sec.10Functions

sec.10 Functions

The commission has the following functions— to license animals and participants that are suitable to be licensed for a code of racing; to assess under this Act the suitability of an applicant to be an approved control body; to conduct audits of licence holders to decide if the licence holders continue to be suitable to be licensed, on the commission’s own initiative or at the request of the Minister; to investigate complaints about matters relevant to a code of racing, on the commission’s own initiative or at the request of the Minister, including— complaints about the processes of a control body; and complaints about a licence holder; to conduct investigations into breaches of this Act or the Racing Act ; to oversee the integrity of race meetings, including matters preliminary to race meetings; jumpouts, trackwork sessions, trials to manage testing of things, including developing or adopting procedures about the way things for analysis are to be taken and dealt with; to keep records that provide for the identification and monitoring of animals; records that show the ‘end-to-end tracking’ of an animal to safeguard the welfare of any animal involved, whether directly or indirectly and whether lawfully or unlawfully, in racing; to safeguard the welfare of any animal that— used to be involved in racing in Queensland or another jurisdiction; and is in the possession of a person licensed under the thoroughbred or harness codes of racing; to make decisions about disciplinary matters; to prevent noncompliance and lapses in integrity, as far as practicable, in the racing industry; to promote compliance and integrity, and to promote animal welfare and prevent animal cruelty, by educating, providing information for, and working with, participants; to regularly review and assess compliance and the integrity of participants and practices in the racing industry, on the commission’s own initiative or at the request of the Minister; to work collaboratively with entities responsible for investigating and prosecuting offences, including— sharing information with the entities for crime prevention; and in circumstances where the commission reasonably suspects an offence may have been committed; to identify opportunities for cooperative partnerships with entities to improve compliance and integrity in the racing industry; to report and make recommendations to the Minister about matters relevant to the performance of its functions and any other matters referred to it by the Minister; to make all necessary inquiries it believes necessary to fulfil a function mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (p) ; to perform a function incidental to a function mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (p) ; to perform a function given to it under another Act. In this section— compliance includes compliance with this Act or the Racing Act . processes , of a control body, includes policies, systems, actions and decisions made by the control body. s 10 amd 2022 No. 35 s 46 (sec.10-ssec.1) The commission has the following functions— to license animals and participants that are suitable to be licensed for a code of racing; to assess under this Act the suitability of an applicant to be an approved control body; to conduct audits of licence holders to decide if the licence holders continue to be suitable to be licensed, on the commission’s own initiative or at the request of the Minister; to investigate complaints about matters relevant to a code of racing, on the commission’s own initiative or at the request of the Minister, including— complaints about the processes of a control body; and complaints about a licence holder; to conduct investigations into breaches of this Act or the Racing Act ; to oversee the integrity of race meetings, including matters preliminary to race meetings; jumpouts, trackwork sessions, trials to manage testing of things, including developing or adopting procedures about the way things for analysis are to be taken and dealt with; to keep records that provide for the identification and monitoring of animals; records that show the ‘end-to-end tracking’ of an animal to safeguard the welfare of any animal involved, whether directly or indirectly and whether lawfully or unlawfully, in racing; to safeguard the welfare of any animal that— used to be involved in racing in Queensland or another jurisdiction; and is in the possession of a person licensed under the thoroughbred or harness codes of racing; to make decisions about disciplinary matters; to prevent noncompliance and lapses in integrity, as far as practicable, in the racing industry; to promote compliance and integrity, and to promote animal welfare and prevent animal cruelty, by educating, providing information for, and working with, participants; to regularly review and assess compliance and the integrity of participants and practices in the racing industry, on the commission’s own initiative or at the request of the Minister; to work collaboratively with entities responsible for investigating and prosecuting offences, including— sharing information with the entities for crime prevention; and in circumstances where the commission reasonably suspects an offence may have been committed; to identify opportunities for cooperative partnerships with entities to improve compliance and integrity in the racing industry; to report and make recommendations to the Minister about matters relevant to the performance of its functions and any other matters referred to it by the Minister; to make all necessary inquiries it believes necessary to fulfil a function mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (p) ; to perform a function incidental to a function mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (p) ; to perform a function given to it under another Act. (sec.10-ssec.2) In this section— compliance includes compliance with this Act or the Racing Act . processes , of a control body, includes policies, systems, actions and decisions made by the control body.