47General provisions

#### 47 General provisions 47 General provisions > > (1) The Commission is to exercise its registration functions under this Division so as to ensure that any person registered by the Commission is a person who, in the opinion of the Commission, is a fit and proper person to be registered (having regard in particular to the need to protect the public interest as it relates to the greyhound racing industry). > > > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person is not to be registered if the person has a conviction and the Commission is of the opinion that the circumstances of the offence concerned are such as to render the person unfit to be registered. > > > (3) This section does not limit any provisions of the greyhound racing rules relating to the exercise of the registration functions of the Commission. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > conviction has the same meaning as in the [Criminal Records Act 1991](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1991-008) but does not include a conviction that is spent under that Act.