Thoroughbred Racing Act 1996

A person may make a complaint to the IA Committee in respect of the exercise of functions by a racing official relating to horse racing.

On receiving a complaint from a person under this section, the IA Committee must investigate the complaint with due diligence unless the Committee considers that the complaint—

is frivolous, vexatious or not made in good faith, or

is trivial, or

does not relate to the exercise of functions by a racing official in a corrupt, improper or unethical manner.

If the IA Committee decides to investigate a complaint, the Committee must inform the racing official concerned of the substance of the complaint and give the racing official a reasonable opportunity to respond to it.

The IA Committee may, by notice in writing, require a racing official who is the subject of an investigation under this section to do one or more of the following things—

provide, in accordance with directions in the notice, such information verified by statutory declaration as, in the opinion of the Committee, is relevant to the investigation and is specified in the notice,

produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, such records as, in the opinion of the Committee, are relevant to the investigation and permit examination of the records, the taking of extracts from them and the making of copies of them,

authorise a person described in the notice to comply with a requirement of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),

furnish to the Committee such authorisations and consents as the Committee requires for the purpose of enabling the Committee to obtain information (including financial and other confidential information) from other persons concerning the person under investigation.

A person who complies with a requirement of a notice under subsection (4) does not on that account incur a liability to another person.

A person must not fail to comply with a requirement of the IA Committee contained in a notice under subsection (4).