Racing and Betting Act 1980 (Qld)

RACING AND BETTING ACT 1980

Queensland RACING AND BETTING ACT 1980 Reprinted as in force on 6 December 2002 (includes commenced amendments up to 2003 Act No. 19) See endnote 9 for information about retrospectivity Reprint No. 3I revised edition This reprint is prepared by the Ofﬁce of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel Warning—This reprint is not an authorised copy

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Queensland RACING AND BETTING ACT 1980 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 Deﬁnitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6 Act binds all persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 PART 2—ADMINISTRATION 7 Delegation by Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 10 Secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 10A Racing Codes Advisory Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 PART 3—REGULATION OF RACING CODES Division 1—Racing 11 Continuation of Interim Thoroughbred Racing Board under the name Thoroughbred Racing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 11A Functions of Thoroughbred Racing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 11AA Special responsibility of Thoroughbred Racing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 11B Powers of Thoroughbred Racing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 11BA Thoroughbred Racing Board may take action against clubs that do not comply with a direction under s 11B(2)(r). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 11C Custody and afﬁxing of seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 11D Authentication of documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 11E Thoroughbred Racing Board not agent of the Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 11F Membership of Thoroughbred Racing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 11FA Chief executive to make enquiries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 11FB Obtaining the criminal history of a person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 11FC Protection for persons about whom criminal histories or ﬁnancial background documents obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

2 Racing and Betting Act 1980 11FD Destruction of ﬁngerprints, forms, criminal histories etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11G Ineligibility for membership of Thoroughbred Racing Board . . . . . . . . . . . 11I Tenure of ofﬁce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11J Vacation of, and removal from, ofﬁce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11K Casual vacancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Remuneration of member of Thoroughbred Racing Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12A Chairperson and deputy chairperson of Thoroughbred Racing Board . . . . . 12B Function of deputy chairperson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12C Thoroughbred Racing Board responsible for conduct its business . . . . . . . . 12D Times and places of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12E Annual meeting of the Thoroughbred Racing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12F Presiding at meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12G Conduct of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12H Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12I Disclosure of interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Thoroughbred Racing Board is a statutory body under the StatutoryBodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15A Thoroughbred Racing Board is a statutory body under the FinancialAdministration and Audit Act 1977. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Proprietary or unregistered racing unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Registration of race clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Dissolution of race club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Thoroughbred Racing Board may dissolve race club’s committee or take other related action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Racing associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20A Composition of racing associations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20B Members to be honorary members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20C Functions of each racing association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20D Powers of racing associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20E Racing associations not to employ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Racing association responsible for conduct of its business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 36 38 38 39 39 39 40 40 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 44 44 45 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 49

3 Racing and Betting Act 1980 21A Chairperson of racing association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21B Times and places of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21C Conduct of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Racing on unallotted day unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Betting meeting at race club on unallotted day unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Time race meeting taken to commence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Postponement of whole or part of race meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Abandonment of whole or part of race meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Betting to continue at postponed or abandoned meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Phantom meeting may be held in certain circumstances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Thoroughbred Racing Board to review periodically race meetings. . . . 31 Racing on unlicensed racecourse unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Occupier not to permit racing to be conducted unlawfully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Presence at unlawful racing prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Advertising unlawful racing prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 1A—Queensland Regional Racing Council 34A Deﬁnitions for div 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34B Establishment of council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34C Functions of council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34D Composition of Regional Racing Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34E Council members to be honorary members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34F Council responsible for conduct of its business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34G Times and places of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34H Quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34I Presiding at meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34J Attendance by proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34K Conduct of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34L Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 2—Trotting 35 Constitution of the Queensland Harness Racing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Composition of Harness Racing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Tenure of ofﬁce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 50 50 51 51 51 51 51 52 53 53 54 54 54 54 55 55 55 56 57 57 57 58 58 58 58 59 59 60 60

4 Racing and Betting Act 1980 42 Disqualiﬁcation from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Vacation of ofﬁce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Casual vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Appointment of substitute member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Expenses, fees or allowances to members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Procedure at meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47A Disclosure of interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Custody and afﬁxing of seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Authentication of documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Functions, powers and duties of Harness Racing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52A Harness Racing Board may take action against trotting clubs that do not comply with a direction under s 52(3)(t) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Ofﬁcers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54A Harness Racing Board is statutory body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Amendment of rules of trotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Proprietary or unregistered trotting unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Registration of trotting clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Dissolution of trotting club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Harness Racing Board may appoint administrator of trotting club. . . . . . . . 62 Trotting on unallotted day unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Betting meeting at trotting club on unallotted day unlawful. . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Time trotting meeting taken to commence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Postponement of whole or part of a trotting meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Abandonment of whole or part of a trotting meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Betting to continue at postponed or abandoned meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Phantom meeting may be held in certain circumstances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Harness Racing Board to review periodically trotting meetings. . . . . . . . . . 71 Trotting on unlicensed paceway unlawful. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Occupier not to permit trotting to be conducted unlawfully . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Presence at unlawful trotting prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Advertising unlawful trotting prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 When trotting on showgrounds allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 61 61 61 62 62 64 65 65 66 70 70 71 72 72 72 73 73 74 75 75 76 76 76 77 77 78 78 79 79 79 79

5 Racing and Betting Act 1980 Division 3—Greyhound racing 76 Establishment of Greyhound Racing Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Composition of Greyhound Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Tenure of ofﬁce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Disqualiﬁcation from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Vacation of ofﬁce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Casual vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Appointment of substitute member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Expenses, fees or allowances to members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Procedure at meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88A Disclosure of interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Custody of and afﬁxing of seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Authentication of documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Functions, powers and duties of Greyhound Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93A Greyhound Authority may take action against greyhound clubs that do not comply with a direction under s 93(3)(t). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Ofﬁcers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95A Greyhound Authority is statutory body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Amendment of rules of greyhound racing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Proprietary or unregistered greyhound racing unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Registration of greyhound clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Dissolution of greyhound club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Greyhound Authority may appoint administrator of greyhound club . . . . . . 103 Greyhound racing on unallotted day unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Betting meeting at greyhound club on unallotted day unlawful . . . . . . . . . . 105 Time greyhound meeting taken to commence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Postponement of whole or part of a greyhound meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Abandonment of whole or part of a greyhound meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Betting to continue at postponed or abandoned meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Phantom meeting may be held in certain circumstances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Greyhound Authority to review periodically greyhound meetings . . . . . . . . 112 Greyhound racing on unlicensed greyhound course unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . 80 81 81 81 82 82 83 83 83 85 86 87 87 91 92 92 93 93 93 93 93 95 96 96 96 96 97 97 98 99 99

6 Racing and Betting Act 1980 113 Presence at unlawful greyhound racing prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Occupier not to permit greyhound racing to be conducted unlawfully . . . . . 115 Advertising unlawful greyhound racing prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 3A—Racing Appeals Authority 115A Deﬁnitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115B Racing Appeals Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115BA Constitution of authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115C Qualiﬁcation for appointment of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115D Disqualiﬁcation for appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115DA Advertising for nominations for appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115E Tenure of ofﬁce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115EA Termination of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115F Vacation of ofﬁce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115G Casual vacancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115H Remuneration to members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115HA Chairperson’s role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115HB Chairperson and secretary to work cooperatively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115HC Member’s role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115HD Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115I Disclosure of interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115IA Protection of members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115J Expert consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115K Appeals to authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115L Institution of appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115M Suspension or variation of decision pending determination of appeal . . . . . 115N Authority to hear appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115O Hearing of appeals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115P Powers of authority on appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Q Parties to comply with authority’s determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115QA Contempt of authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115QB Annual report on operation of authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 100 100 100 101 101 102 102 102 102 102 103 103 104 104 104 104 105 105 106 106 106 107 108 109 109 111 111 111 112

7 Racing and Betting Act 1980 Division 3B—Prohibition on the admission of the public to enquiries 115R Prohibition on the admission of the public to enquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4—Disciplinary action relating to clubs 115S Deﬁnitions for div 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115T Grounds for suspension or cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115U Show cause notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115V Representations about show cause notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115W Immediate suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115X Censuring club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Y Direction to rectify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Z Suspension or cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 5—General provisions 127 Days when meetings prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Restrictions as to meetings on Anzac Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129A No betting on trials and novelty events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Duty of club committees to comply with Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Audit of books and accounts of club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Control body to furnish an annual report to Minister and to clubs . . . . . . . . 134 Application of revenues and the like of club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134A Guidelines about spending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Combined sports meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Disclosure of criminal history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136A Exceptions to non-disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Racing venues to be licensed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4—RACING BOOKMAKERS Division 1—Preliminary 139 Deﬁnitions for pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 1A—Licensing of racing bookmakers and related matters 140 Licensing of racing bookmakers and racing bookmakers’ clerks . . . . . . . . . 141 Restrictions on betting by racing bookmakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 3—Racing bookmakers to be holders of eligibility certiﬁcates 142 Applicant for racing bookmaker’s licence to hold eligibility certiﬁcate . . . . 112 112 113 113 114 114 115 115 116 117 117 117 117 118 119 120 122 123 123 124 125 126 127 128 129

8 Racing and Betting Act 1980 143 Suitability of applicants for eligibility certiﬁcate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Suitability of associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Other matters about suitability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4—Application for, and issue of, eligibility certiﬁcate 146 Application for eligibility certiﬁcate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Requirements about applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Further information or documents to support application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Consideration of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Conditions for granting application for eligibility certiﬁcate . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Investigation of suitability of persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Criminal history reports for investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Decision on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Requirement to give information or document for investigation . . . . . . . . . 155 Date by which certiﬁcate holder must apply for racing bookmaker’s licence ................................................ Division 5—Investigations of certiﬁcate holders and their business and executive associates 156 Audit program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Investigations into suitability of certiﬁcate holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157A Investigation of suitability of associates of certiﬁcate holders . . . . . . . . . . . 157B Requirement to give information or document for investigation . . . . . . . . . 157C Failure to give information or document for investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157D Criminal history report for investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157E Gaming executive may ask control body for information about racing bookmakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 6—Cancellation of eligibility certiﬁcates 158 Grounds for cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158A Show cause notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158B Involvement of interested persons in show cause process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158C Consideration of representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158D Ending show cause process without further action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158E Censuring certiﬁcate holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158F Cancellation of eligibility certiﬁcates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 130 130 130 130 131 131 132 132 132 133 133 133 134 134 135 135 135 136 136 137 138 138 139 139 139 140

9 Racing and Betting Act 1980 158G Automatic cancellation of all licences issued to racing bookmakers . . . . . . 158H Notice to interested persons of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 7—Appeals relating to eligibility certiﬁcates 158I Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158J Starting appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158K Stay of operation of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158L Hearing procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158M Power to gather evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158N Powers of Gaming Commission on appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158O Appeals to District Court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 8—Provisions about racing bookmakers 158P Racing bookmakers to maintain policy of insurance or bond to indemnify bettors against default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Q Control bodies to ensure racing bookmakers have policies of insurance or bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Prohibition of betting by racing bookmaker with infants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 9—Clubs to control racing venues and provisions about sporting contingencies 160 Control by clubs and control bodies over racing bookmakers . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Bookmaking on certain declared sporting contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 10—Miscellaneous 162 Racing bookmaker’s agent during certain periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162A Control body to give notice of certain actions about racing bookmakers to gaming executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162B Gaming executive may give information to control bodies about racing bookmakers or applicants for eligibility certiﬁcates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162C Surrender of eligibility certiﬁcate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162D Destruction of ﬁngerprints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162E Delegation by gaming executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162F Approval of forms for pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6—UNLAWFUL BETTING 213 Application of this part and saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Unlawful bookmaking by persons other than racing bookmakers etc. . . . . . 214A Unlawful bookmaking by racing bookmakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 141 141 142 142 142 143 143 144 144 144 145 145 146 147 148 149 149 149 149 150 150 151 151

10 Racing and Betting Act 1980 215 Common betting house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Prohibition of opening, keeping or using a common betting house . . . . . . . 217 Possession of instrument of betting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Prosecution and penalty for unlawful bookmaking, opening, keeping or using common betting house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218AA Orders under s 218 not original orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218AB No alternatives to imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218A Recovery of penalties imposed under s 218 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Resorting to common betting house prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Prohibition of advertising of common betting house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Betting on licensed premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Prohibition of betting in public place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222A Offences about totalisators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7—MISCELLANEOUS 223 Prohibition of giving warning of presence or approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Prohibition of prevention of detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Batteries, drugs and the like at racing venues and other places . . . . . . . . . . 226 Attempt to commit offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Interference with person, horse, greyhound or property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Use of drugs and the like on horse or greyhound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228A Inspection, removal, sampling, analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Offences relating to ofﬁcers and records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Forgery and like offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Power to require name, address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Offences generally and penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Proceedings for offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Time limits for payment of penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Increased penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Liability for offence by club, body corporate or other association of persons .................................... 241 Liability of racing bookmaker for offence by agent or employee. . . . . . . . . 242 Forfeiture and disposal of instruments of betting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Protection of and payment to informants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 153 154 154 156 156 156 157 158 159 160 161 161 161 162 163 163 164 165 167 168 168 169 170 171 172 172 172 173 174

11 Racing and Betting Act 1980 245 Source of information or reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Personal appearance before court of offenders against certain sections . . . . 248 Avoidance of wagering or gaming contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Circumstances in which racing bookmaker may sue or be sued . . . . . . . . . . 250 Disposal of penalties and the like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Cost of administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Fees, taxes and the like are debts due to the Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Immunity of police ofﬁcers and other persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254A Superannuation schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Mode of service of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Evidentiary provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257A Regulation about selection panels and matters related to selection of members of the Thoroughbred Racing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS Division 1—Principal clubs 257A References to previous principal clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 2—Racing Development Corporation 258 Deﬁnition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Dissolution of the Racing Development Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 State is successor in law of corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Corporation’s assets and liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Pending legal proceedings by or against corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 State’s power to vary the lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Effect of things done under this division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 3—Racing Development Fund 266 Deﬁnitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Abolition of fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Approved payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4—Racing Industry Coordinating Committee 269 Deﬁnitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Dissolution of committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 176 176 177 177 178 178 178 178 178 179 183 185 186 187 187 187 188 188 188 189 189 189 190 190 190 191

12 Racing and Betting Act 1980 271 Allocated meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 5—Agreements 272 Agreements under s 195 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 6—Transitional provisions for the Racing and BettingAmendment Act 2000 and other relevant amendments 273 Deﬁnition for division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Purpose of division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 References to bookmakers and bookmakers’ clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Licensing of bookmakers and bookmakers’ clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Continuation of bookmaker’s agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Continuing application for bets before repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Continuing application about auditing clubs and providing certain information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 7—Transitional and related provisions for provisions of Racingand Betting Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001 commencing on assent 279A Deﬁnitions for div 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279AA Purposes of div 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279B Provision relating to powers of control bodies under ss 17, 57 and 98. . . . . 279C Actions by control bodies relating to clubs to be under this Act after commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279D Clubs must be incorporated before the end of 1 year after commencement 279DA Change of name does not affect legal personality etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279DB Change of name does not affect existing legal relationships. . . . . . . . . . . . . 279DC Change of name does not affect certain things done under the Act before commencement and related matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279DD Members of Queensland Principal Club go out of ofﬁce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 8—Transitional provisions for provisions of Racing andBetting Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001 commencing on a day to be ﬁxed by proclamation 279E Deﬁnitions for div 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279F Purposes of division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279G Change of name does not affect legal personality etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279H Change of name does not affect existing legal relationships. . . . . . . . . . . . . 279I Change of name does not affect certain things done under the Act before commencement and related matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 191 191 192 192 192 193 193 194 194 195 195 195 196 197 197 198 198 199 199 199 200 200

13 Racing and Betting Act 1980 279J Members of Interim Thoroughbred Racing Board go out of ofﬁce . . . . . . . PART 9—VALIDATION PROVISION 280 Validation of certain actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 201 ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 2 Date to which amendments incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 4 Table of reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 5 Tables in earlier reprints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 6 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 7 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 8 Provisions that have not commenced and are not incorporated into reprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 9 Information about retrospectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

s 1 15 s 5 Racing and Betting Act 1980 RACING AND BETTING ACT 1980 [as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before 6 December 2002] An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the regulation of racing, trotting and greyhound racing, betting by and with bookmakers and the suppression of unlawful betting and to provide for matters incidental thereto or consequential thereon and for other purposes PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Racing and Betting Act 1980 . 5 Deﬁnitions In this Act— “accepted representations” , for part 4, see section 158C. “affected by bankruptcy action” , in relation to an individual, means the individual, in any jurisdiction— (a) is bankrupt; or (b) has compounded with creditors; or (c) has otherwise taken, or applied to take, advantage of any law about bankruptcy. “analyst” means a person appointed by the Minister by notification published in the gazette to be an analyst for the purpose of this Act. “animal racing” means racing, trotting and greyhound racing. “athletic club” means any body or association of persons corporate or unincorporate that promotes, holds or controls or is formed to promote, hold or control an athletic meeting.

s 5 16 s 5 Racing and Betting Act 1980 “authorised ofﬁcer” means an authorised officer appointed by the chief executive pursuant to section 228A. “bet” includes the action, behaviour, conduct or performance of a person who whether on 1 or more than 1 occasion— (a) makes or receives a bet or wager; (b) pays, receives, negotiates or settles a bet or wager; (c) offers, or agrees or otherwise negotiates to bet or wager or to pay, receive or settle a bet or wager; for himself or herself or on behalf of another or of a person who cooperates with another person in connection with the doing of any of those acts. “betting meeting” means a meeting held at a racing venue by a registered club but at which no race is held. “board” means the Racing Codes Advisory Board constituted pursuant to section 10A. “bookmaking” means the business of receiving or negotiating bets and includes the settlement of bets. “business associate” , of an applicant for an eligibility certificate or certificate holder, for part 4, see section 139. “certiﬁcate holder” see section 139. “chief executive (liquor licensing)” means the chief executive under the Liquor Act 1992 . “commissioner of state revenue” means the Commissioner of State Revenue appointed under the Taxation Administration Act 2001 . “club” means a race club, trotting club or greyhound club and for the purposes of part 6 includes an association of persons that has for its objects the conduct of any sport, fight, game, exercise or pastime. “combined sports meeting” means a meeting for the conduct of foot races, bicycle races, or any other games, sports pastimes, contests, events or contingencies that include 1 or more than 1 horse race, trotting race or greyhound race. “committee” , when used in relation to any club or athletic club, means the committee or other governing body of that club for the time being. “control body” means the Thoroughbred Racing Board, the Harness Racing Board or Greyhound Authority.

s 5 17 s 5 Racing and Betting Act 1980 “credit bet” means a bet made with a racing bookmaker where the amount wagered by the bettor is not paid to the racing bookmaker when the bet is made. “criminal history” , of a person, means the person’s criminal history under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 , and— (a) despite section 6 1 of that Act, includes a conviction of the person to which the section applies; and (b) despite section 5 2 of that Act, includes a charge made against the person for an offence. “drug” means— (a) any substance which could affect the performance, behaviour or physical condition of a horse or, as the case may be, greyhound and includes any substance in any of the following groups, or any substance which is chemically or pharmacologically related thereto— (i) psychomotor stimulants; (ii) sympathomimetic amines; (iii) miscellaneous central nervous system stimulants; (iv) narcotic and other analgesics; (v) anabolic steroids and other hormones; and (b) any substance prescribed by regulation as a drug for the purposes of this Act. “eligibility certiﬁcate” see section 139. “executive associate” , of an applicant for an eligibility certificate or certificate holder, for part 4, see section 139. “executive ofﬁcer” , of a corporation, for part 4, see section 139. “gaming Act” , for part 4, see section 139. “Gaming Commission” , for part 4, see section 139. “gaming executive” , for part 4, see section 139. 1 Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 , section 6 (Non-disclosure of convictions upon expiration of rehabilitation period) 2 Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 , section 5 (Matter excluded from criminal history)

s 5 18 s 5 Racing and Betting Act 1980 “Greyhound Authority” means the Greyhound Racing Authority established under this Act. “greyhound club” means any body or association of persons corporate or unincorporate that promotes, holds or controls or is formed to promote, hold or control a greyhound meeting, and includes such a body or an association that is not registered. “greyhound course” means a place for the holding of lawful greyhound meetings. “greyhound meeting” means a meeting for the purpose of conducting greyhound races. “greyhound race” means a race for greyhounds. “greyhound racing” includes greyhound race or greyhound meeting. “Harness Racing Board” means the Queensland Harness Racing Board constituted under this Act. “have in possession” includes, in relation to a thing— (a) having it in one’s custody; (b) having it under one’s control in any place, whether or not another has custody of it; (c) having an ability to obtain custody of it at will; (d) having a claim to custody of it where the claimant has committed it to the custody of another, notwithstanding that it is temporarily not in the control of the person having such claim. “holder” , when used in relation to any certificate, licence, permit or other authority under this Act, means the person who at the material time holds that certificate, licence, permit or other authority. “horse race” means a race for galloping horses. “horse racing” means the racing of galloping horses. “instrument of betting” includes— (a) any book, card, coin, document, list, money, paper, record, sheet, table, ticket or other writing; or (b) any mechanical, electrical, telephonic, telegraphic, electronic or other equipment or device or any access to any such equipment or device; or

s 5 19 s 5 Racing and Betting Act 1980 (c) any ﬁlm, microﬁlm or other photographic or holographic record; or (d) any tape, cassette, disc or other audio or visual recording or replaying device or equipment; or (e) any board, chart or screen; or (f) any other form or means of recording information or data; used, apparently used or capable of being used in carrying on or in connection with betting within or without Queensland in respect of a meeting within or without Queensland but does not include a document or other thing authorised by a Commonwealth Act or an Act passed by the Parliament of another State or Territory. “interested person” , for part 4, see section 158B(1). “keep” , when used in relation to a place, includes the action, behaviour, conduct or performance of a person who, at any material time, acts or behaves or appears to act or behave as the person having the care, control or management of that place at that time. “local rules of racing” means rules made under section 11B(2)(a). “meeting” means— (a) a race, trotting or greyhound meeting; or (b) a betting meeting. “metropolitan area” means the area of the City of Brisbane constituted under the City of Brisbane Act 1924 . “money” includes bank notes, coins, bank drafts, marketable securities, cheques and other orders, warrants, authorities or requests for the payment of money or any acknowledgment, note or other thing purporting or intended to entitle the bearer or any other person to money or money’s worth. “newspaper” includes any journal, review, magazine or other writing published periodically. “night time” means the period of time between the hour of 6 p.m. of one day and the hour of 6 a.m. of the day next following. “non-proprietary club” means a club the constitution of which— (a) provides for the application of proﬁts and other income thereof to the promotion of its objects;

s 5 20 s 5 Racing and Betting Act 1980 (b) prohibits the payment of dividends to the members thereof. “novelty event” means— (a) an event other than a horse race, trotting race or greyhound race; (b) any competition, display, demonstration, performance or other lawful activity the principal objects of which are the entertainment of the public and the promotion of racing, trotting or greyhound racing; for which there is no prize money, reward or trophy of more than a nominal value and that is conducted in such a manner as not to provide a contingency on which bets may be made. “occupier” , when used in relation to a place, includes the owner or keeper at a material time of the place, a person having at a material time the care, management, supervision or control of the place or in any manner conducting the business (if any) of the place and a person procured or employed by or acting for or on behalf of any such person. “ofﬁcer” means a person appointed under this Act as an officer or who continues to hold office under this Act or a person deemed to be an officer. “paceway” means a place for the holding of lawful trotting meetings. “person” includes any club and any body or association of persons corporate or unincorporate. “phantom meeting” means a meeting authorised to be held under this Act at which no race is actually conducted or is required to be conducted. “place” includes— (a) any land; (b) any building, structure or erection of any kind whether wholly or partly constructed or erected or in the course of erection; (c) a room in any building, structure or erection; (d) a road, street, thoroughfare, alley or right of way; (e) any racecourse, paceway, greyhound course, athletic ground or other ground; (f) a vehicle or vessel. “public place” includes—

s 5 21 s 5 Racing and Betting Act 1980 (a) every road, street, thoroughfare, alley or right of way; (b) a place— (i) of public resort open to or used by the public as of right; (ii) for the time being used for a public purpose or for the time being open to access by the public whether on payment or otherwise or by the express or tacit consent or sufferance of the owner or occupier; (iii) declared by regulation to be a public place for the purposes of this Act. “race” means any contest, event or contingency in which 2 or more runners compete one against the other or others, in a test of speed over a designated distance or period of time or for the purpose of providing a contingency on which bets may be made, but does not include any contest, event or contingency in which skills other than speed alone are tested or a trial. “race club” means any body or association of persons corporate or unincorporate that promotes, holds or controls, or is formed to promote, hold or control, a race meeting, and includes such a body or an association that is not registered. “racecourse” means a place for the holding of lawful race meetings. “race meeting” means a meeting for the purpose of conducting horse races. “racing” includes horse race or race meeting. “racing association” means an association established under section 20. “racing bookmaker” means a person who holds a licence from a control body as a racing bookmaker for the code of racing for which the control body is responsible. “racing bookmaker’s agent” means a person who is authorised by a control body under section 162 to conduct the bookmaking operations of a racing bookmaker licensed by the control body, for a period stated in the authority. “racing bookmaker’s clerk” means a person licensed by a control body to be employed by a racing bookmaker as a clerk in the conduct of the racing bookmaker’s business on or at a racing venue.

s 5 22 s 5 Racing and Betting Act 1980 “racing venue” means a racecourse, paceway or greyhound course, whether in Queensland or elsewhere at which a meeting may lawfully be held. “refund” means a bet made with a racing bookmaker and required to be refunded. “Regional Racing Council” means the Queensland Regional Racing Council established under section 34B. “registered” means— (a) when used in relation to a club, registered— (i) by the Thoroughbred Racing Board, as a race club; or (ii) by the Harness Racing Board, as a trotting club; or (iii) by the Greyhound Authority, as a greyhound club; (b) when used in relation to a horse or greyhound, registered in accordance with— (i) the rules of racing; or (ii) the rules of trotting; or (iii) the rules of greyhound racing; as the case may be. “registered company auditor” means a registered company auditor under the Corporations Act. “registrar” , of the Gaming Commission, for part 4, see section 139. “related body corporate” see the Corporations Act, section 9. 3 3 Corporations Act, section 9— related body corporate , in relation to a body corporate, means a body corporate that is related to the ﬁrst-mentioned body corporate by virtue of section 50. Corporations Act, section 50— 50 Related bodies corporate Where a body corporate is: (a) a holding company of another body corporate; (b) a subsidiary of another body corporate; or (c) a subsidiary of a holding company of another body corporate; the ﬁrst-mentioned body and the other body are related to each other.

s 5 23 s 5 Racing and Betting Act 1980 “rules of greyhound racing” means the rules for the time being governing and relating to the control of greyhound racing made or adopted by the Greyhound Authority and approved by the Minister under this Act. “rules of racing” means the rules for the time being governing and relating to horse racing under the control of the Thoroughbred Racing Board, being with respect to the Thoroughbred Racing Board an amalgamation of the Australian rules of racing as adopted by the board and the local rules of racing of the board together with the regulations made thereunder. “rules of trotting” means the rules for the time being governing and relating to the control of trotting made or adopted by the Harness Racing Board and approved by the Minister under this Act. “runner” means a horse or greyhound that is a final acceptor in a race. “selection panel” means a selection panel established from time to time under a regulation for the purpose of selecting and appointing, in a way prescribed under this Act— (a) a person or persons as a member or members of the Thoroughbred Racing Board; or (b) a member as the chairperson, or the deputy chairperson, of the board. “show cause notice” , for part 4, see section 158A(2). “show cause period ”, for part 4, see section 158A(2)(d). “sporting contingency” includes any event or contingency of or relating to a horse race, trotting race or greyhound race or an athletic contest, other race or contest of or relating to any sport, fight, game, exercise or pastime. “sports totalisator” means a totalisator conducted in respect of any sporting contingency (other than a horse race, trotting race or greyhound race) or a series of such sporting contingencies. “TABQ” means TAB Queensland Limited (ACN 085 691 738). “Thoroughbred Racing Board” means the Queensland Principal Club previously established under this Act and subsequently continued in existence under the name ‘Interim Thoroughbred Racing Board’ that, under section 11(1), is continued in existence under the name ‘Queensland Thoroughbred Racing Board’.

s 5 24 s 5 Racing and Betting Act 1980 “totalisator” see the Wagering Act 1998 , section 8. 4 “trial” means an event held for the purpose of testing or training horses or greyhounds for which no prizemoney, trophy or other reward, gratuity or privilege of more than a nominal value is offered. “trotting” includes trotting race or trotting meeting. “trotting club” means any body or association of persons, corporate or unincorporate, that promotes, holds or controls or is formed to promote, hold or control a trotting meeting, and includes such a body or an association that is not registered. “trotting meeting” means a meeting for the purpose of conducting trotting races. “trotting race” means a race for trotting horses. “vehicle” means a conveyance of any kind, whether or not at the material time capable of being operated or moved in any manner, and includes any aircraft, caravan or trailer. “vessel” includes a ship, boat, hovercraft and a vehicle that is capable of use in or on water, whether floating or submersible and whether or not self–propelled. 4 The Wagering Act 1998 , section 8 reads as follows— 8 Meaning of “totalisator” (1) A “totalisator” is a system used— (a) to enable persons to invest money on events or contingencies with a view to successfully predicting speciﬁed outcomes of the events or contingencies; and (b) to enable the totalisator pool to be divided and distributed among the persons who successfully predict the outcomes. (2) A “totalisator” also includes an instrument, machine or device under which the system mentioned in subsection (1) is operated. (3) In subsection (1)(b), a reference to the totalisator pool is a reference to the amount left from the investments after— (a) making allowances for refunds of investments; and (b) deducting any amount payable by way of commission for the conduct of the totalisator.

s 6 25 s 10 Racing and Betting Act 1980 “wagering” see the Wagering Act 1998 , schedule 2. 5 “wagering licensee” see the Wagering Act 1998 , schedule 2. 6 6 Act binds all persons This Act binds all persons, including the State and, as far as the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Commonwealth and the other States. PART 2—ADMINISTRATION 7 Delegation by Minister (1) The Minister may delegate the Minister’s powers under this Act to an appropriately qualified person. (2) In this section— “appropriately qualiﬁed” includes having the qualifications, experience or standing appropriate to exercise the power. Example of ‘standing’— A person’s classiﬁcation level in a department. 10 Secrecy (1) Every person appointed, employed or engaged under or for the purposes of this Act or deemed so to be shall preserve and assist in preserving secrecy with regard to all matters that come to the person’s knowledge in the person’s official capacity or during the person’s employment or engagement while exercising the powers or performing the 5 The Wagering Act 1998 , schedule 2, deﬁnition “wagering” reads as follows— “wagering” means— (a) betting conducted by means of a totalisator; or (b) betting conducted on a ﬁxed odds basis; or (c) other betting prescribed under a regulation. 6 The Wagering Act 1998 , schedule 2, deﬁnition “wagering licensee” reads as follows— “wagering licensee” means a person who holds a wagering licence.

s 10A 26 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 10A functions and duties conferred or imposed upon the person for the purposes of this Act. (2) Such person shall not communicate any such matter to any other person except— (a) in the performance of duties under this Act; or (b) to the auditor-general or an ofﬁcer of the auditor-general’s department or other person authorised by the auditor-general for the purposes of audit under the laws in force relating to the audit of the consolidated fund and public sector entities within the meaning of the FinancialAdministrationandAuditAct1977 , schedule 3. (3) For the purposes of this section, a person specified in subsection (2)(b) shall be deemed to be a person appointed, employed or engaged under this Act. 10A Racing Codes Advisory Board (1) There shall be constituted from time to time, for the purposes of this Act, a board to be called the Racing Codes Advisory Board. (2) The board shall consist of 3 members nominated by the Minister, and the Minister shall nominate 1 of those members to be the chairperson. (3) Every member of the board shall be appointed by the Governor in Council by notification published in the gazette. (3A) An officer of the public service may be appointed as a member of the board and may hold that appointment in conjunction with any other appointment the officer holds in the public service. (3B) The board shall be taken to be constituted upon the publication in the gazette of notification of the appointment of its members. (4) A person may be appointed as a member of the board for any term not exceeding 3 years as the Governor in Council thinks fit. (4A) The term of appointment shall be specified in the notification of appointment. (4C) A member of the board may at any time— (a) resign the member’s appointment as such by writing under the member’s hand given to the Minister;

s 10A 27 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 10A (b) be removed from the member’s appointment as such by writing under the hand of the Minister given to the member at the direction of the Governor in Council. (5) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a member of the board before the expiration of the member’s term of appointment the Governor in Council may, by notification published in the gazette, appoint another person (who has been duly nominated by the Minister) to be a member of the board. (6) The board— (a) shall exercise supervision over and report on a regular basis to the Minister in respect of the operations of section 228A; 7 (b) shall consider and advise the Minister on such matters as the Minister may refer to it from time to time; (c) may initiate consideration of and inform the Minister on matters touching the administration of this Act. (7) Members of the board shall be entitled to such remuneration as is approved from time to time by the Governor in Council. (8) Members of the board shall be entitled to be reimbursed such out-of-pocket expenses necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their duties as such members as are prescribed. (9) All business of the board shall be conducted by a quorum at the least, which shall consist of 2 members. (9A) The board shall meet at such times and places as it determines and shall conduct its business in such manner as is prescribed or, in so far as it is not prescribed, as it determines from time to time. (9B) The chairperson of the board shall preside at all meetings of the board at which the chairperson is present and, in the chairperson’s absence from any meeting, the members present shall elect from their number a member who shall preside at that meeting. (9C) A proceeding of the board shall not be invalidated by reason of a defect in the appointment of a member or by reason of a vacancy in the membership of the board. (10) The Governor in Council may, from time to time, by notification published in the gazette, appoint a secretary to the board and such other 7 Section 228A (Inspection, removal, sampling, analysis)

s 11 28 s 11 Racing and Betting Act 1980 officers as he or she thinks necessary for the effectual discharge of the board’s functions. (11) An officer of the public service may be appointed under subsection (10) or may be assigned to perform duties on behalf of the board and may hold such appointment or perform such duties in conjunction with any other appointment the officer holds in the public service. (12) The secretary and other officers appointed or assigned as such under this section shall be paid such remuneration as may be approved by the Governor in Council from time to time but, in the case of an officer of the public service who holds the appointment or assignment in conjunction with any other appointment the officer holds in the public service, only upon the recommendation of the chief executive. PART 3—REGULATION OF RACING CODES Division 1—Racing 11 Continuation of Interim Thoroughbred Racing Board under the name Thoroughbred Racing Board (1) The Queensland Principal Club previously established under this Act and subsequently continued in existence under the name ‘Interim Thoroughbred Racing Board’ is continued in existence under the name ‘Queensland Thoroughbred Racing Board’. (2) The Thoroughbred Racing Board— (a) is a body corporate; and (b) has a common seal: and (c) may sue and be sued in its corporate name. (3) All courts and persons acting judicially are to take judicial notice of the imprint of the seal of the Thoroughbred Racing Board appearing on a document and, until the contrary is proved, are to presume the seal was duly affixed.

s 11A 29 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 11AA 11A Functions of Thoroughbred Racing Board (1) The functions of the Thoroughbred Racing Board are— (a) to encourage racing; and (b) to control, supervise and regulate racing; and (c) to initiate, develop and implement policies it considers conducive to the development and welfare of the racing industry and the protection of the public interest, in relation to the racing industry; and (d) to cooperate with the other control bodies in relation to arrangements involving the industry relating to wagering on animal racing. (2) An exercise of a power under section 11B(2) for, or in connection with, the Thoroughbred Racing Board’s function under subsection (1)(d) is not limited even though the exercise of the power is or may be inconsistent with another function under subsection (1). (3) The rules of racing, to the extent necessary to give operation and effect to this section, are to be read subject to this section. (4) As part of its functions, the Thoroughbred Racing Board must— (a) consider recommendations made to the board by the Regional Racing Council as mentioned in section 34C(1)(b) and (c), 8 and adopt the recommendations with or without changes as the board considers appropriate; and (b) consider reports made to the board by the council as mentioned in section 34C(1)(d) and (2). (5) As soon as practicable after adopting recommendations of the Regional Racing Council as mentioned in subsection (4)(a), the board must give written notice of its adoption of the recommendations, whether with or without changes, to the council. 11AA Special responsibility of Thoroughbred Racing Board (1) During the special responsibility period, the Thoroughbred Racing Board must— 8 Section 34C (Functions of council)

s 11B 30 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 11B (a) investigate establishing a company limited by guarantee as the control body for thoroughbred racing in Queensland; and (b) develop recommendations about establishing a company limited by guarantee. (2) The recommendations must— (a) ensure the integrity of, and public conﬁdence in, the thoroughbred racing industry is maintained; and (b) ensure the interests of country and regional racing are taken account of; and (c) state what is reasonably necessary to protect country and regional racing. (3) Within the special responsibility period, the board must give the Minister a written report about its investigations, stating its recommendations and the reasons for them. (4) In this section— “special responsibility period” means the period of 18 months starting on the commencement of this section. 11B Powers of Thoroughbred Racing Board (1) The Thoroughbred Racing Board has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done for, or in connection with, the performance of its functions. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Thoroughbred Racing Board has the powers conferred on it under this Act and may— (a) make or amend the local rules of racing in accordance with the Australian Rules of Racing; and (b) in respect of racecourses— (i) investigate and report on proposals for the construction of new racecourses or for the alteration or renovation of existing racecourses; and (ii) supervise the construction of new racecourses or alterations or renovations to existing racecourses; and (c) register or license, or refuse to register or license, or cancel or suspend the registration or licence of, a race club, or an owner,

s 11B 31 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 11B trainer, jockey, racing bookmaker, racing bookmaker’s clerk or another person associated with racing, or disqualify or suspend any of those persons permanently or for a speciﬁed period; and (d) supervise the activities of race clubs, persons licensed by the Thoroughbred Racing Board and all other persons engaged in or associated with racing; and (e) direct and supervise the dissolution of a race club that ceases to be or is not registered by the Thoroughbred Racing Board; and (f) appoint an administrator to conduct the affairs of a race club; and (g) register and identify galloping horses; and (h) disqualify a horse from participating in a race; and (i) exclude from participating in a race, a horse not registered under the rules of racing; and (j) prohibit a person from attending at or taking part in a race meeting; and (k) impose a penalty on a person licensed by it, or an owner of a horse for a contravention of the rules of racing; and (l) impose fees for the registering or licensing a race club, person or horse; and (m) require registered race clubs to pay to it such fees and charges as are in its opinion required for the proper performance of its functions; and (n) consult, join, afﬁliate and maintain liaison with other associations or bodies, whether in Queensland or elsewhere, concerned with the breeding or racing of horses or greyhounds; and (o) enter into contracts; and (p) acquire, hold, take on lease and dispose of real and personal property whether in its own right or as trustee; and (r) give such directions to a race club with respect to its racecourse and its affairs as the Thoroughbred Racing Board considers necessary or desirable for performing the board’s functions, whether in Queensland as a whole or in the locality of the racecourse; and

s 11B 32 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 11B (s) order an audit of the books and accounts of a race club by an auditor who is a registered company auditor; and (t) scrutinise the constitutions of race clubs to ensure they conform to this Act and the rules of racing and that they clearly and concisely express the needs and desires of the clubs concerned and of racing generally; and (u) publish material, including periodical publications, to inform and keep informed the public concerning matters relating to racing, whether in Queensland or elsewhere; and (v) when so directed by the Minister, or of its own motion, give to the Minister reports and recommendations with respect to any matter relating to racing; and (w) undertake research and investigation into all aspects of the breeding of horses and of racing generally; and (wa) with the other control bodies, establish, take part in establishing, or cause to be established, a corporation whose functions include— (i) encouraging animal racing; and (ii) coordinating meetings approved under this Act by the various control bodies or their nominees; and (iii) entering into arrangements with— (A) a wagering licensee about wagering or another activity conducted by the licensee; or (B) a related body corporate of a wagering licensee about an activity conducted by the related body corporate; and (x) take such steps and do such acts and things as are incidental or conducive to performing its functions or exercising its powers, including, for example, giving effect to the Thoroughbred Racing Board’s obligations under an arrangement of the kind mentioned in paragraph (wa)(iii). (3) A direction under subsection (2)(r) may be about a race club— (a) taking part in an arrangement of a kind mentioned in subsection (2)(wa)(iii); or (b) doing a thing to give effect to an arrangement of that kind.

s 11BA 33 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 11C (4) Without limiting subsection (1), the Thoroughbred Racing Board may exercise its powers under this Act for fulfilling obligations it may have under an arrangement of a kind mentioned in subsection (2)(wa)(iii), including, for example— (a) entering into contracts with race clubs to support the performance of a person’s obligations under the arrangement; and (b) giving directions mentioned in subsection (3). 11BA Thoroughbred Racing Board may take action against clubs that do not comply with a direction under s 11B(2)(r) (1) This section applies if a race club does not comply with a direction given to the club by the Thoroughbred Racing Board. (2) To the extent necessary to ensure compliance with the direction, the Thoroughbred Racing Board may do 1 or more of the following— (a) dissolve the club’s committee, and make necessary provision for the election of a new committee, under section 19; (b) take action relating to the club’s registration under part 3, division 4; 9 (c) prosecute the club for an offence under section 236. 10 (3) In this section— “direction” means a direction, whether given before or after the commencement of this subsection, under section 11B(2)(r), including a direction mentioned in section 11B(3). 11C Custody and afﬁxing of seal (1) The seal of the Thoroughbred Racing Board must be kept in the custody of the chairperson or such other person as may be authorised by resolution of the board. (2) The seal is to be affixed to documents only in pursuance of a resolution of the Thoroughbred Racing Board and by the person having custody of the seal under subsection (1). 9 Part 3 (Regulation of racing codes), division 4 (Disciplinary action relating to clubs) 10 Section 236 (Offences generally and penalty)

s 11D 34 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 11FA 11D Authentication of documents A document purporting to be made by the Thoroughbred Racing Board, other than a document that requires the seal of the board to be afﬁxed, is duly made if it bears the signature of the chairperson or a person authorised by resolution of the board to sign the document. 11E Thoroughbred Racing Board not agent of the Crown The Thoroughbred Racing Board— (a) does not represent the Crown; and (b) is not entitled to any immunities or privileges of the Crown. 11F Membership of Thoroughbred Racing Board (1) The Thoroughbred Racing Board is to consist of 5 persons. (2) The persons comprising the board are to be appointed, by gazette notice, by a selection panel. (3) An appointment must be by unanimous resolution of the selection panel. 11FA Chief executive to make enquiries (1) To help a selection panel in considering the suitability of a person for appointment to the Thoroughbred Racing Board as a member, the chief executive must, in writing, ask the person— (a) to give the person’s ﬁngerprints to the chief executive or allow the person’s ﬁngerprints to be taken; and (b) to complete a form approved by the chief executive relating to the person’s business reputation, character, criminal history, current ﬁnancial position and ﬁnancial background. (2) The chief executive must give— (a) the approved form completed by the person to the selection panel that is considering the person’s suitability for appointment; and (b) a copy of the form to the Minister.

s 11FB 35 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 11FC 11FB Obtaining the criminal history of a person (1) After obtaining a person’s ﬁngerprints, the chief executive may, in writing, ask the commissioner of the police service to provide the criminal history of the person. (2) As soon as practicable after receiving the request, the commissioner of the police service must give the person’s criminal history, as shown in the commissioner’s records, to the chief executive. (3) The chief executive must give— (a) the criminal history to the selection panel that is considering the person’s suitability for appointment; and (b) a copy of the criminal history to the Minister. 11FC Protection for persons about whom criminal histories or ﬁnancial background documents obtained (1) A person who is or was a public service employee of the department or a member of a selection panel must not— (a) make a copy or a record of ﬁngerprints given or taken under section 11FA or a background document; or (b) directly or indirectly, divulge or communicate to someone else the contents of, or information contained in, a document concerning the criminal history or background document of another person; unless the record is made, or the information is divulged or communicated— (c) in the performance of duties under this Act; or (d) subject to subsection (2), otherwise as required by operation of law; or (e) to, or with the prior consent of, the person to whom the record or information relates. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (2) A person who is or was a public service employee of the department or a member of a selection panel is not required to do any of the following unless it is necessary to do so for the purposes of carrying this Act into effect—

s 11FD 36 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 11G (a) to divulge or communicate the contents of, or information contained in, a criminal history or background document to a court; (b) to produce a criminal history or background document in a court. (3) In this section— “background document” means— (a) the approved form completed by a person about the person’s business reputation, character, criminal history, current ﬁnancial position and ﬁnancial background; or (b) other documents obtained by the chief executive relating to the person’s business reputation, character, current ﬁnancial position and ﬁnancial background. “court” includes any tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions. 11FD Destruction of ﬁngerprints, forms, criminal histories etc. (1) The chief executive must destroy the original and copies of the following when the chief executive considers they are no longer required— (a) fingerprints of persons obtained under section 11FA(1)(a); (b) approved forms obtained under section 11FA(1)(b) and other documents that relate to the business reputation, character, criminal history, current ﬁnancial position and ﬁnancial background of a person who completed an approved form; (c) criminal histories obtained under section 11FB. (2) To ensure all documents of the type mentioned in subsection (1) are destroyed, the chief executive must arrange for a selection panel and the Minister to return all documents of that type given under this Act to the selection panel or the Minister. 11G Ineligibility for membership of Thoroughbred Racing Board (1) The following persons are ineligible to be members of the Thoroughbred Racing Board— (a) an undischarged bankrupt or a person taking advantage of the laws about bankruptcy;

s 11G 37 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 11G (b) a person who has been or is convicted of an offence under this Act or of an indictable offence; (d) a person who is warned off or is disqualiﬁed, or whose name is on the forfeit list, under the rules of racing; (e) a person who is licensed by the Thoroughbred Racing Board, including, for example, as a licensed racing bookmaker, jockey, owner-trainer, strapper and trainer; (f) a member of a committee of, or employee of, any of the following— (i) a race club registered by a control body; (ii) a racing association; (iii) another association formed to promote the interests of 1 or more participants in the thoroughbred racing industry; (g) a person who— (i) is employed by the board; or (ii) within 2 years of the person’s appointment, was employed by the board; (h) a member or employee of the Harness Racing Board or Greyhound Authority; (i) a person disqualiﬁed from managing corporations, under the Corporations Act, part 2D.6. 11 (2) The appointment of a person who is ineligible to be a member— (a) if the person is ineligible when appointed—is invalid from the start; or (b) in any other case—becomes invalid on the day the person becomes ineligible. (3) In this section— “appointment” includes a purported appointment. 11 Corporations Act, part 2D.6 (Disqualiﬁcation from managing corporations)

s 11I 38 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 11J 11I Tenure of ofﬁce (1) A member of the Thoroughbred Racing Board holds ofﬁce for 2 years starting on the day of the person’s appointment. (2) Subject to subsection (3), a person who was previously a member of the board is eligible for reappointment as a member. (3) A person must not be appointed to more than 2 successive terms as a member of the board. 11J Vacation of, and removal from, ofﬁce (1) The ofﬁce of a member of the Thoroughbred Racing Board becomes vacant if the member— (a) dies; or (b) resigns his or her ofﬁce by signed notice of resignation given to the Minister; or (c) without reasonable excuse or prior leave of the board, is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the board of which due notice has been given to the member; or (d) becomes ineligible to be member; or (e) is removed from ofﬁce under subsection (2). (2) The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, remove a person from the ofﬁce of member of the Thoroughbred Racing Board if the Governor in Council reasonably considers the person— (a) has becomes incapable of properly discharging the functions of a member; or (b) gave false or misleading information on an approved form the person was asked to complete under section 11FA(b); 12 or (c) did not disclose an interest as required under section 12I. 13 (3) A notice of resignation mentioned in subsection (1)(b) takes effect when the notice is given to the Minister or, if a later time is stated in the notice, the later time. 12 Section 11FA (Chief executive to make enquiries) 13 Section 12I (Disclosure of interests)

s 11K 39 Racing and Betting Act 1980 s 12A 11K Casual vacancy (1) If a casual vacancy happens in the office of a member, another person is to be appointed by a selection panel. (2) A person appointed to fill a casual vacancy as a member— (a) is to be appointed and hold ofﬁce for the balance of the term of ofﬁce of the person’s predecessor or until the person sooner vacates the ofﬁce; and (b) if otherwise eligible—is eligible for renomination or reappointment as a member. 12 Remuneration of member of Thoroughbred Racing Board A member of the Thoroughbred Racing Board is entitled to be paid the remuneration decided by the Governor in Council. 12A Chairperson and deputy chairperson of Thoroughbred Racing Board (1) A selection panel may, by gazette notice, appoint— (a) a member of the Thoroughbred Racing Board to be the chairperson of the board; and (b) another member of the Thoroughbred Racing Board to be the deputy chairperson of the board. (2) In the same instrument, a person may be appointed as— (a) a member of the board; and (b) the chairperson or deputy chairperson. (3) The chairperson or the deputy chairperson may resign the ofﬁce, by signed notice of resignation given to the Minister, and remain a member of the board. (4) However, if the ofﬁce of member of the board held by the chairperson or deputy chairperson becomes vacant, the person’s appointment as chairperson or deputy chairperson ends. (5) A notice of resignation under subsection (3) takes effect when the notice is given to the Minister or, if a later time is stated in the notice, the later time.

236 Racing and Betting Act 1980 Notice to interested persons of decisions s 158H ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Division 7—Appeals relating to eligibility certiﬁcates div hdg ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Appeals s 158I ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Starting appeal s 158J ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Stay of operation of decisions s 158K ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Hearing procedures s 158L ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Power to gather evidence s 158M ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Powers of Gaming Commission on appeal s 158N ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Appeals to District Court s 158O ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Division 8—Provisions about racing bookmakers div hdg ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Racing bookmakers to maintain policy of insurance or bond to indemnify bettors against default s 158P ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Control bodies to ensure racing bookmakers have policies of insurance or bond s 158Q ins 2000 No. 21 s 32 Prohibition of betting by racing bookmaker with infants prov hdg amd 2000 No. 21 s 33 s 159 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1; 2000 No. 21 s 33 Division 9—Clubs to control racing venues and provisions about sporting contingencies div hdg ins 2000 No. 21 s 34 Control by clubs and control bodies over racing bookmakers s 160 amd 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3 (om 2000 No. 21 s 45) sub 2000 No. 21 s 34 Bookmaking on certain declared sporting contingencies s 161 amd 1991 No. 81 s 51 (amd 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 2) sub 2000 No. 21 s 34 Division 10—Miscellaneous div hdg ins 2000 No. 21 s 34 Racing bookmaker’s agent during certain periods s 162 amd 1984 No. 63 s 20

237 Racing and Betting Act 1980 om 1991 No. 4 s 11 ins 2000 No. 21 s 34 Control body to give notice of certain actions about racing bookmakers to gaming executive s 162A ins 2000 No. 21 s 34 Gaming executive may give information to control bodies about racing bookmakers or applicants for eligibility certiﬁcates s 162B ins 2000 No. 21 s 34 Surrender of eligibility certiﬁcate s 162C ins 2000 No. 21 s 34 Destruction of ﬁngerprints s 162D ins 2000 No. 21 s 34 Delegation by gaming executive s 162E ins 2000 No. 21 s 34 Approval of forms for pt 4 s 162F ins 2000 No. 21 s 34 Bookmaker’s turnover tax s 163 amd 1981 No. 19 s 46; 1984 No. 93 s 2; 1987 No. 85 s 2; 1990 No. 31 s 8; 1991 No. 4 s 12 om 2000 No. 20 s 29 sch 3 Club levy s 164 amd 1981 No. 19 s 47; 1987 No. 85 s 3; 1990 No. 31 s 9 om 1991 No. 4 s 13 Variation of club levy s 165 om 1981 No. 19 s 48 When tax payable s 166 amd 1981 No. 19 s 49; 1991 No. 4 s 14 om 2000 No. 20 s 29 sch 3 Advice by bookmaker to club of total value of bets s 167 om 2000 No. 20 s 29 sch 3 Return by bookmaker of all bets s 168 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1; 1994 No. 17 s 3 sch 2 om 2000 No. 20 s 29 sch 3 Commissioner may ﬁx bookmaker’s turnover tax prov hdg amd 1991 No. 4 s 15(a) s 169 amd 1991 No. 4 s 15(b)–(d) om 2000 No. 20 s 29 sch 3 Penalties for late payment s 170 amd 1981 No. 19 s 50; 1991 No. 4 s 16 om 2000 No. 20 s 29 sch 3

238 Racing and Betting Act 1980 Application of bookmaker’s turnover tax and penalty prov hdg amd 1991 No. 4 s 17(a) s 171 amd 1991 No. 4 s 17(b) om 2000 No. 20 s 29 sch 3 Race clubs’ bookmaker levy account s 172 om 1991 No. 4 s 18 Club to submit a declaration of bookmakers’ total bets s 173 amd 1990 No. 31 s 10; 1990 No. 88 s 3 sch om 2000 No. 20 s 29 sch 3 Payment of club levy s 174 om 1991 No. 4 s 19 PART 5—REGULATION OF TOTALISATORS pt hdg om 1998 No. 18 s 33 Division 1—The Totalisator Administration Board of Queensland div hdg om 1998 No. 18 s 34 Constitution of Totalisator Administration Board of Queensland s 175 om 1998 No. 18 s 35 Composition of totalisator board s 176 amd 1981 No. 19 s 51 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Continuation in ofﬁce of members constituting totalisator board s 177 om R1 (see RA s 37) First constitution of totalisator board s 178 om R1 (see RA s 37) Tenure of ofﬁce s 179 amd 1994 No. 17 s 3 sch 2 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Disqualiﬁcation from membership s 180 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Vacation of ofﬁce s 181 amd 1981 No. 19 s 52; 1994 No. 17 s 3 sch 2 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Casual vacancies s 182 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Appointment of substitute member s 183 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Expenses, fees or allowances to members s 184 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Procedure at meetings s 185 om 1998 No. 18 s 36

239 Racing and Betting Act 1980 Custody and afﬁxing of seal s 186 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Validity of acts s 187 om 1994 No. 17 s 3 sch 2 Authentication of documents s 188 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Functions, powers and duties of totalisator board s 189 amd 1981 No. 19 s 53; 1983 No. 11 s 8; 1984 No. 63 s 21; 1987 No. 26 s 43; 1990 No. 31 s 11; 1991 No. 66 s 5; 1994 No. 17 s 3 sch 2; 1995 No. 35 s 6; 1996 No. 47 s 244 sch 3; 1996 No. 54 s 9 sch; 1997 No. 51 s 4 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Totalisator board is statutory body s 189A ins 1996 No. 54 s 9 sch om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Ofﬁcers s 190 amd 1996 No. 37 s 147 sch 2 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Power of totalisator board on investments from outside Queensland s 191 sub 1995 No. 35 s 7 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Power of totalisator board to amalgamate net pools s 191A ins 1990 No. 31 s 12 sub 1995 No. 35 s 7 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Dissolution and winding up of totalisator board s 192 amd 1981 No. 19 s 54 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Rules s 193 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Division 2—Operation of totalisators div hdg om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Totalisator licences s 194 amd 1981 No. 19 s 55; 1991 No. 81 s 51 (amd 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 2); 1994 No. 17 s 3 sch 2 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Restriction as to totalisator contracts s 195 amd 1981 No. 19 s 56 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Amalgamation of net pools s 196 amd 1991 No. 81 s 51 (amd 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 2) om 1998 No. 18 s 36

240 Racing and Betting Act 1980 Restrictions on sale of tickets on totalisator s 197 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Unit of investment s 198 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Method of dealing with moneys paid into a totalisator s 199 amd 1981 No. 19 s 57; 1987 No. 26 s 44 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 All up investments s 199A ins 1987 No. 26 s 45 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Dealing with moneys paid into a sports totalisator s 199B ins 1990 No. 31 s 13 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Declaration of totalisator transactions and payments to commissioner s 200 amd 1981 No. 19 s 58; 1994 No. 17 s 3 sch 2 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Unpaid dividends and refunds from totalisator other than totalisator operated by totalisator board s 201 amd 1981 No. 19 s 59; 1987 No. 26 s 46; 1991 No. 81 s 51 (amd 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 2); 1994 No. 17 s 3 sch 2 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Unpaid dividends and refunds, and unpaid moneys from sports totalisators from totalisator operated by totalisator board prov hdg amd 1990 No. 31 s 14(a) s 202 amd 1987 No. 26 s 47; 1990 No. 31 s 14(b)–(c) om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Unpaid fractions account and unpaid dividends account s 203 amd 1981 No. 19 s 60; 1989 No. 103 s 3 sch; 1995 No. 4 s 33 sch om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Supervision of totalisators s 204 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Powers, functions and duties of inspector of totalisators generally s 205 amd 1981 No. 19 s 61; 1987 No. 26 s 48 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Books and records s 206 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Offences with respect to totalisators s 207 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Prohibition of investment by infants on totalisators s 208 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1 om 1998 No. 18 s 36

241 Racing and Betting Act 1980 Off-course investment on totalisator other than totalisator operated by totalisator board s 209 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Division 3—Taxes, levies and commission div hdg om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Totalisator tax s 210 amd 1994 No. 17 s 17 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Racing Development Fund levy s 211 amd 1990 No. 31 s 15; 1994 No. 17 s 18 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Commission s 212 amd 1994 No. 17 s 19 om 1998 No. 18 s 36 Application of this part and saving s 213 amd 1984 No. 63 s 22; 1998 No. 18 s 37; 2000 No. 21 s 35 Unlawful bookmaking by persons other than racing bookmakers etc. s 214 sub 2000 No. 21 s 36 Unlawful bookmaking by racing bookmakers s 214A ins 2000 No. 21 s 36 Common betting house s 215 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 2; 2000 No. 21 s 37 Possession of instrument of betting s 217 amd 1981 No. 19 s 62; 1987 No. 26 s 49 Prosecution and penalty for unlawful bookmaking, opening, keeping or using common betting house s 218 sub 1981 No. 19 s 63; 1982 No. 12 s 5 amd 1993 No. 19 s 3 Orders under s 218 not original orders s 218AA ins 1993 No. 19 s 4 No alternatives to imprisonment s 218AB ins 1993 No. 19 s 4 Recovery of penalties imposed under s 218 s 218A ins 1981 No. 19 s 63 amd 1993 No. 19 s 5; 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1; 1994 No. 17 s 3 sch 2 Appeal from District Court orders s 218B ins 1981 No. 19 s 63 om 1982 No. 12 s 6 Resorting to common betting house prohibited s 219 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1

242 Racing and Betting Act 1980 Prohibition of advertising of common betting house s 220 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1 Betting on licensed premises s 221 amd 1991 No. 66 s 6; 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1; 1994 No. 17 s 3 sch 2; 1995 No. 35 s 8 Offences about totalisators s 222A ins 1998 No. 18 s 38 Prohibition of giving warning of presence or approach s 223 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1 Prohibition of prevention of detection s 224 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1 Batteries, drugs and the like at racing venues and other places s 225 amd 1981 No. 19 s 64; 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1; 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3 Interference with person, horse, greyhound or property s 227 sub 1981 No. 19 s 65 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1 Use of drugs and the like on horse or greyhound s 228 sub 1981 No. 19 s 66 amd 1985 No. 47 s 8; 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1; 1998 No. 41 s 14(1) sch 1 Inspection, removal, sampling, analysis s 228A ins 1985 No. 47 s 9 amd 1988 No. 101 s 12; 1991 No. 81 s 3 sch Offences relating to ofﬁcers and records prov hdg amd 2000 No. 5 s 373 sch 2 s 229 amd 1981 No. 19 s 67; 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1; 2000 No. 5 s 373 sch 2; 2000 No. 21 s 38 Forgery and like offences s 230 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1; 1998 No. 18 s 39 Warrant to enter and search places and arrest persons s 231 amd 1989 No. 103 s 3 sch; 1994 No. 17 s 3 sch 2 om 2000 No. 5 s 373 sch 2 General power of arrest without warrant s 232 amd 1981 No. 19 s 68; 1982 No. 12 s 7 om 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3 Police ofﬁcer may grant bail for offence against s 214, 216, 217 or 219 prov hdg amd 1982 No. 12 s 8(a) s 232A ins 1981 No. 19 s 69 amd 1982 No. 12 s 8(b) om 2000 No. 5 s 373 sch 2 Power to require name, address s 233 amd 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3

243 Racing and Betting Act 1980 Power to search clothing and person of arrested person and to seize and detain things s 234 om 2000 No. 5 s 373 sch 2 Further powers of police ofﬁcers s 235 amd 1985 No. 47 s 10 om 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3 Offences generally and penalty s 236 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1 Proceedings for offences s 237 amd 1981 No. 19 s 70; 1982 No. 12 s 9; 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1 Time limits for payment of penalties s 238 amd 1981 No. 19 s 71; 1982 No. 12 s 10 Liability of racing bookmaker for offence by agent or employee prov hdg amd 2000 No. 21 s 39 s 241 amd 2000 No. 21 s 39 Removal of persons from racing venues and trials s 243 om 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3 Protection of and payment to informants s 244 amd 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1; 2001 No. 72 s 164 sch 1 Fingerprints and the like s 246 om 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3 Personal appearance before court of offenders against certain sections s 247 amd 1981 No. 19 s 72; 1982 No. 12 s 11 Circumstances in which racing bookmaker may sue or be sued prov hdg amd 2000 No. 21 s 40 s 249 amd 2000 No. 21 s 40 Disposal of penalties and the like s 250 amd 1983 No. 11 s 9 Protection against liability s 254 amd 1981 No. 19 s 73; 1988 No. 101 s 13 om 1991 No. 81 s 37 Superannuation schemes s 254A ins 1983 No. 11 s 10 amd 1984 No. 63 s 24; 1991 No. 81 s 38; 1995 No. 35 s 9 sub 1995 No. 36 s 9 sch 2 amd 2001 No. 90 s 3 schs 1–2 Evidentiary provisions s 256 amd 1981 No. 19 s 74; 1985 No. 47 s 11; 1991 No. 81 s 51 (amd 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 2); 2000 No. 21 s 41; 2001 No. 72 s 164 sch 1; 2002 No. 51 s 81 Regulations s 257 amd 1981 No. 19 s 75; 1984 No. 63 s 24; 1985 No. 47 s 12; 1987 No. 26 s 50; 1988 No. 101 s 14; 1991 No. 81 ss 39, 3 sch; 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 1; 1994

244 Racing and Betting Act 1980 No. 17 s 3 sch 2; 1996 No. 54 s 9 sch; 1998 No. 18 s 40; 2000 No. 5 s 373 sch 2; 2000 No. 21 s 42 Regulation about selection panels and matters related to selection of members of the Thoroughbred Racing Board s 257A ins 2001 No. 90 s 34 PART 8—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS pt hdg prev pt 8 hdg ins 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 2 om R1 (see RA s 39) pres pt 8 hdg ins 1994 No. 17 s 20 Division 1—Principal clubs div hdg ins 1998 No. 18 s 41 References to previous principal clubs s 257A ins 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 2 Division 2—Racing Development Corporation div hdg ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Deﬁnition s 258 prev s 258 sub 1993 No. 19 s 2 sch 2 om R1 (see RA s 39) ins 1994 No. 17 s 20 exp 10 May 1994 (see s 258(4)) pres s 258 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Dissolution of the Racing Development Corporation s 259 prev s 259 ins 1994 No. 17 s 20 exp 10 May 1994 (see s 259(4)) pres s 259 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 State is successor in law of corporation s 260 ins 1994 No. 17 s 20 sub 1998 No. 18 s 42 Corporation’s assets and liabilities s 261 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Pending legal proceedings by or against corporation s 262 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Instruments s 263 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 State’s power to vary the lease s 264 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Effect of things done under this division s 265 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Division 3—Racing Development Fund div hdg ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Deﬁnitions s 266 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42

245 Racing and Betting Act 1980 Abolition of fund s 267 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Approved payments s 268 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 (amd 1999 No. 29 s 50 sch) Division 4—Racing Industry Coordinating Committee div hdg ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Deﬁnitions s 269 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Dissolution of committee s 270 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Allocated meetings s 271 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Division 5—Agreements div hdg ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Agreements under s 195 s 272 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 Division 6—Transitional provisions for the Racing and Betting Amendment Act 2000 and other relevant amendments div hdg ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 sub 2000 No. 21 s 43 Deﬁnition for division s 273 ins 1998 No. 18 s 42 sub 2000 No. 21 s 43 Purpose of division s 274 ins 2000 No. 21 s 43 References to bookmakers and bookmakers’ clerks s 275 ins 2000 No. 21 s 43 Licensing of bookmakers and bookmakers’ clerks s 276 ins 2000 No. 21 s 43 Continuation of bookmaker’s agent s 277 ins 2000 No. 21 s 43 Continuing application for bets before repeal s 278 ins 2000 No. 21 s 43 Continuing application about auditing clubs and providing certain information s 279 ins 2000 No. 21 s 43 Division 7—Transitional and related provisions for provisions of Racing and BettingAmendment Act (No. 2) 2001 commencing on assent div 7 (ss 279A–279DD) ins 2001 No. 90 s 20 Division 8—Transitional provisions for provisions of Racing and Betting AmendmentAct (No. 2) 2001 commencing on a day to be ﬁxed by proclamation div 8 (ss 279E–279J) ins 2001 No. 90 s 35 (amd 2002 No. 58 s 398(1) sch 2 pt 1)

246 Racing and Betting Act 1980 PART 9—VALIDATION PROVISION pt 9 (s 280) ins 2001 No. 41 s 7 SCHEDULE 1 om 1991 No. 81 s 3 sch SCHEDULE 2 amd 1981 No. 19 s 76; 1984 No. 63 s 23; 1984 No. 93 s 3; 1987 No. 26 s 51; 1990 No. 31 s 16; 1991 No. 4 s 20 om 1998 No. 18 s 43 8 Provisions that have not commenced and are not incorporated into reprint The following provisions are not incorporated in this reprint because they had not commenced before the reprint date (see Reprints Act 1992, s 5(c)). Racing Act 2002 No. 58 s 398(2) sch 2 pt 2 reads as follows— PART 2—AMENDMENT AND RELOCATION OF PROVISIONS OF RACING AND BETTING ACT 1980 Division 1—Amendments 1 Section 5, deﬁnition “committee”, ‘when used in relation to any club or athletic club’— omit, insert— ‘of a club’. 2 Section 5, deﬁnitions “ofﬁcer” and “selection panel”, ‘this Act’— omit, insert— ‘this schedule’.

247 Racing and Betting Act 1980 3 Section 11, heading— omit, insert— ‘11 Continuation of Queensland Thoroughbred Racing Board’. 4 Section 11(1)— omit, insert— ‘ (1) The Queensland Thoroughbred Racing Board established under the repealed Act as in force immediately before the commencement of the Racing Act 2002 , section 398, is continued in existence under that name.’. 5 Section 11A(2) and (3)— omit. 6 Section 11A(4)(a), from ‘Regional’ to ‘34C(1)(b) and (c),’— omit, insert— ‘Queensland Regional Racing Council as mentioned in section 67(1)(b) and (c) 44 of this Act,’. 7 Section 11A(4)(b), ‘34C(1)(d) and (2)’— omit, insert— ‘67(1)(d) and (2) of this Act’. 8 Section 11A(5), ‘Regional Racing Council’— omit, insert— ‘council’. 44 Section 67 (Functions of council)

248 Racing and Betting Act 1980 9 Section 11AA(4), deﬁnition “special responsibility period”, from ‘the period’— omit, insert— ‘the period ending on 4 October 2003.’. 10 Section 11G(1)(a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) a person who is affected by bankruptcy action;’. 11 Section 11G(1)(f)(i)— omit, insert— ‘(i) a licensed club;’. 12 Section 11J(2)(a), ‘becomes’— omit, insert— ‘become’. 13 Section 12E(2), ‘registered race’ to ‘board’— omit, insert— ‘licensed clubs or persons who are licence holders in relation to the board’. 14 Section 12G(4), from ‘allowing’ to ‘teleconferencing.’— omit, insert— ‘that reasonably allows members to hear and take part in discussions as they happen. Example of use of teleconferencing — Teleconferencing.’.

249 Racing and Betting Act 1980 15 Section 12H, from ‘keep’— omit, insert— ‘keep— (a) minutes of its meetings; and (b) a record of resolutions made under section 12G(6).’. 16 Section 12I(2), ‘race club’— omit, insert— ‘licensed club’. 17 Section 14(1), ‘race clubs registered’— omit, insert— ‘a club licensed’. 18 Section 14(1), ‘each race club shall’— omit, insert— ‘the club must’. 19 Section 14(2A), ‘race club’— omit, insert— ‘club’. 20 Section 14(2A), ‘and, in the absence of’ to ‘conclusive evidence’— omit. 21 Section 14(3), from ‘owing to it’ to ‘indebted to it’— omit, insert— ‘owing ( “the debt” ) by a licensed club, the debt is a ground for the Thoroughbred Racing Board to suspend the club’s licence’.

250 Racing and Betting Act 1980 22 Section 35(1)— omit, insert— ‘ (1) The Queensland Harness Racing Board established under the repealed Act is continued in existence under that name.’. 23 Section 36— insert— ‘ (3) In making a nomination for subsection (1), the Minister must nominate persons who have experience in 1 or more of the following— (a) harness racing; (b) business and ﬁnancial management; (c) law; (d) leadership; (e) marketing.’. 24 Section 41, ‘this Act’— omit, insert— ‘this schedule’. 25 Section 42(e), ‘(whether on indictment or after being dealt with summarily)’— omit. 26 Section 42(e)— renumber as section 42(g). 27 Section 42(c) and (d)— omit, insert— ‘(c) is a licence holder of the board, or an executive ofﬁcer of a licence holder of the board;

251 Racing and Betting Act 1980 (d) is affected by bankruptcy action; (e) is a member of a committee of, or employee of, any of the following— (i) a club licensed by the board; (ii) a control body; (iii) an association formed to promote the interests of 1 or more participants in the harness racing industry; (f) is disqualiﬁed from managing corporations, under the Corporations Act, part 2D.6; 45 ’. 28 Section 44(1), ‘this Act’— omit, insert— ‘this schedule’. 29 Section 47(3), ‘club or group of’— omit, insert— ‘licensed club or group of licensed’. 30 Section 47(14) and 48(2), ‘this Act’— omit, insert— ‘this schedule’. 31 Section 50, ‘functions and duties’— omit, insert— ‘function’. 45 Corporations Act, part 2D.6 (Disqualiﬁcation from managing corporations)

252 Racing and Betting Act 1980 32 Section 53(3), ‘this part’— omit, insert— ‘part 3 of the repealed Act’. 33 Section 54(1), ‘trotting clubs’— omit, insert— ‘each club licensed by it’. 34 Section 54(1), ‘each trotting club shall’— omit, insert— ‘each club must’. 35 Section 54(2A), ‘trotting club’— omit, insert— ‘club’. 36 Section 54(2A), ‘and, in the absence of’ to ‘conclusive evidence’— omit. 37 Section 54(3), from ‘owing to it’ to ‘the club’— omit, insert— ‘owing ( “the debt” ) by a licensed club, the debt is a ground for the Harness Racing Board to suspend the club’s licence’. 38 Section 76(1)— omit, insert— ‘ (1) The Greyhound Racing Authority previously established under the repealed Act is continued in existence under that name.’.

253 Racing and Betting Act 1980 39 Section 77— insert— ‘ (3) In making a nomination for subsection (1), the Minister must nominate persons who have experience in 1 or more of the following— (a) greyhound racing; (b) business and ﬁnancial management; (c) law; (d) leadership; (e) marketing.’. 40 Section 82(1), ‘this Act’— omit, insert— ‘this schedule’. 41 Section 83(e), ‘(whether on indictment or after being dealt with summarily)’— omit . 42 Section 83(e)— renumber as section 83(g). 43 Section 83(c) and (d)— omit, insert— ‘(c) is a licence holder of the Greyhound Authority or an executive ofﬁcer of a licence holder of the Greyhound Authority; (d) is affected by bankruptcy action; (e) is a member of a committee of, or employee of, any of the following— (i) a club licensed by the Greyhound Authority; (ii) a control body;

254 Racing and Betting Act 1980 (iii) an association formed to promote the interests of 1 or more participants in the greyhound racing industry; (f) is disqualiﬁed from managing corporations under the Corporations Act, part 2D.6; 46 ’. 44 Section 85(1), ‘this Act’— omit, insert— ‘this schedule’. 45 Section 88(3), ‘club or group of’— omit, insert— ‘licensed club or group of licensed’. 46 Sections 88(14) and 89(2), ‘this Act’— omit, insert— ‘this schedule’. 47 Section 91, ‘functions’— omit, insert — ‘function’. 48 Section 95(1), ‘greyhound clubs’— omit, insert— ‘each club licensed by it’. 49 Section 95(1), ‘each greyhound club’— omit, insert— ‘each club’. 46 Corporations Act, part 2D.6 (Disqualiﬁcation from managing corporations)

255 Racing and Betting Act 1980 50 Section 95(2A), ‘greyhound club’— omit, insert— ‘club’. 51 Section 95(2A), ‘and, in the absence of’ to ‘conclusive evidence’— omit. 52 Section 95(3), from ‘owing to it’ to ‘the club’— omit, insert— ‘owing ( “the debt” ) by a licensed club, the debt is a ground for the Greyhound Authority to suspend the club’s licence’. 53 Section 132, heading, ‘Control’— omit, insert— ‘ Continuing control ’. 54 Section 132(1), ‘Each control body’— omit, insert— ‘Each continuing control body’. 55 Section 132(1), ‘under its control’— omit, insert— ‘licensed by it’. 56 Section 132, ‘section 131(5)’— omit, insert— ‘section 110(3) 47 of this Act’. 47 Section 110 (Licensed club to give audited accounts to control body)

256 Racing and Betting Act 1980 Division 2—Relocation 57 Section 5, deﬁnitions, “committee”, “ofﬁcer” and “selection panel”— relocate to schedule 1, part 1, section 1. 58 Sections 11, 11A, 11AA, 11C to 11FB and 11G to 15A— relocate to schedule 1, part 2. 59 Sections 35 to 50 and 53 to 54A— relocate to schedule 1, part 3. 60 Sections 76 to 91 and 94 to 95A— relocate to schedule 1, part 4. 61 Section 132— relocate to schedule 1, part 5. 9 Information about retrospectivity Retrospective amendments that have been consolidated are noted in the list of legislation and list of annotations. Any retrospective amendment that has not been consolidated is noted in footnotes to the text. © State of Queensland 2003