Racing Act 2002

A control body’s policy for its licensing scheme must require a person who wishes to obtain a licence for a club or venue (the proposed licensee) to apply for the licence in a control body form.

To the extent it is relevant to the application for the licence, the application must include all of the following—

the type of licence applied for;

the type of work or activity to be performed by the proposed licensee;

particulars of the proposed licensee;

if the proposed licensee is an individual, appropriate training courses completed, or appropriate experience obtained, by the proposed licensee.

Also, a control body’s policy relating to the licensing of a club must provide for the following matters—

for the club’s application to be accompanied by a copy of a national police certificate for each executive officer of the applicant;

the application can not be granted if an executive officer of the applicant has a conviction for any of the following, other than a spent conviction—

an offence against this Act, the Racing Integrity Act or the repealed Racing and Betting Act 1980;

an indictable offence, or a summary offence that involved dishonesty, fraud, stealing or unlawful betting, under any other Act or repealed Act;

an offence against a law of another State, that is prescribed by regulation as a law about animal welfare, racing or betting;

an animal welfare offence;

the extent to which the control body must have regard to another conviction stated on the national police certificate other than a conviction mentioned in paragraph (b);

after auditing a licensed club, if the control body is not satisfied it is suitable to continue to be licensed, the control body must take disciplinary action relating to the licence.

A control body’s policy for its licensing scheme may require an application for a licence for a venue to be accompanied by a copy of a national police certificate for—

if the applicant is an individual—the individual; or

if the applicant is a corporation—each executive officer of the corporation.

If a national police certificate is required under subsection (4), the control body may consider all convictions stated in the national police certificate as relevant to the application for the licence.