New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BETTING AND RACING ACT 1998 - SECT 33C

33C Authorisations for section 51 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the Commonwealth

(1) The following are specifically authorised by this Act for the purposes of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the Commonwealth and the Competition Code of New South Wales --

(a) any agreement entered into between--

(i) 2 or more relevant racing control bodies in relation to the appointment of an agent to collect, or the collection by such an agent or any of the relevant racing control bodies of, fees that are payable to those bodies under race field information use approvals granted by them, or

(ii) one or more relevant racing control bodies and any corresponding body of another State or Territory in relation to the appointment of an agent to collect, or the collection by such an agent or any of the relevant racing control bodies of, fees that are payable to those bodies in relation to the use of race field information,

(b) the conduct of those bodies and any agent in negotiating and entering into any such agreement,

(c) the conduct of those bodies and any agent in performing any such agreement.

(2) Anything authorised to be done by this section is authorised only to the extent to which it would otherwise contravene Part IV of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the Commonwealth or the Competition Code of New South Wales .

(3) In this section--

"agreement" includes a contract, arrangement or understanding.