Racing Integrity Act 2016
sec.256CPublication of elevated readings for licensed horses
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sec.256C Publication of elevated readings for licensed horses
This section applies if a race day steward gives the commission any of the following information— the name of a licensed horse that has an elevated reading within a 48-hour period before a race; the name of the licence holder for the horse; the date the elevated reading is measured for the horse. The commission may, on its website, publish a list that states the information. In this section— elevated reading , for a licensed horse, means either of the following levels of substance measured in a blood test carried out on the horse— a level of carbon dioxide that is 35.1 millimoles per litre or higher; any level of a prohibited substance. licensed horse means a licensed animal that is a horse. prohibited substance means a substance not allowed to be given to a licensed horse under the rules of racing. s 256C ins 2022 No. 24 s 25 (sec.256C-ssec.1) This section applies if a race day steward gives the commission any of the following information— the name of a licensed horse that has an elevated reading within a 48-hour period before a race; the name of the licence holder for the horse; the date the elevated reading is measured for the horse. (sec.256C-ssec.2) The commission may, on its website, publish a list that states the information. (sec.256C-ssec.3) In this section— elevated reading , for a licensed horse, means either of the following levels of substance measured in a blood test carried out on the horse— a level of carbon dioxide that is 35.1 millimoles per litre or higher; any level of a prohibited substance. licensed horse means a licensed animal that is a horse. prohibited substance means a substance not allowed to be given to a licensed horse under the rules of racing.
- (a) the name of a licensed horse that has an elevated reading within a 48-hour period before a race;
- (b) the name of the licence holder for the horse;
- (c) the date the elevated reading is measured for the horse.
- (a) a level of carbon dioxide that is 35.1 millimoles per litre or higher;
- (b) any level of a prohibited substance.