Racing Act 2002

A control body has—

the powers necessary for performing its function; and

all other powers necessary for discharging the obligations imposed on the control body under this Act or another Act.

Without limiting subsection (1), a control body may do any of the following for any of its codes of racing—

license clubs and venues that are suitable to be licensed for the code;

conduct audits of licence holders to decide if the licence holders continue to be suitable to be licensed, on the control body’s own initiative or at the request of the Minister;

investigate complaints about licence holders on the control body’s own initiative or at the request of the Minister;

allocate dates on which, and places at which, race meetings are to be held for the code of racing;

prepare and implement plans and strategies for developing, promoting and marketing the commercial operations of the code of racing;

encourage and facilitate the development of ancillary racing activities for the code of racing, including, for example, the breeding and training of animals;

distribute an amount—

as prize money for races; or

to a licensed club, on conditions the control body considers appropriate, for a purpose relating to the operations of the club; or

for undertaking research and analysis for the code of racing;

investigate, make decisions about and, on conditions the control body considers appropriate, allocate funding for venue development and other infrastructure relevant to the code of racing;

supervise—

the construction of a new racing venue; or

alterations or renovations to an existing racing venue;

examine a licensed club’s constitution to determine if it complies with this Act and the relevant rules of racing;

promote animal welfare and prevent animal cruelty, including ensuring adequate training is provided to participants to achieve this;

publish material to inform the public, whether in Queensland or elsewhere;

prepare, on its own motion or when directed by the Minister, reports and recommendations;

order the audit of the books and accounts of a licensed club by a registered company auditor under the Corporations Act;

enter into reciprocal arrangements with entities in other States, or in countries other than Australia, that have similar powers to the control body for recognising—

the activities conducted by, or under the control of, the entities in the other States or the countries; and

another matter or thing relating to managing the code of racing;

issue race information authorities under section 135(1);

establish a committee or another entity that—

assists the control body to perform its functions; or

provides advice to the control body about performing its functions, and performs administrative functions, for non-UBET races.

To the extent a control body believes necessary or desirable for performing the control body’s function, the control body may, by notice given to a licensed club, give a direction to the club (a control body direction) relating to—

the operations of the club, including, for example, matters in relation to the licensed club’s assets; or

a licensed venue for which the club is the licence holder.

A control body direction may require a licensed club to do something or to refrain from doing something.

As mentioned in section 115(1)(a), if the licensed club is not complying, or has not complied with the control body direction, the control body may suspend or cancel the club’s licence.

In this section—

non-UBET races means races on which UBET does not, or is unlikely to, offer wagering.