These BAL Technical and Competition Rules apply to all BAL Competitions and are the only BAL Technical and Competition Rules that BAL Member Association of the Australian boxing community must follow and respect in all of their boxing competitions. No Member Association may develop its own Technical and Competition Rules that are contradictory to these rules. However, there may need to be an alteration of some of these rules to reflect State laws or regulations, as long as, the alteration does not diminish the rules, especially with regards to medical and safety requirements.