North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 14B - Public Safety › Chapter 10 - BOXING AUTHORITY › Section .0400 - PERMITS, LICENSING AND CONTRACTS › Section 10 .0409 - DUTIES OF TIMEKEEPERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) A timekeeper
				shall not act as a timekeeper at any boxing or kickboxing match in this State
				unless the match is held in accordance with the rules in this
				Chapter.
(b) The timekeeper shall
				have with him during the performance of his duties a whistle, a 3-minute
				stopwatch, and a hammer or wooden mallet.
(c) The timekeeper shall be located within
				his arm length of the bell in a seat designated by the Division representative.
				A match shall not begin or continue unless the timekeeper is in his designated
				seat.
(d) The timekeeper shall not
				use the whistle, bell, or other instrument during the progress of a round
				except in the manner and at the time authorized in this Chapter.
(e) Ten seconds before the beginning of each
				round, the timekeeper shall give warning to the seconds of each contestant by
				blowing the whistle. Ten seconds before the end of each round, the timekeeper
				shall give warning by pounding twice on the ring floor.
(f) If directed by the referee, the
				timekeeper shall take time out.
(g)
				The timekeeper shall strike the bell to signify the beginning and ending of
				each round.
(h) If a match ends
				before the scheduled number of rounds, the timekeeper shall inform the referee
				and the Division representative of the exact duration of the match.
(i) The timekeeper shall be familiar with and
				perform such other duties as set forth the rules in this Chapter.
(j) In the event that an automatic
				timekeeping machine is available, it may be used, provided however, that manual
				timekeeping is maintained in the event of equipment failure.
(k) The knockdown timekeeper shall have with
				him during the performance of his duties a knockdown watch which shall be
				examined and checked as to accuracy for each match by the Division
				representative.
(l) The knockdown
				timekeeper shall be located adjacent to the timekeeper in a seat designated by
				the Division representative. A match shall not begin or continue unless the
				knockdown timekeeper is in his designated seat.
(m) The knockdown timekeeper shall count each
				second for knockdowns by striking the floor of the ring or a wooden
				striking-board with a hammer or wooden mallet and, by stating in a loud voice,
				the elapse of each second.
(n) The
				knockdown timekeeper shall be familiar with and perform such other duties as
				set forth in the rules in this Chapter.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  143-652.1;
				  143-655;
Temporary
				  Adoption Eff. January 1, 1996;
Recodified from
				  18 NCAC
				  09 .0106 Eff. April 1, 1996;
Eff.
				  April 1, 1996;
Transferred and recodified from
				  18 NCAC
				  09 Eff. November 8, 2002;
Amended
				  Eff. November 1, 2004;
Amended Eff. March 1, 2008 (recodified from
				  14A NCAC
				  12 .0111(o));
Transferred from
				  14A NCAC
				  12 .0409 Eff. June 1, 2013;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
				  2018.