Betting and Racing Act 1998
17BSports controlling body
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17B Sports controlling body
17B Sports controlling body
(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe a person or body as the sports controlling body for a sporting event.
Note—
Section 43(2) of the Interpretation Act 1987 provides that if an Act confers a power to make an order, that power includes a power to amend or repeal the order.
(2) There is to be no more than one sports controlling body for each sporting event.
(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the prescription of a person or body as a sports controlling body including, but not limited to, the making of applications, the provision of information and the prescription of fees.
(4) The regulations may require a sports controlling body to notify the Minister of a change in the sports controlling body’s circumstances.
s 17B: Ins 2014 No 25, Sch 1 [7]. Am 2022 No 22, Sch 1[1].