sec.71Ministerial direction to approved control body about its policies or rules

### sec.71 Ministerial direction to approved control body about its policies or rules This section applies if the Minister believes that, for 1 or more of the following reasons, it is necessary to give a control body a direction under this section— to ensure public confidence in the integrity of the Queensland racing industry; to ensure the control body is managing its code of racing in the interests of the code; to ensure the welfare of licensed animals; to ensure the control body’s actions are accountable and its decision-making processes are transparent; to ensure the control body’s rules of racing have sufficient regard to the rights and liberties of individuals as mentioned in the Legislative Standards Act 1992 , section 4 (3) . The Minister may, by notice given to the control body, direct the control body to do 1 or more of the following and take into account matters stated in the direction— make a new policy about a matter; review an existing policy; make rules of racing about a matter; review existing rules of racing. The notice must state a date by which the direction must be complied with. The date stated must be reasonable having regard to the nature of the matters to be done under the direction. s 71 prev s 71 sub 2005 No. 7 s 19 om 2010 No. 22 s 12 pres s 71 (prev s 45) amd 2010 No. 22 s 10 ; 2012 No. 42 s 28 (1) renum and reloc 2012 No. 42 s 28 (2) amd 2016 No. 12 s 332 (sec.71-ssec.1) This section applies if the Minister believes that, for 1 or more of the following reasons, it is necessary to give a control body a direction under this section— to ensure public confidence in the integrity of the Queensland racing industry; to ensure the control body is managing its code of racing in the interests of the code; to ensure the welfare of licensed animals; to ensure the control body’s actions are accountable and its decision-making processes are transparent; to ensure the control body’s rules of racing have sufficient regard to the rights and liberties of individuals as mentioned in the Legislative Standards Act 1992 , section 4 (3) . (sec.71-ssec.2) The Minister may, by notice given to the control body, direct the control body to do 1 or more of the following and take into account matters stated in the direction— make a new policy about a matter; review an existing policy; make rules of racing about a matter; review existing rules of racing. (sec.71-ssec.3) The notice must state a date by which the direction must be complied with. (sec.71-ssec.4) The date stated must be reasonable having regard to the nature of the matters to be done under the direction. - (a) to ensure public confidence in the integrity of the Queensland racing industry; - (b) to ensure the control body is managing its code of racing in the interests of the code; - (c) to ensure the welfare of licensed animals; - (d) to ensure the control body’s actions are accountable and its decision-making processes are transparent; - (e) to ensure the control body’s rules of racing have sufficient regard to the rights and liberties of individuals as mentioned in the Legislative Standards Act 1992 , section 4 (3) . - (a) make a new policy about a matter; - (b) review an existing policy; - (c) make rules of racing about a matter; - (d) review existing rules of racing.