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1 Short title and commencement 1 Part I—Race-courses and race-meetings 2 Division 1—Preliminary 2 3 Definitions 2 3A Certification of company to be Racing Victoria 18 3B Repeal or modification of constitution of Racing Victoria 18 3C Functions powers and duties of Minister under the constitution of Racing Victoria 20 3D Racing Victoria not to represent the Crown 20 3E Racing Victoria not a public entity or public body 20 Division 2—Legality of betting 21 4 Betting with registered bookmaker 21 4A Methods of remote betting 23 4B Application for approval to use methods of approved remote betting on off-course premises 23 4C Approval of off-course premises for remote betting usage 23 4D Cancellation or suspension of approval for approved off‑course premises or variation of conditions 25 4E Minister may prescribe requirements to be complied with by bookmakers for approval to accept bets off‑course 26 4F Commission to notify controlling body of certain matters 26 4G Offence to breach conditions of approval to operate off‑course premises 27 4H Offence to open approved off-course premises to public 27 4I Prohibition on publishing prohibited advertising in relation to the approved off‑course premises 30 5 Rules and regulations about business at race‑courses, bookmakers etc. 31 Division 2A—Club betting permits 33 5A Betting in accordance with club betting permits 33 5B Grant of club betting permits 34 5C Conditions of the permits 34 5D Revocation of permits 35 Division 2B—Rules of Racing Victoria 35 5E Definition 35 5F Rules of Racing Victoria binding on certain persons 36 Division 3—Regulation of race-meetings 37 6 Holding of race-meetings 37 7 Transfer of race-meeting to another race-course 38 14A Duration of race-meetings 38 14AB Duration of official trial meetings 39 14B Dates and times for horse racing 39 18 Picnic race-meetings 39 19 Picnic race-meetings and mixed sports gatherings in country 41 19A Restricted harness racing meetings 42 20 Point-to-point steeplechases held by hunt clubs 43 21 Charitable race-meetings on metropolitan race‑courses in excess of statutory number 44 22 Harness races at agricultural shows 45 22A Race-meetings on ANZAC Day 47 22B Penalty for failure to supply statement of receipts and expenditure or pay net profit from race-meeting to Fund 50 23 Penalty for holding unauthorized race-meeting 50 Division 4—Issue of licences, &c. 51 24 Race-course licence 51 24A Racing-club licence 53 25 Map of race-course 55 26 Rules of the club 55 29 Licences not to authorize benefit meetings 56 32 Licences for harness race-meetings held by Harness Racing Victoria 57 Division 4A—Managing crowd behaviour 58 Subdivision 1—Offences 58 32A Offence to enter or remain in restricted racing area 58 32B Offence to disrupt race-meeting or official trial meeting 59 32C Offence to throw or kick projectiles or cause object to be within restricted racing area 59 32D Offence to climb on fence, barrier or barricade 60 Subdivision 2—Dealing with offenders 61 32E Direction not to enter or to leave restricted racing area or race-course 61 32F Refusal to leave restricted racing area or race-course and re-entry 62 32G Ban orders 63 Subdivision 3—Authorised officers 64 32H Appointment of authorised officers 64 32I Identification of authorised officers 65 32J Offence to hinder or obstruct authorised officer 66 32K Power of authorised officer to require name and address 66 32L Refusal to give name and address to authorised officer 67 32M Requirement to produce evidence of name and address to authorised officer 67 32N Disclosure of information by authorised officer 67 32O Delegation by Secretary 69 Subdivision 4—Enforcement 69 32P Infringement offences 69 32Q Who can commence a proceeding for offences against this Division? 69 Division 5—Exclusion orders by Chief Commissioner of Police 70 33 Exclusion orders by Chief Commissioner of Police 70 34 Duration of exclusion orders 71 35 List and photographs of excluded persons 71 35A Provision of list and photographs to stewards 72 35B Excluded person not to enter race-course 72 35C Notifying police of presence of excluded persons 72 35D Police powers of entry to a race-course 72 35DA Advice to Professional Boxing and Combat Sports Board 72 35E Procedure on application for review 73 35F Appointment of special counsel 75 Division 6—Miscellaneous 77 37 No right to compensation 78 Part IA—The Racing Integrity Commissioner 79