Muay Thai events. In addition to the BCAC’s powers to regulate pro boxing and MMA, they will apparently now also regulate “any amateur boxing that occurs at a professional boxing or MMA event ”
In addition to this, amateur battle sports in the programme of the IOC along with karate, kung fu, wushu, grappling and jiu jitsu will not require government guideline and have been exempted by the BC government from the Criminal Code’s ‘prizefighting‘ provisions.
The BC athletic commission has released the following update:
The British Columbia athletic Commissioner is responsible to oversee amateur MMA, kickboxing, muay thai, and pankration contests.
Please note that, at this time, there are no fees connected with organizing, participating, or officiating an amateur MMA, kickboxing, Muay Thai, or pankration event in BC.
The athletic Commissioner has released information for those wishing to participate in amateur events which can be found at the following links:
Information for battle sport Applicants
Information for Promoters
Information for Coaches
Information for Officials
Here is the text of the BC Government’s press release:
VICTORIA – The B.C. government has introduced new regulations that give clearness and confidence to the battle sport market to allow amateur events to go Camiseta Vissel Kobe forward, minister of Community, sport and cultural development Coralee Oakes revealed today.
Regulation of amateur battle sport events was required due to recent changes to the Criminal Code of Canada that have had a number of effects:
Requires provinces to assign amateur battle sport events as either needing or not needing regulation. The B.C. government now will be regulating mixed martial arts, kickboxing, pankration and Muay Thai events. These sports’ events now will need authorization from the B.C. athletic Commissioner (BCAC).
Allows provincial governments to exempt amateur battle sports from guideline if they are on the international Olympic or Paralympic committee lists. The B.C. government is exempting these sports (boxing, wrestling, tae kwon do and judo) at this time.
Allows provincial governments to exempt non-Olympic and non-Paralympic battle sports from oversight. The B.C. government will not require event guideline for the sports of wushu, karate, kung fu, grappling and jiu Camiseta ACF Fiorentina jitsu.
While sanctioning processes are still being developed, the BCAC expects that no amateur event will be negatively impacted by the changes to the Criminal Code.
Quote:
Coralee Oakes, minister of Community, sport and cultural development –
“Judging from the volume of correspondence we received from the sector, I know how passionate organizations are about promoting amateur battle sport. I want to thank them for their patience while government took the time needed to make the ideal decision on regulations.”
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