Racing Integrity Act 2016

The commission must assess an approval application referred under the Racing Act, section 48(1)(b), to the commission.

The commission must prepare and give to the Minister a report relating to the approval application that includes the following matters—

whether the commission is reasonably satisfied the applicant for the approval application is suitable to be an approved control body;

whether the commission is reasonably satisfied the commission can adequately regulate the activities relating to the proposed code of racing for the approval application, including licensing participants and appointing stewards to be in charge of race meetings for the code;

whether the commission is reasonably satisfied the commission can license persons who would become racing bookmakers for the proposed code of racing;

whether the applicant’s draft strategic plan and operation plan that, under the Racing Act, section 46, accompanied the approval application have satisfied all relevant operational and integrity matters associated with the applicant becoming an approved control body;

any submissions given to the commission under the Racing Act, section 50(1) about the approval application, and the commission’s assessment of and response to the submissions;

any other matter relating to the approval application that, in the commission’s opinion, may impact on the applicant’s suitability as a control body.

If the commission is given a submission about the approval application as mentioned in subsection (2)(e), the commission must give the chief executive (racing) a copy of it.