{"id":"sl-2010-3","name":"Racing Regulation 2010","slug":"racing-regulation-2010","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"3 of 2010","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173605,"registerId":"act-sl-2010-3-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Racing Regulation 2010","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nRacing Regulation 2010\nSL2010-3\nmade under the\nRacing Act 1999\nRepublication No 6\nEffective: 24 August 2022\nRepublication date: 24 August 2022\nLast amendment made by A2022-14\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Racing Regulation 2010, made under the Racing Act 1999 (including\nany amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force\non 24 August 2022. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting\nthis republished law to 24 August 2022.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR6\n24/08/22\nRacing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nRacing Regulation 2010\nmade under the\nRacing Act 1999\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Dictionary 2\n4 Notes 2\n5 Prescribed information for application for, or renewal of, approval—\nAct, s 61J (2) (b) and s 61P (3) (b) 2\n6 Prescribed matters to be considered or disregarded in deciding\napplication for, or renewal of, approval—Act, s 61K (2) (b) and\ns 61Q (2) (b) 4\n6A Suitable person—Act, s 61L (1) (f) 5\n7 Prescribed conditions of approval or renewal—Act, s 61N (a) 5\n8 Tribunal members eligibility requirement—Act, sch 1, s 1.1 (4) 7\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Racing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\nR6\n24/08/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary 8\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 11\n2 Abbreviation key 11\n3 Legislation history 12\n4 Amendment history 13\n5 Earlier republications 15\n\nR6\n24/08/22\nRacing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nRacing Regulation 2010\nmade under the\nRacing Act 1999\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Racing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\nR6\n24/08/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Racing Regulation 2010.\n3 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.\nNote 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire regulation unless the\ndefinition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or\nthe contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and\ns 156 (1)).\n4 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n5 Prescribed information for application for, or renewal of,\napproval—Act, s 61J (2) (b) and s 61P (3) (b)\n(1) The following information is prescribed:\n(a) the name and contact details of the applicant;\n(b) details of the proposed use of race field information (including\nthe race to which the approval is to relate and the time and\nmanner of use);\n(c) details of the applicant’s licence or authority to conduct a\nwagering business—\n(i) under a law of the Territory, a State or an external territory;\nor\n\nSection 5\nR6\n24/08/22\nRacing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(ii) issued by a controlling body, a corresponding body, or a\nracing authority of the Territory, a State or an external\nterritory;\nNote State includes the Northern Territory—see the Legislation\nAct, dict, pt 1.\n(d) details of the kinds of wagering offered by the applicant;\n(e) details of the applicant’s history of wagering operations and use\nof race field information (including details of the applicant’s\npast wagering turnover in relation to races conducted in the\nACT);\n(f) details of the criminal history (if any) of—\n(i) if the applicant is an individual—the applicant, key\nemployees and close associates of the applicant that are\nknown to the applicant; or\n(ii) if the applicant is a corporation—key employees and close\nassociates of the applicant that are known to the applicant;\n(g) details of any disciplinary action under any legislation, rules of\nracing or betting (whether in the ACT or elsewhere) or external\ngreyhound racing legislation or rules that has been taken\nagainst—\n(i) if the applicant is an individual—the applicant, key\nemployees and close associates of the applicant that are\nknown to the applicant; or\n(ii) if the applicant is a corporation—key employees and close\nassociates of the applicant that are known to the applicant;\n(h) details of the applicant’s policy and procedure for dealing with\nracing integrity issues relating to races conducted in the ACT.\nExamples—racing integrity issues\nsuspect betting transactions, fraud\n\nSection 6\npage 4 Racing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\nR6\n24/08/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) In this section:\nkey employee, in relation to an applicant for an approval, means a\nperson (whether or not engaged under a contract of service) who is—\n(a) employed in a managerial or supervisory capacity in relation to\nthe conduct of a wagering business by the applicant; or\n(b) authorised to make decisions, involving the exercise of the\nperson’s discretion, that regulate the operations of the applicant\nin relation to the conduct of a wagering business; or\n(c) concerned or engaged, in any way, in the conduct of a wagering\nbusiness by the applicant.\n6 Prescribed matters to be considered or disregarded in\ndeciding application for, or renewal of, approval—Act,\ns 61K (2) (b) and s 61Q (2) (b)\n(1) A relevant controlling body must consider whether issuing, or\nrenewing, the approval will undermine the integrity of the conduct of\nraces in the ACT for which the relevant controlling body has\nresponsibility.\n(2) A relevant controlling body must disregard—\n(a) the location in Australia in which the applicant—\n(i) for an individual—lives or carries out the individual’s\nactivities; or\n(ii) for a corporation—has its head office or principal place of\nbusiness; and\n(b) the jurisdiction under which the applicant is licensed or\nauthorised to conduct a wagering business.\n\nSection 6A\nR6\n24/08/22\nRacing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n6A Suitable person—Act, s 61L (1) (f)\nIn deciding whether an applicant is a suitable person to hold an\napproval, the relevant controlling body must have regard to whether\na prosecution or disciplinary action is proceeding under external\ngreyhound racing legislation or rules against—\n(a) the applicant; or\n(b) an employee of the applicant; or\n(c) an entity with which the applicant has a business association.\n7 Prescribed conditions of approval or renewal—Act,\ns 61N (a)\n(1) The following conditions are prescribed:\n(a) the licensed wagering operator must give the relevant\ncontrolling body access to all the operator’s betting information\nand analyses in relation to the race field information covered by\nthe approval;\n(b) the licensed wagering operator must, if reasonably required by\nthe relevant controlling body, allow the body to monitor\nwagering activity, including activity relating to—\n(i) bets held on races conducted in the ACT; and\n(ii) bets paid; and\n(iii) bet backs; and\n(iv) any betting account that is used for betting on an authorised\nrace meeting in the ACT;\n(c) the licensed wagering operator must use an operating and\nrecording system, whether computerised or not, that—\n(i) includes measures to prevent unauthorised access and\nunauthorised changes to data; and\n\nSection 7\npage 6 Racing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\nR6\n24/08/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(ii) provides an audit trail for all wagering activity that relates\nto authorised race meetings in the ACT;\n(d) the licensed wagering operator must not open an account for\nbetting for a person unless the person has properly established\ntheir identity;\nExample—properly establishing identity\nproviding 100 points of identification as commonly required by authorised\ndeposit-taking institutions\n(e) the licensed wagering operator must not open or maintain an\naccount for betting if the operator knows the account is for a\nperson who—\n(i) is disqualified or suspended from participation in racing\nunder racing, gaming or wagering legislation, a rule of\nracing or betting (in the ACT or elsewhere) or external\ngreyhound racing legislation or rules; or\n(ii) is subject to a warning-off notice issued by a defined entity;\n(f) the licensed wagering operator must, within a reasonable time\nstated by the relevant controlling body—\n(i) give information to an inquiry or investigation; and\n(ii) cooperate with an inquiry or investigation;\n(g) if any part of a licensed wagering operator’s business involves\nonline wagering—the operator must participate in an online\nwagering monitoring system if reasonably required to do so by\nthe relevant controlling body;\n(h) the licensed wagering operator must notify the relevant\ncontrolling body of any of the following happening, within\n14 days after the day it happens:\n(i) an entity stops having a controlling interest in the\noperator’s business;\n\nSection 8\nR6\n24/08/22\nRacing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(ii) an entity starts having a controlling interest in the\noperator’s business;\n(iii) a prosecution or disciplinary action is started under racing,\ngaming or wagering legislation, a rule of racing or betting\n(in the ACT or elsewhere) or external greyhound racing\nlegislation or rules against—\n(A) the operator; or\n(B) an entity with a controlling interest in the operator; or\n(C) an employee of the operator;\n(iv) a significant change in the financial circumstances of the\noperator.\nExample—significant change in financial circumstances\n1 insolvency\n2 a significant change in the wagering turnover\n(2) In this section:\nwarning-off notice means a notice stating that a person is not\npermitted to enter a racecourse.\n8 Tribunal members eligibility requirement—Act, sch 1,\ns 1.1 (4)\n(1) A person is not eligible to be a member of the tribunal if the person\nis registered with, or licensed by, an external greyhound racing body\nother than as the owner of a dog.\n(2) In this section:\nexternal greyhound racing body means a body in another\njurisdiction, within or outside Australia, that performs functions\nrelating to the administration and control of greyhound racing.\n\nDictionary\npage 8 Racing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\nR6\n24/08/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\n(see s 3)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:\n• entity\n• external territory\n• person\n• State.\nNote 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in\nthe Racing Act 1999 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For example, the\nfollowing terms are defined in the Racing Act 1999, dict:\n• betting exchange\n• controlling body\n• harness club\n• racing club\n• rules of harness racing\n• rules of thoroughbred racing\n• tribunal.\napproval holder means a licensed wagering operator who has an\napproval to use race field information.\nbet back means a bet by a bookmaker on 1 or more runners in a race\nif the bet is made to offset, completely or partly, the bookmaker’s\nliability for bets made with the bookmaker on the race.\n\nDictionary\nR6\n24/08/22\nRacing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\npage 9\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nbets held on races conducted in the ACT, by a licensed wagering\noperator—\n(a) means—\n(i) all bets and wagers accepted by the operator for any race\nconducted in the ACT whether or not the actual amount\nowing has been paid; and\n(ii) the aggregate of all bets or wagers placed by the operator’s\ncustomers on a betting exchange for any race conducted in\nthe ACT; but\nNote Aggregate bets on a betting exchange, is the backer’s side\nof wagers made by the licensed wagering operator’s\ncustomers through the operation of the betting exchange,\nwhether or not the betting exchange is a party to the\nwagering contract.\n(b) does not include—\n(i) free or complimentary bets taken for a race conducted in\nthe ACT; or\n(ii) multi-leg bets that include at least 1 race conducted outside\nthe ACT.\nbets paid, in relation to a licensed wagering operator—\n(a) means all bets and wagers paid or settled by the operator for any\nrace conducted in the ACT; but\n(b) does not include—\n(i) payments made by the operator on any free or\ncomplimentary bets that were accepted; or\n(ii) payments made by the operator on multi-leg bets that\ninclude at least 1 race conducted outside the ACT; or\n(iii) unclaimed bets or dividends of the operator.\n\nDictionary\npage 10 Racing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\nR6\n24/08/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ndefined entity means any of the following:\n(a) Greyhounds Australasia Ltd (ACN 106 879 903);\n(b) Harness Racing Australia Incorporated;\n(c) Racing Australia Limited (ACN 105 994 330);\n(d) the harness club;\n(e) the racing club;\n(f) the tribunal;\n(g) another entity that controls, supervises or regulates racing in the\nACT, a State or external territory.\nexternal greyhound racing legislation or rules means—\n(a) legislation relating to greyhound racing in another jurisdiction,\nwithin or outside Australia; or\n(b) rules of racing or betting relating to greyhound racing in another\njurisdiction, within or outside Australia.\nrule of racing or betting includes a rule from the rules of—\n(a) harness racing; or\n(b) thoroughbred racing.\nwagering turnover, of a licensed wagering operator, for a financial\nyear means—\n(a) the total amount of bets held on races conducted in the ACT;\nless\n(b) the amount of any bet back on any race conducted in the ACT\nin the year.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR6\n24/08/22\nRacing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\npage 11\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 12 Racing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\nR6\n24/08/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nThe Racing Regulation 2010 was originally the Racing (Race Field Information)\nRegulation 2010. It was renamed by the Racing (Greyhounds) Amendment Act 2017\nA2017-43 (see amdt 1.4).\nRacing Regulation 2010 SL2010-3\nnotified LR 25 January 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 25 January 2010\nremainder commenced 1 March 2010 (s 2 and see Racing Amendment\nAct 2009 A2009-53 s 2)\nas amended by\nRacing Amendment Act 2013 A2013-1 pt 3\nnotified LR 20 February 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 20 February 2013\npt 3 commenced 1 March 2013 (s 2 and CN2013-1)\nRacing (Race Field Information) Amendment Regulation 2013 (No 1)\nSL2013-3\nnotified LR 28 February 2013 February 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 28 February 2013 February 2013\nremainder commenced 1 March 2013 (s 2 and see Racing Amendment\nAct 2013 A2013-1, s 2 and CN2013-1))\nGaming and Racing (Red Tape Reduction) Legislation Amendment\nAct 2016 A2016-45 pt 7\nnotified LR 19 August 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 19 August 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 7 commenced 1 September 2016 (s 2 (1))\nRacing (Greyhounds) Amendment Act 2017 A2017-43 sch 1 pt 1.3\nnotified LR 5 December 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 5 December 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.3 commenced 30 April 2018 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2022 A2022-14 sch 3 pt 3.36\nnotified LR 10 August 2022\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 August 2022 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.36 commenced 24 August 2022 (s 2)\n\nEndnotes\nAmendment history 4\nR6\n24/08/22\nRacing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\npage 13\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nName of regulation\ns 1 sub A2017-43 amdt 1.4\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nPrescribed information for application for, or renewal of, approval—Act,\ns 61J (2) (b) and s 61P (3) (b)\ns 5 sub A2013-1 s 34\nam A2017-43 amdt 1.5; A2022-14 amdt 3.199\nPrescribed matters to be considered or disregarded in deciding application\nfor, or renewal of, approval—Act, s 61K (2) (b) and s 61Q (2) (b)\ns 6 sub A2013-1 s 34\nam A2022-14 amdt 3.200\nSuitable person—Act, s 61L (1) (f)\ns 6A ins A2017-43 amdt 1.6\nPrescribed conditions of approval or renewal—Act, s 61N (a)\ns 7 sub A2013-1 s 34\nam A2017-43 amdt 1.7; amdt 1.8\nTribunal members eligibility requirement—Act, sch 1, s 1.1 (4)\ns 8 om A2013-1 s 34\nins A2017-43 amdt 1.9\nMonthly payment of race field information charge—Act, s 61S (3)\ns 9 om A2013-1 s 34\nAnnual payment of race field information charge—Act, s 61S (3)\ns 10 om A2013-1 s 34\nAdministration fee—Act, s 61U (3)\ns 11 om A2013-1 s 34\nModification of Act, pt 10—Act, s 104\ns 20 ins SL2013-3 s 4\nexp 1 March 2014 (s 20 (2))\nModification of Act\nsch 1 ins SL2013-3 s 5\nexp 1 March 2014 (s 20 (2))\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 14 Racing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\nR6\n24/08/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\ndict am A2013-1 s 35, s 36; A2017-43 amdt 1.10, amdt 1.11\ndef bet back ins A2013-1 s 37\ndef bets held on races conducted in the ACT ins A2013-1\ns 37\ndef bets paid ins A2013-1 s 37\ndef defined entity am A2016-45 s 69; A2017-43 amdt 1.12;\npars renum R5 LA\ndef external greyhound racing legislation or rules\nins A2017-43 amdt 1.13\ndef rule of racing or betting sub A2017-43 amdt 1.14\ndef wagering turnover ins A2013-1 s 37\ndef warning-off notice om A2013-1 s 38\n\nEndnotes\nEarlier republications 5\nR6\n24/08/22\nRacing Regulation 2010\nEffective: 24/08/22\npage 15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications are\nmarked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n1 Mar 2010\n1 Mar 2010–\n28 Feb 2013\nnot amended new regulation\nR2\n1 Mar 2013\n1 Mar 2013–\n1 Mar 2014\nSL2013-3 amendments by\nA2013-1 and\nSL2013-3\nR3\n2 Mar 2014\n2 Mar 2014–\n31 Aug 2016\nSL2013-3 expiry of\nmodifications\n(sch 1)\nR4\n1 Sept 2016\n1 Sept 2016–\n29 Apr 2018\nA2016-45 amendments by\nA2016-45\nR5\n30 Apr 2018\n30 Apr 2018–\n23 Aug 2022\nA2017-43 renaming and other\namendments by\nA2017-43\n© Australian Capital Territory 2022","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation has expanded from a narrow race‑field information instrument to include broader integrity and operational controls over wagering operators. Amendments (notably the 2013 and 2017 changes recorded in the amendment history) added detailed application information, imposed operational conditions (data access, monitoring, audit trails, identity verification and notification obligations) and introduced greyhound‑specific suitability checks and tribunal eligibility limits (see ss 5, 6A, 7, 8). These additions extend the regulation’s practical scope beyond simply prescribing race‑field information use to imposing ongoing compliance, monitoring and disclosure regimes on approval holders and restricting tribunal appointments in relation to greyhound registrations."},"complexity_factors":["Short regulation (8 substantive sections plus dictionary)","About 12 specific prescribed items in s 5 and s 7 (multiple subparagraphs)","Several defined terms in the dictionary that interact with operative provisions (approval holder, bets held, bets paid, bet back, defined entity, external greyhound racing legislation or rules, wagering turnover)","Cross‑references to the Racing Act 1999 and externally regulated greyhound rules (creates dependency on other instruments)","Conditional operational requirements (e.g. monitoring if reasonably required by controlling body; online monitoring participation if reasonably required)","Discrete eligibility restriction for tribunal members (s 8) that interacts with external registrations","Exceptions within definitions (e.g. bets held/bets paid exclude free bets and multi‑leg bets with out‑of‑ACT legs)","Some administrative discretion left to the ‘relevant controlling body’ (multiple places)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this regulation does (mechanically)**\n\n- Prescribes the information, matters and conditions that apply when a licensed wagering operator applies for, or renews, an approval to use ACT race field information (see s 5, s 6, s 7).  The regulation is made under the Racing Act 1999 and gives detail the Act refers to.\n\n- Requires prospective and continuing approval holders to supply specified identity, licensing, operational, integrity and criminal-history information (s 5).  It defines who counts as a “key employee” for that purpose (s 5(2)).\n\n- Directs relevant controlling bodies (the racing authority that makes the decision) to consider race integrity when deciding approvals and to ignore the applicant’s geographic location or licensing jurisdiction when making that decision (s 6(1)–(2)).\n\n- Adds a specific suitability check requiring the controlling body to consider whether prosecutions or disciplinary actions under external greyhound-racing laws or rules are pending against the applicant, employees or business associates (s 6A).\n\n- Prescribes conditions that may attach to an approval or renewal, including: access to an operator’s betting data and analyses, monitoring of wagering activity, secure operating and recording systems with audit trails, identity verification for account opening, refusal or closure of accounts that are for disqualified or warned-off persons, cooperation with inquiries, participation in online wagering monitoring systems if required, and notice obligations about changes in ownership, prosecutions/disciplinary actions, and significant financial change (s 7(1)(a)–(h) and s 7(2)).\n\n- Sets an eligibility rule for tribunal members: a person cannot be a tribunal member if they are registered with or licensed by an external greyhound racing body except as a dog owner (s 8).\n\n- Provides a dictionary of defined terms used in the regulation (dictionary).  Definitions include approval holder, bet back, bets held on ACT races, bets paid, defined entity, external greyhound racing legislation or rules, and wagering turnover.\n\n\n**Who it affects**\n\n- Licensed wagering operators that seek approval to use ACT race field information, and existing holders of such approvals (s 5, s 7).\n- Key employees, close associates and other persons whose criminal or disciplinary history must be disclosed (s 5, dictionary).\n- Relevant controlling bodies (the racing authorities that assess and issue approvals) because they must apply the prescribed considerations and conditions (s 6, s 7).\n- Tribunal candidates for racing disputes, to the extent they have registrations or licences with external greyhound bodies (s 8).\n\n\n**Why it matters (stated purpose and practical effect)**\n\n- The regulation operationalises integrity and oversight requirements tied to the use of race field information.  It does this by making disclosure and monitoring conditions mandatory or permissible as part of an approval (s 5, s 7).  The instrument therefore shifts information and compliance costs onto wagering operators who want access to official ACT race information.\n\n- The regulation treats race integrity as the controlling body’s primary consideration and removes legal or geographic barriers to refusing approvals based on where an applicant is located or licensed (s 6).  It therefore centralises integrity oversight in the ACT controlling body even for out‑of‑jurisdiction operators.\n\n\n**Implementation mechanics and immediate consequences**\n\n- Applicants must supply identity, licensing and operational details plus criminal and disciplinary histories for themselves and certain associates; those facts can be considered in suitability decisions (s 5).\n\n- Approval holders must give the controlling body access to internal betting data and allow monitoring of betting activity and accounts (s 7(1)(a)–(b)).  They must maintain secure systems with audit trails (s 7(1)(c)).  These are ongoing operational compliance requirements.\n\n- Operators must verify customer identity before opening accounts and must not open or keep accounts for persons who are disqualified, suspended or subject to specified ‘warning‑off’ notices (s 7(1)(d)–(e)).  This affects customer onboarding and account-management processes.\n\n- Operators must notify the controlling body of changes in ownership/control, prosecutions or disciplinary actions and material financial changes within 14 days (s 7(1)(h)).  This creates reporting obligations and triggers potential reassessment of approvals.\n\n- Tribunal membership is restricted with respect to external greyhound registrations, which can narrow the pool of eligible decision‑makers for racing disputes involving greyhounds (s 8).\n\n\n**Stated rationale and an analytic test against costs and incentives**\n\n- Stated rationale: the regulation is presented as protecting the integrity of ACT racing by controlling who may use race field information and by imposing monitoring, disclosure and security conditions (see s 6 and s 7).\n\n- Costs and compliance burden: the regulation increases compliance costs for wagering operators that want ACT race field data.  Costs arise from: preparing and maintaining the prescribed application material (s 5); implementing monitoring and audit systems and secure record‑keeping (s 7(1)(c)); identity‑verification processes for customers (s 7(1)(d)); and ongoing reporting obligations (s 7(1)(h)).  Smaller or offshore operators may face proportionally higher compliance costs because they cannot rely on local regulatory conveniences (s 6(2) removes location as a positive factor).\n\n- Incentives and behavioural effects: operators face stronger incentives to monitor customers and betting patterns, to cooperate with inquiries, and to avoid employing persons or associating with entities with adverse disciplinary histories (s 5, s 6A, s 7).  The conditions also create incentives to centralise data and controls so the controlling body can access and audit betting information (s 7(1)(a)–(c)).\n\n- Bureaucratic discretion and decision authority: the relevant controlling body decides suitability and may require participation in monitoring systems and access to operator data (s 6, s 7).  That gives the controlling body operational discretion to set monitoring requirements and to act on notified changes; decisions will therefore rely on regulator judgement about what undermines integrity.\n\n- Effects on competition and private choice: by prescribing strict conditions and excluding consideration of an operator’s licensing jurisdiction or location (s 6(2)), the regulation can restrict access to race field information for some operators and therefore influence who participates in the market for betting on ACT races.  Operators that cannot meet data‑access or monitoring requirements may be excluded.\n\n- Risk of substitution and unintended consequences: operators may alter product design (for example, exclude ACT races from multi‑leg bets that mix jurisdictions) to avoid reporting burdens (dictionary definitions of bets excluded from ‘bets held’ and ‘bets paid’ suggest distinctions operators already use).  There is also an administrative risk where a controlling body’s monitoring and access demands interfere with commercially confidential systems.\n\n\n**Concrete trade‑offs and implementation risks**\n\n- Trade‑off: stronger integrity controls (data access, monitoring, identity checks) versus higher compliance and operational costs for wagering operators (s 5, s 7).  These costs may be borne disproportionately by smaller operators or those based outside the ACT.\n\n- Opportunity cost: resources devoted to audit, monitoring and reporting are not available for other business functions (product development, marketing, risk management).\n\n- Compliance and enforcement risk: effective enforcement depends on the controlling body’s capacity to analyse operator data, to manage secure data exchanges, and to conduct inquiries within reasonable timeframes (s 7(1)(f)).  The regulation requires cooperation but relies on administrative capability to use the received information.\n\n\n**Key statutory references**\n\n- Prescribed application information: s 5\n- Matters to be considered/disregarded when deciding approval: s 6\n- Suitability: s 6A\n- Conditions of approval/renewal (access, monitoring, systems, identity, account restrictions, cooperation, online monitoring, notifications): s 7\n- Tribunal eligibility restrictions: s 8\n- Dictionary definitions: Dictionary (end of regulation)\n\n"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Originally enacted as the Racing (Race Field Information) Regulation 2010, focused narrowly on race field information approvals. The 2017 amendments renamed it to the broader 'Racing Regulation 2010' and expanded scope to include greyhound racing (external greyhound racing legislation references, tribunal eligibility rules for greyhound officials). The regulation has grown from purely administrative wagering approval rules to encompass broader racing integrity and cross-jurisdictional greyhound racing concerns."},"complexity_factors":["Short document (approximately 10 pages of substantive content)","Only 8 operative sections plus dictionary","Limited cross-referencing (primarily references to Racing Act 1999 sections)","Straightforward conditional logic (mostly 'must' obligations and 'if/then' scenarios)","12 defined terms in the dictionary, most with clear, specific meanings","No nested exceptions beyond simple inclusion/exclusion definitions (e.g., 'bets held' includes X but does not include Y)","Single amendment history showing incremental expansion rather than structural complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets rules for licensed wagering operators to obtain and retain approval to use race field information for ACT races. It affects betting companies, racing controlling bodies and the Racing Tribunal by imposing integrity checks, data‑access and monitoring obligations, customer ID and reporting requirements, and limits on tribunal membership.\n\nIt’s designed to protect ACT racing integrity by ensuring only reputable operators can access race information."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/racing-regulation-2010","history":"/api/acts/racing-regulation-2010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/racing-regulation-2010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/racing-regulation-2010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/racing-regulation-2010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/racing-regulation-2010/documents"}}