Racing Integrity Act 2016
An Act to safeguard the welfare of animals, to ensure the integrity of persons involved in the racing industry and to manage matters relating to betting and sporting contingencies
Chapter 1 Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Racing Integrity Act 2016.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
3 Main purposes of Act and their achievement
(1)The main purposes of this Act are—(a)to maintain public confidence in the racing of animals in Queensland for which betting is lawful; and(b)to ensure the integrity of all persons involved with racing or betting under this Act or the Racing Act; and(c)to safeguard the welfare of all animals that are or have been involved in racing under this Act or the Racing Act.(2)The purposes are to be achieved primarily by—(a)establishing the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission; and(b)regulating racing bookmakers by establishing a framework that provides for—(i)licensing by the commission; and(ii)the granting of offcourse approvals; and(c)establishing the Racing Appeals Panel to review the decisions of stewards under the rules of racing; and(d)authorising particular information relating to the decisions of stewards to be made available to the public.
4 Extraterritorial application of Act
(1)This Act applies both within and outside Queensland.(2)This Act applies outside Queensland to the full extent of the extraterritorial legislative power of the Parliament.
5 Dictionary
The dictionary in schedule 1 defines particular words used in this Act.
6 Act binds State, Commonwealth and other States
(1)This Act binds the State and, as far as the legislative authority of the Parliament permits, the Commonwealth and the other States.(2)However, an entity mentioned in subsection (1) can not be prosecuted for an offence against this Act.
Chapter 2 Queensland Racing Integrity Commission
Part 1 Establishment
7 Establishment and status
(1)The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (the commission) is established.(2)The commission consists of the commissioner, each deputy commissioner and the staff of the commission.(3)The staff are to be employed under the Public Sector Act 2022.(4)However, race day stewards are employed under this Act and not the Public Sector Act 2022.
8 Commission represents the State
(1)The commission represents the State.(2)Without limiting subsection (1), the commission has the status, privileges and immunities of the State.
9 Application of other Acts
(1)The commission is—(a)a unit of public administration under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001; and(b)a statutory body under the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982.(2)The Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982, part 2B explains how that Act affects the commission’s powers.
Part 2 Functions and powers
10 Functions
(1)The commission has the following functions—(a)to license animals and participants that are suitable to be licensed for…