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Racing Act 1999
61CAccident insurance arrangements—operation
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61C Accident insurance arrangements—operation
(1) To remove any doubt—
(a) under the applied NSW Acts—
(i) an ACT jockey has the same rights and obligations
(including rights and obligations in relation to common law
damages) in relation to an injury suffered as an ACT
jockey that a NSW jockey would have under the NSW Acts
in relation to an injury suffered as a NSW jockey; and
(ii) the racing club and Racing NSW have the same rights and
obligations (including rights and obligations in relation to
common law damages) in relation to an injury suffered as
an ACT jockey that they would have under the NSW Acts
in relation to an injury suffered as a NSW jockey; and
(b) the applied NSW Acts do not create any right (whether
substantive or procedural) in relation to an injury suffered as an
ACT jockey that a NSW jockey would not have under the NSW
Acts in relation to an injury suffered as a NSW jockey; and
(c) except as provided in paragraph (1) (a) (i), an ACT jockey is not
entitled to recover damages for an injury suffered as an ACT
jockey; and