Racecourses Act 1945 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

No. 2 of 1945.

AN ORDINANCE

I To amend the Racecourses Ordinance 1935.

BE it ordained by the Administrator of the Government of the Executive Council, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Commonwealth of Australia, with the advice of the Federal	Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909-1938 and the Seat of
Government (Administration) .4c£ 1910-1940, as follows:—

1.— (1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Racecourses short title ana v J

' citation.

Ordinance 1945.

(2.) The Racecourses Ordinance 1935 is in this Ordinance

referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance,

may be cited as the Racecourses Ordinance 1935-1945.

2. After section seven of the Principal Ordinance the following

section is inserted:—

" 7 A . — (1.) Notwithstanding the provisions of the last preced- flue"1 "i**'*1

ing section, the Minister may issue a special licence for the holding of a race-meeting on any day or days on a race-course not licensed under that section.

" (2.) The special licence shall be subject to such terms and

conditions as the Minister thinks fit.

" (3.) The fee for a special licence shall be One pound.
" (4.) The Minister may, for any cause, cancel s special licence.
" (5.) A race-course in respect of which a licence is issued

under this section and is in force shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance and any other law in force in the Territory, be deemed to be a licensed race-course.".

Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at

Dated this twenty-fourth day of January, 1945.

W.DUGAN

Administrator.

By His Excellency's Command,

J . S. COLL1NGS

Minister of State for the Interior.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 25th January. 1945.

By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

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