19Staff to assist Tribunal

19 Staff to assist Tribunal

19 Staff to assist Tribunal

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Tribunal may, with the approval of the Minister, make use of the services of—

(a) any members of staff of a racing controlling body, or

(b) any person employed in a Public Service agency responsible to the Minister.

(2) The Minister may, by order in writing, direct a racing controlling body to make available for the use of the Tribunal, in such manner as may be specified in the order, the services of any members of staff of the racing controlling body.

(3) A racing controlling body shall not fail or refuse to comply with an order under subsection (2).

Maximum penalty (subsection (3)): 5 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

racing controlling body has the same meaning as in the Betting and Racing Act 1998.

s 19: Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1996 No 37, Sch 2.5 [7]–[9]; 1997 No 24, Sch 2.4 [8]; 2004 No 23, Sch 2.1 [8]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.51 [2] [3]; 2019 No 12, Sch 4[4]–[8].