4Appellable decisions

4 Appellable decisions

4 Appellable decisions

(1) For the Act, section 18(2), an appeal may be made under the Act, section 15(1) or 15B(1) only in relation to a decision to—

(a) warn off a person, or

(b) suspend a person—

(i) for an appeal made under the Act, section 15(1)(a)–(c) or 15B(1)(a) or (b)—for at least 3 months, or

(ii) for an appeal made under the Act, section 15(1)(d) or 15B(1)(c)—for any period, or

(c) disqualify, or cancel or revoke the licence or registration of, a person, or

(d) impose a fine of at least—

(i) for an appeal made under the Act, section 15(1)(a)–(c) or 15B(1)(a) or (b)—$2,000, or

(ii) for an appeal made under the Act, section 15(1)(d) or 15B(1)(c)—$200, or

(e) disqualify a horse, if made in conjunction with a decision to impose a penalty on the appellant or another person.

(2) In addition to the grounds specified in subsection (1), an appeal may be made under the Act, section 15B(1)(c) in relation to a decision to—

(a) refuse to grant an application for the registration of—

(i) a person, or

(ii) a harness racing horse, or

(b) cancel the registration of a harness racing horse, or

(c) reduce, for at least 4 weeks, the grade of licence held by a driver of harness racing horses.

(3) A word or expression used in this section has the same meaning as in the rules.

(4) In this section—

person excludes—

(a) a harness racing club within the meaning of the Harness Racing Act 2009, and

(b) a race club within the meaning of the Thoroughbred Racing Act 1996.

rules—

(a) for an appeal made under the Act, section 15(1)—means the Rules of Racing within the meaning of the , and