Northern Territory Numbered Acts

RACING AND WAGERING ACT 2024 (NO 8 OF 2024) - SECT 48

    (1)     Subject to this Act, a race control body has the power to do anything necessary to perform its functions under this Act.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), a race control body may do the following:

    (a)     establish and implement policies conducive to the development and welfare of the racing industry and the protection of the public interest;

    (b)     allocate to race clubs the dates and times when they may hold race meetings;

    (c)     investigate and report on proposals for the construction of new racecourses or for the alteration or renovation of existing racecourses;

    (d)     make recommendations to the Commission about the licensing of racecourses and racecourses generally;

    (e)     supervise the activities of persons engaged in or associated with the racing for which the race control body is responsible;

    (f)     impose penalties and sanctions under the racing rules applicable to the racing for which the race control body is responsible;

    (g)     register race clubs and register or licence persons and animals participating in the racing for which the race control body is responsible;

    (h)     impose fees for registration of a race club or the registration or licensing of persons or animals in its locality;

        (i)     impose fees for services;

    (j)     consult, join, affiliate and maintain association with other race clubs or bodies, whether in the Territory or elsewhere, concerned with the breeding and use of animals for racing;

    (k)     enter into contracts;

    (l)     acquire, hold, take on lease and dispose of real and personal property whether in its own right or as trustee;

    (m)     employ such persons as it thinks fit for the effective performance of its functions and duties;

    (n)     borrow money;

    (o)     give such directions to a race club registered by it in relation to the club's racecourse and its affairs as it thinks fit for the advancement of racing whether in the Territory as a whole or in the locality of that racecourse;

    (p)     if the race control body thinks fit – order that an audit of the books of accounts of a race club registered by it be conducted by an auditor nominated by the race control body;

    (q)     scrutinise the constitutions of race clubs registered by it to ensure that they conform with this Act and the racing rules;

    (r)     publish information to inform the public about the racing industry;

    (s)     publish reports and recommendations on any matter relating to the racing for which the race control body is responsible;

    (t)     undertake research and investigations into the breeding and use of animals for racing.