Racing Act 2002

This section applies if the chief executive calls a meeting of approval applicants under section 52(1) and there is no mediated agreement supported by all of the approval applicants.

The chief executive must assess each of the approval applications.

The chief executive must prepare and give to the Minister a single report relating to all approval applications covering the following to the extent that is applicable—

the applications;

submissions given to the chief executive under section 50 about the applications;

reports about the criminal histories of individuals who are business associates and executive associates of the approval applicants, given to the chief executive under section 58(2);

the chief executive’s assessment, as mentioned in section 48(2)(b), about whether each approval applicant is suitable to be approved as the control body for the application code;

an assessment about the merits of each approval application compared to the other approval applications;

the chief executive’s recommendation about which approval applicant is best qualified and most suitable to be the control body for the code.