sec.256APublication of stewards’ reports

sec.256A Publication of stewards’ reports

This section applies if a race day steward gives the commission a report in relation to— the races conducted at a race meeting (a race day report ); or an incident investigated at a race meeting (an inquiry report ). The commission may publish, on its website, any of the following information in the race day report— the name of the race day steward; the code of racing conducted at the race meeting; the day of the meeting; the licensed venue at which the meeting was conducted; the details of the track conditions at the meeting; the outcome of each race at the meeting; any incident investigated by the steward at the meeting; the rules of racing applying to the incident investigated; any action taken by the steward in response to the incident investigated. The commission may publish, on its website, any of the following information in the inquiry report— the name of the person investigated; the rules of racing applying to the incident; the decision of the race day steward about the incident; the reasons for the decision. The commission must remove from its website any information published under subsection (2) or (3) no later than— if the information relates to disqualification action taken against a person by a race day steward—the day the effect of the action ends; or otherwise—6 months after the day the information is published. This section applies subject to section 256B . In this section— disqualification action , against a person, see section 252AA . s 256A ins 2022 No. 24 s 25 (sec.256A-ssec.1) This section applies if a race day steward gives the commission a report in relation to— the races conducted at a race meeting (a race day report ); or an incident investigated at a race meeting (an inquiry report ). (sec.256A-ssec.2) The commission may publish, on its website, any of the following information in the race day report— the name of the race day steward; the code of racing conducted at the race meeting; the day of the meeting; the licensed venue at which the meeting was conducted; the details of the track conditions at the meeting; the outcome of each race at the meeting; any incident investigated by the steward at the meeting; the rules of racing applying to the incident investigated; any action taken by the steward in response to the incident investigated. (sec.256A-ssec.3) The commission may publish, on its website, any of the following information in the inquiry report— the name of the person investigated; the rules of racing applying to the incident; the decision of the race day steward about the incident; the reasons for the decision. (sec.256A-ssec.4) The commission must remove from its website any information published under subsection (2) or (3) no later than— if the information relates to disqualification action taken against a person by a race day steward—the day the effect of the action ends; or otherwise—6 months after the day the information is published. (sec.256A-ssec.5) This section applies subject to section 256B . (sec.256A-ssec.6) In this section— disqualification action , against a person, see section 252AA .