Racing Integrity Act 2016 (Qld)

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.