29Licences not to authorize benefit meetings

29 Licences not to authorize benefit meetings S. 29(1) amended by No. 37/1994 s. 185(1). (1) A race-course licence or racing club licence shall not authorize the conduct of a race-meeting from the profits of which any person receives a direct financial benefit. S. 29(1A) inserted by No. 37/1994 s. 185(2). (1A) A person must not knowingly receive a direct financial benefit from the profits of a race‑meeting. S. 29(1B) inserted by No. 37/1994 s. 185(2). (1B) A person must not conduct a race-meeting knowing that a person will receive a direct financial benefit from the profits of the race‑meeting. S. 29(1C) inserted by No. 37/1994 s. 185(2). (1C) If a club or association conducts a race-meeting and a person receives a direct financial benefit from the profits of the race-meeting, each member of the managing body or committee of the club or association is guilty of an offence. S. 29(1D) inserted by No. 37/1994 s. 185(2). (1D) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (1C), it is a defence to prove that the person charged did not know that a person was to receive a direct financial benefit of the kind referred to in that subsection. S. 29(2) amended by No. 37/1994 s. 185(3)(a)(b). (2) Payment to an employee of the club for his or her services in relation to the functions of the club shall not be deemed to be a direct benefit for the purposes of this section. Ss 30, 31 repealed.[[5]](#endnote-6) Heading preceding s. 32 amended by No. 9671 s. 28, repealed by No. 37/1994 s. 186(b). No. 6070 s. 32.