Right of appeal
86 Right of appeal
(1) A person may appeal a decision in respect of that person or an animal owned by that person made by:
a steward of a race club; or
a race club; or
a race control body.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an appeal of a decision made by a steward of a race club must be made to the race control body.
(3) An appeal of a decision made by a steward of a race club must be made to the Tribunal if the decision:
(a) imposes a fine greater than the amount prescribed by regulation; or
(b) imposes on a person a disqualification or suspension for a period longer than 3 months; or
(c) imposes on an animal a disqualification or suspension and includes a penalty or sanction on a person; or
warns off the person for more than 12 race meetings; or
(e) imposes on the person a fine greater than the amount prescribed by regulation combined with a disqualification or suspension exceeding 1 month.
(4) An appeal of a decision made by a race club or a race control body must be made to the Tribunal.
(5) If 2 or more appeals arising out of the same incident or incidents are made to the Tribunal and to a race control body, the appeals must be heard by the Tribunal.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
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