Racing and Betting Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1998 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1998 No. 44 Racing and Betting Act 1980 RACING AND BETTING AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Insertion of new s 24A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 24A Approved place for payment and settlement of certain bets made by and with bookmakers—Act s 215(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 84A (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Insertion of new ss 84B–84E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 84B How samples must be taken, marked, sealed and delivered for analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 84C General—applies to all samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 84D Blood samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 84E Other samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Insertion of new pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PART 9—REPEAL 86 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

s1 2 s5 Racing and Betting Amendment (No. 1) No. 44, 1998 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Racing and Betting Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1998 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Racing and Betting Regulation 1981 . ˙ Insertion of new s 24A 3. After section 24— insert— ˙ ‘ Approved place for payment and settlement of certain bets made by and with bookmakers—Act s 215(2) ‘ 24A. The payment and settlement at Tattersalls Club Rooms, 215 Queen Street, Brisbane of a bet lawfully made by and with a bookmaker at any racing venue or athletic ground is approved.’. ˙ Amendment of s 84A (Interpretation) 4.(1) Section 84A(1)— insert— ‘ “tamper-evident seal” , for a container, means a paper seal designed to facilitate the detection of the removal of the cap from the container.’. (2) Section 84A(2) and (3)— omit. (3) Section 84A(4)— renumber as section 84F in part 7. ˙ Insertion of new ss 84B–84E 5. In part 7, after section 84A— insert—

s5 3 s5 Racing and Betting Amendment (No. 1) No. 44, 1998 ˙ ‘ How samples must be taken, marked, sealed and delivered for analysis ‘ 84B. This part prescribes the way a sample must be taken, sealed, marked and delivered for analysis for section 228A of the Act. ˙ ‘ General—applies to all samples ‘ 84C.(1) A sample must be taken in a way that provides a reasonable safeguard against a contaminant being introduced into the sample by any of the following means while the sample is being collected, placed in a container and sealed— (a) a person not involved in taking the sample; (b) an accidental act by a person involved in taking the sample; (c) another accidental act. ‘ (2) However, a sample may contain a thing that is part of the process of taking the sample. Examples— 1. A sample of saliva may contain a swab used to take it. 2. A sample of blood may contain an appropriate anti-coagulant. 3. A sample of urine may contain the residue of an appropriate fluid used to rinse a container holding the sample. ‘ (3) A responsible person must witness the whole process of collecting the sample, placing it in 1 or more containers and sealing the container or containers. ‘ (4) A record of the sample must be made that includes the following information— (a) the name of the relevant control body; (b) the registered name of the animal; (c) the type of sample; (d) where the sample was taken; (e) the date and time the sample was taken; (f) the number with which the sample is numbered;

s5 4 s5 Racing and Betting Amendment (No. 1) No. 44, 1998 (g) if the sample was taken in connection with a race that has been run, or is about to be run, at a race meeting— (i) the race club conducting the meeting; and (ii) the race number; and (iii) the placing (if any) of the animal in the race; (h) the name of the person who collected the sample; (i) the name of the person who placed the sample in 1 or more containers and sealed the container or containers; (j) for a blood sample—the number on each adhesive sticker on each tube of blood is the same and matches the number on the seal over the cap of the container into which the tube of blood was placed; (k) the name of the witness; (l) the witness witnessed the whole process of collecting the sample, placing it in 1 or more containers and sealing the container or containers. ‘ (5) The information mentioned in subsection (4)(a) to (f) and (j) to (l) must be verified by the witness’s signature on the record. ‘ (6) The information mentioned in subsection (4)(a) to (h) and (j) must be verified by the signature of the person who collected the sample on the record. ‘ (7) The information mentioned in subsection (4)(a) to (g) and (i) and (j) must be verified by the signature of the person mentioned in subsection (4)(i) on the record. ‘ (8) A copy of the record must be given to— (a) an owner or trainer of the animal; or (b) a strapper or other person attending the animal. ˙ ‘ Blood samples ‘ 84D.(1) A blood sample may consist of 1 or more evacuated tubes of blood collected at approximately the same time.

s6 5 s6 Racing and Betting Amendment (No. 1) No. 44, 1998 ‘ (2) The tube of blood, or if there is more than 1 tube each tube, must have an adhesive sticker on it marked with the same unique number. ‘ (3) A sticker may have the number already written on it, or be prepared without a number. ‘ (4) The tube or tubes of blood must be placed inside 1 or more containers. ‘ (5) A container may hold more than 1 tube of blood. ‘ (6) The container, or if there is more than 1 container each container, must be capped, and a tamper-evident seal must be placed over the cap and part of the container. ‘ (7) Each tamper-evident seal for the sample must be marked with the same number as is marked on each sticker on each tube of blood. ˙ ‘ Other samples ‘ 84E.(1) A sample other than of blood may consist of 1 or more containers of the sample collected at, or approximately at, the same time. ‘ (2) The container, or if there is more than 1 container each container, must be capped, and a tamper-evident seal must be placed over the cap and part of the container. ‘ (3) Each tamper-evident seal for the sample must be marked with the same unique number.’. ˙ Insertion of new pt 9 6. After section 85— insert— ‘ PART 9—REPEAL ˙ ‘ Repeal ‘ 86.(1) The order in council made under the Act and gazetted on 18 July 1981 at pages 1947 to 1952 is repealed. ‘ (2) This part expires the day after it commences.’.

6 Racing and Betting Amendment (No. 1) ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 19 March 1998. 2. Notified in the gazette on 20 March 1998. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Office of Racing. © State of Queensland 1998 No. 44, 1998