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Racing Act 2002
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### sec.59 Minister to consider and decide approval application
This section applies after the Minister is given an assessment report.
Before making a decision about an approval application, the Minister must consider the following—
the assessment report and any assessment report of the commission under the Racing Integrity Act about the approval application;
the approval application or approval applications dealt with in the report;
further documents given to the chief executive or the commission by the approval applicant in support of the application or an amendment of the application;
submissions given to the chief executive or the commission under section 50 (1) and, to the extent applicable, any other approval applications and any mediated agreement as mentioned in section 52 (1) , relating to the application code;
conditions the Minister believes should apply if the application is approved.
The Minister must not grant the application unless the Minister is satisfied—
the approval application is accompanied by, and includes, all matters mentioned in section 46 and otherwise complies with that section; and
the approval applicant has provided evidence satisfactory to the Minister about the matters mentioned in section 47 ; and
the application code is suitable to be a code of racing and the approval applicant is suitable to be approved as the control body for the code of racing.
Without limiting subsection (3) , if the Minister is considering more than 1 approval application, the Minister must decide which approval applicant is best qualified and most suitable to be the control body for the application code.
s 59 amd 2016 No. 12 s 329
(sec.59-ssec.1) This section applies after the Minister is given an assessment report.
(sec.59-ssec.2) Before making a decision about an approval application, the Minister must consider the following— the assessment report and any assessment report of the commission under the Racing Integrity Act about the approval application; the approval application or approval applications dealt with in the report; further documents given to the chief executive or the commission by the approval applicant in support of the application or an amendment of the application; submissions given to the chief executive or the commission under section 50 (1) and, to the extent applicable, any other approval applications and any mediated agreement as mentioned in section 52 (1) , relating to the application code; conditions the Minister believes should apply if the application is approved.
(sec.59-ssec.3) The Minister must not grant the application unless the Minister is satisfied— the approval application is accompanied by, and includes, all matters mentioned in section 46 and otherwise complies with that section; and the approval applicant has provided evidence satisfactory to the Minister about the matters mentioned in section 47 ; and the application code is suitable to be a code of racing and the approval applicant is suitable to be approved as the control body for the code of racing.
(sec.59-ssec.4) Without limiting subsection (3) , if the Minister is considering more than 1 approval application, the Minister must decide which approval applicant is best qualified and most suitable to be the control body for the application code.
- (a) the assessment report and any assessment report of the commission under the Racing Integrity Act about the approval application;
- (b) the approval application or approval applications dealt with in the report;
- (c) further documents given to the chief executive or the commission by the approval applicant in support of the application or an amendment of the application;
- (d) submissions given to the chief executive or the commission under section 50 (1) and, to the extent applicable, any other approval applications and any mediated agreement as mentioned in section 52 (1) , relating to the application code;
- (e) conditions the Minister believes should apply if the application is approved.
- (a) the approval application is accompanied by, and includes, all matters mentioned in section 46 and otherwise complies with that section; and
- (b) the approval applicant has provided evidence satisfactory to the Minister about the matters mentioned in section 47 ; and
- (c) the application code is suitable to be a code of racing and the approval applicant is suitable to be approved as the control body for the code of racing.