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Racing Act 2002
sec.108Application for licence
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### sec.108 Application for licence
A control body’s policy for its licensing scheme must require a person who wishes to obtain a licence for a club or venue (the proposed licensee ) to apply for the licence in a control body form.
To the extent it is relevant to the application for the licence, the application must include all of the following—
the type of licence applied for;
the type of work or activity to be performed by the proposed licensee;
particulars of the proposed licensee;
if the proposed licensee is an individual, appropriate training courses completed, or appropriate experience obtained, by the proposed licensee.
Also, a control body’s policy relating to the licensing of a club must provide for the following matters—
for the club’s application to be accompanied by a copy of a national police certificate for each executive officer of the applicant;
the application can not be granted if an executive officer of the applicant has a conviction for any of the following, other than a spent conviction—
an offence against this Act, the Racing Integrity Act or the repealed Racing and Betting Act 1980 ;
an indictable offence, or a summary offence that involved dishonesty, fraud, stealing or unlawful betting, under any other Act or repealed Act;
an offence against a law of another State, that is prescribed by regulation as a law about animal welfare, racing or betting;
an animal welfare offence;
the extent to which the control body must have regard to another conviction stated on the national police certificate other than a conviction mentioned in paragraph (b) ;
after auditing a licensed club, if the control body is not satisfied it is suitable to continue to be licensed, the control body must take disciplinary action relating to the licence.
A control body’s policy for its licensing scheme may require an application for a licence for a venue to be accompanied by a copy of a national police certificate for—
if the applicant is an individual—the individual; or
if the applicant is a corporation—each executive officer of the corporation.
If a national police certificate is required under subsection (4) , the control body may consider all convictions stated in the national police certificate as relevant to the application for the licence.
s 108 amd 2016 No. 12 s 351
(sec.108-ssec.1) A control body’s policy for its licensing scheme must require a person who wishes to obtain a licence for a club or venue (the proposed licensee ) to apply for the licence in a control body form.
(sec.108-ssec.2) To the extent it is relevant to the application for the licence, the application must include all of the following— the type of licence applied for; the type of work or activity to be performed by the proposed licensee; particulars of the proposed licensee; if the proposed licensee is an individual, appropriate training courses completed, or appropriate experience obtained, by the proposed licensee.
(sec.108-ssec.3) Also, a control body’s policy relating to the licensing of a club must provide for the following matters— for the club’s application to be accompanied by a copy of a national police certificate for each executive officer of the applicant; the application can not be granted if an executive officer of the applicant has a conviction for any of the following, other than a spent conviction— an offence against this Act, the Racing Integrity Act or the repealed Racing and Betting Act 1980 ; an indictable offence, or a summary offence that involved dishonesty, fraud, stealing or unlawful betting, under any other Act or repealed Act; an offence against a law of another State, that is prescribed by regulation as a law about animal welfare, racing or betting; an animal welfare offence; the extent to which the control body must have regard to another conviction stated on the national police certificate other than a conviction mentioned in paragraph (b) ; after auditing a licensed club, if the control body is not satisfied it is suitable to continue to be licensed, the control body must take disciplinary action relating to the licence.
(sec.108-ssec.4) A control body’s policy for its licensing scheme may require an application for a licence for a venue to be accompanied by a copy of a national police certificate for— if the applicant is an individual—the individual; or if the applicant is a corporation—each executive officer of the corporation.
(sec.108-ssec.5) If a national police certificate is required under subsection (4) , the control body may consider all convictions stated in the national police certificate as relevant to the application for the licence.
- (a) the type of licence applied for;
- (b) the type of work or activity to be performed by the proposed licensee;
- (c) particulars of the proposed licensee;
- (d) if the proposed licensee is an individual, appropriate training courses completed, or appropriate experience obtained, by the proposed licensee.
- (a) for the club’s application to be accompanied by a copy of a national police certificate for each executive officer of the applicant;
- (b) the application can not be granted if an executive officer of the applicant has a conviction for any of the following, other than a spent conviction— (i) an offence against this Act, the Racing Integrity Act or the repealed Racing and Betting Act 1980 ; (ii) an indictable offence, or a summary offence that involved dishonesty, fraud, stealing or unlawful betting, under any other Act or repealed Act; (iii) an offence against a law of another State, that is prescribed by regulation as a law about animal welfare, racing or betting; (iv) an animal welfare offence;
- (i) an offence against this Act, the Racing Integrity Act or the repealed Racing and Betting Act 1980 ;
- (ii) an indictable offence, or a summary offence that involved dishonesty, fraud, stealing or unlawful betting, under any other Act or repealed Act;
- (iii) an offence against a law of another State, that is prescribed by regulation as a law about animal welfare, racing or betting;
- (iv) an animal welfare offence;
- (c) the extent to which the control body must have regard to another conviction stated on the national police certificate other than a conviction mentioned in paragraph (b) ;
- (d) after auditing a licensed club, if the control body is not satisfied it is suitable to continue to be licensed, the control body must take disciplinary action relating to the licence.
- (i) an offence against this Act, the Racing Integrity Act or the repealed Racing and Betting Act 1980 ;
- (ii) an indictable offence, or a summary offence that involved dishonesty, fraud, stealing or unlawful betting, under any other Act or repealed Act;
- (iii) an offence against a law of another State, that is prescribed by regulation as a law about animal welfare, racing or betting;
- (iv) an animal welfare offence;
- (a) if the applicant is an individual—the individual; or
- (b) if the applicant is a corporation—each executive officer of the corporation.