Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024

The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made under that subsection for or in relation to all or any of the following matters:further procedural or other requirements in connection with registrations and applications; the control and enforcement and, if relevant, the disbursement of bonds of indemnity or other forms of security given in respect of any matter; the business arrangements and conduct of bookmakers and bookmakers' agents; the control and regulation of betting by and with bookmakers, including, but not limited to, the following:betting tickets and betting sheets; the laying and displaying of odds; winning, losing, void and disputed bets; types of bets and the conditions applicable to each type of bet; the settlement of bets; the control and regulation of on-course telephone betting endorsements, off-course telephone betting endorsements or off-course function betting endorsements and the issue of off-course function approvals; the keeping of records and accounts on any matter by clubs or bookmakers or other persons, and the consequences of the loss or destruction of such records or accounts; the provision, to Tasracing, of information or returns on any matter by clubs or bookmakers or other persons involved in the racing industry; stipendiary stewards and other racing officials, including their functions and the nature and enforcement of their powers; the regulation of the publication of Tasmanian race field information by wagering operators, including, but not limited to, conditions in respect of race field information publication approvals.

The regulations may – be made so as to apply differently according to such factors as are specified in the regulations; and authorise any matter to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by the Commissioner; and authorise any matter relating to the functions or powers of Tasracing to be determined, applied or regulated by Tasracing; and authorise any matter relating to the functions or powers of the TRAB to be determined, applied or regulated by the TRAB or its chairperson.

The regulations may – provide that a contravention of any of the regulations is an offence; and provide, in relation to any such offence, for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 25 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 2.5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

Without limiting the application of subsection (3), regulations of the kind referred to in subsection (2)(d) may – provide for any matter in respect of betting on contingencies relating to horse races or greyhound races to be determined by stewards or other racing officials, or in accordance with the Rules of Racing; and contain notes and examples; and stipulate that such notes and examples, or any of them, form or do not form part of the regulations.

The regulations may – provide for savings or transitional matters necessary or expedient for bringing this Act into operation; and provide for any of those savings or transitional matters to take effect when this section commences or on a later day specified in the regulations, whether the day so specified is before, on or after the day on which the regulations are made.