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Racing Act 1999
61BAccident insurance arrangements—authorisation
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61B Accident insurance arrangements—authorisation
(1) This section applies if Racing NSW is a specialised insurer under the
NSW Acts in relation to NSW jockeys.
(2) Racing NSW is authorised to provide accident insurance in relation
to ACT jockeys.
(3) The authorisation under subsection (2) is for Racing NSW to act as a
specialised insurer in the ACT—
(a) in the same way that it acts as a specialised insurer in NSW under
the NSW Acts in relation to NSW jockeys; and
(b) as if the racing club were a racing club under those Acts.
Jockeys accident insurance Part 5A
Section 61C
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Racing Act 1999
Effective: 26/11/25
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Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au
(4) Without limiting subsections (2) and (3), the NSW Acts apply in the
ACT for those subsections, with any necessary change and any change
prescribed by regulation.
(5) In particular, a regulation made for subsection (4) may include
changes for either or both of the following:
(a) excluding a provision of the applied NSW Acts;
(b) applying a territory law in relation to the operation of the applied
NSW Acts, including by giving jurisdiction or functions to
territory courts or entities.