Racing Integrity Act 2016

This section applies to a document (the relevant document) that is—

a document mentioned in section 269(1); or

evidence of an existing matter under a previous provision.

A reference in the relevant document to an existing matter under a previous provision is to be read, if the context permits and with the necessary changes to terminology, as if the existing matter existed or were made, kept, done, applied or otherwise provided for under this Act.

Without limiting subsection (2), it is declared that a reference in a relevant document to—

the appointment of a person as a compliance officer or an integrity officer under previous section 261 is an existing matter under a previous provision; and

the necessary changes include that the relevant document is to be read as if the appointment of the person were an appointment of the person as an authorised officer under this Act.