303Regulations

303 Regulations (1) The Administrator may make regulations under this Act. See section 65 of the Interpretation Act 1978. (2) A regulation may provide for the following: (a) the powers and duties of the Director, the Commission and inspectors; (b) matters about licences and registrations, including the (i) classes of licences and registrations; (ii) the terms of licences and registrations; (iii) conditions imposed on licences and registrations; (iv) qualifications and requirements for eligibility for licences or registration; (c) the regulation and control of advertising in relation to activities under this Act; (d) the regulation and control of racecourses, including the fixing of prices of admission to racecourses or a specified part of them and the standards of accommodation and essential services to be provided at, in or on racecourses; (e) the adjudication and settlement of complaints in connection with activities under this Act and reviews and appeals of matters under this Act; (f) the amounts to be returned to customers if a runner is withdrawn from a race; (g) the realisation of securities given by a licensee;

Racing and Wagering Act 2024 142 (h) the control and regulation of the rules of racing and compliance with those rules; (i) the regulation and supervision of the activities of licensees; (j) wagering control systems; (k) disciplinary action; (l) fees payable under this Act and the recovery of costs incurred under this Act; (m) taxes and levies payable under this Act; (n) matters of an administrative nature. (3) The regulations may: (a) provide for an offence against a regulation to be an offence of strict or absolute liability; and (b) for an offence against a regulation – prescribe a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units, other than an offence of strict liability or absolute liability; and (c) for an offence against a regulation – prescribe a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units that is an offence of strict liability or absolute liability; and (d) provide for the enforcement of a code of practice, including by providing that a contravention of the code is an offence against a regulation; and (e) apply, adopt or incorporate, with or without changes, the whole or part of a document as in force or existing at a particular time or from time to time.