New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GREYHOUND RACING ACT 2017 - SECT 64

64 Inquiries and investigations by Commission in relation to complaint

(1) A person may make a complaint to the Commission in respect of the exercise of functions by a GRNSW official in relation to any greyhound race meeting conducted by GRNSW.

(2) On receiving a complaint from a person under this section, the Commission is to investigate the complaint unless the Commission considers that the complaint--

(a) is frivolous, vexatious or not made in good faith, or

(b) is trivial, or

(c) does not relate to the exercise of functions by a GRNSW official in a corrupt, improper or unethical manner.

(3) If the Commission decides to investigate a complaint, the Commission must inform the GRNSW official concerned of the substance of the complaint and give the GRNSW official a reasonable opportunity to respond to it.

(4) The Commission may, by notice in writing, require a GRNSW official who is the subject of an investigation under this section to do one or more of the following--

(a) provide, in accordance with directions in the notice, such information verified by statutory declaration as, in the opinion of the Commission, is relevant to the investigation and is specified in the notice,

(b) produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, such records as, in the opinion of the Commission, are relevant to the investigation and permit examination of the records, the taking of extracts from them and the making of copies of them,

(c) authorise a person described in the notice to comply with a requirement of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),

(d) furnish to the Commission such authorisations and consents as the Commission requires for the purpose of enabling the Commission to obtain information (including financial and other confidential information) from other persons concerning the person under investigation.

(5) A person who complies with a requirement of a notice under subsection (4) does not on that account incur a liability to another person.

(6) A person must not fail to comply with a requirement of the Commission contained in a notice under subsection (4).

Maximum penalty (subsection (6)): 100 penalty units.