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Racing Act 2002
sec.153Interfering with particular things at licensed venue or places for holding trials
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### sec.153 Interfering with particular things at licensed venue or places for holding trials
This section applies to all of the following—
a lighting, power or control system, lure drive, or any other plant or equipment, used in connection with holding a race or trial at a licensed venue or holding a trial at another place;
a course prepared or laid out for holding the race or trial.
A person must not interfere with a thing to which this section applies without permission from the responsible person for the licensed venue or place.
Maximum penalty—400 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
In this section—
interfere with , in relation to the operation of plant or equipment or to a course, includes altering, damaging, destroying or removing the plant, equipment or course, or a part of the plant, equipment or course.
responsible person , for a licensed venue or a place, means—
for a day on which a race meeting is to be held at the licensed venue or on which a trial is to be held at the place—the control body managing the licensed venue or place; or
for another day—the licensed club responsible for the licensed venue or the owner of the place.
s 153 prev s 153 sub 2009 No. 24 s 724 (amd 2009 No. 48 s 101 )
amd 2012 No. 42 s 51
om 2016 No. 12 s 363
pres s 153 amd 2016 No. 12 s 373
(sec.153-ssec.1) This section applies to all of the following— a lighting, power or control system, lure drive, or any other plant or equipment, used in connection with holding a race or trial at a licensed venue or holding a trial at another place; a course prepared or laid out for holding the race or trial.
(sec.153-ssec.2) A person must not interfere with a thing to which this section applies without permission from the responsible person for the licensed venue or place. Maximum penalty—400 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(sec.153-ssec.3) In this section— interfere with , in relation to the operation of plant or equipment or to a course, includes altering, damaging, destroying or removing the plant, equipment or course, or a part of the plant, equipment or course. responsible person , for a licensed venue or a place, means— for a day on which a race meeting is to be held at the licensed venue or on which a trial is to be held at the place—the control body managing the licensed venue or place; or for another day—the licensed club responsible for the licensed venue or the owner of the place.
- (a) a lighting, power or control system, lure drive, or any other plant or equipment, used in connection with holding a race or trial at a licensed venue or holding a trial at another place;
- (b) a course prepared or laid out for holding the race or trial.
- (a) for a day on which a race meeting is to be held at the licensed venue or on which a trial is to be held at the place—the control body managing the licensed venue or place; or
- (b) for another day—the licensed club responsible for the licensed venue or the owner of the place.