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Greyhound Racing Act 2017
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#### 22 Removal of directors and appointment of administrator
22 Removal of directors and appointment of administrator
> > (1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, remove all the directors of the Board from office and appoint a person as the administrator of GRNSW.
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> > (2) Such an order may be made—
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> > > (a) if the Minister is satisfied that GRNSW has failed—
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> > > > (i) to exercise its functions in accordance with an operating licence granted to GRNSW, or
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> > > > (ii) to comply with any direction in writing by the Minister to rectify a matter relating to the obligations of GRNSW under an operating licence granted to GRNSW, or
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> > > (b) if a report is made by the Commission to the Minister under section 65 indicating that there has been a contravention of this Act, the regulations, the code of practice or the greyhound racing rules in relation to a greyhound race meeting conducted by GRNSW, or
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> > > (c) in such other circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (3) On the appointment of an administrator—
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> > > (a) each director of the Board ceases to hold office, and
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> > > (b) the affairs of GRNSW are to be managed by the administrator, and
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> > > (c) the administrator has and may exercise all the functions of GRNSW, and
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> > > (d) any act, matter or thing done in the name of, or on behalf of, GRNSW by the administrator is taken to have been done by GRNSW.
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> > (4) Subject to this section, an administrator holds office for the period specified in the administrator’s instrument of appointment.
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> > (5) The Minister may remove an administrator from office at any time by order published in the Gazette.
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> > (6) The Minister may determine the remuneration and other conditions of employment of the administrator.
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> > (7) The remuneration and other expenses of the administrator are payable by GRNSW.