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RACING REGULATION ACT 2004 (NO. 62 OF 2004) - SECT 109

Regulations
(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.
(2)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , regulations may be made under that subsection for or in relation to all or any of the following matters:
(a) further procedural or other requirements in connection with registrations and applications;
(b) the control and enforcement and, if relevant, the disbursement of bonds of indemnity or other forms of security given in respect of any matter;
(c) the business arrangements and conduct of bookmakers and bookmakers' agents;
(d) the control and regulation of betting by and with bookmakers, including, but not limited to, the following:
(i) betting tickets and betting sheets;
(ii) the laying and displaying of odds;
(iii) winning, losing, void and disputed bets;
(iv) types of bets and the conditions applicable to each type of bet;
(v) the settlement of bets;
(e) the control and regulation of telephone betting endorsements;
(f) the keeping of records and accounts on any matter by clubs or bookmakers or other persons, and the consequences of the loss or destruction of such records or accounts;
(g) the provision, to the Director, of information or returns on any matter by clubs or bookmakers or other persons involved in the racing industry;
(h) stipendiary stewards and other racing officials, including their functions and the nature and enforcement of their powers.
(3)  The regulations may –
(a) be made so as to apply differently according to such factors as are specified in the regulations; and
(b) authorise any matter to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by the Director; and
(c) authorise any matter relating to the functions or powers of a Council to be determined, applied or regulated by that Council; and
(d) authorise any matter relating to the functions or powers of a regulatory panel to be determined, applied or regulated by that panel; and
(e) authorise any matter relating to the functions or powers of the TRAB to be determined, applied or regulated by the TRAB or its chairperson.
(4)  The regulations may –
(a) provide that a contravention of any of the regulations is an offence; and
(b) provide, in relation to any such offence, for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 25 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 2.5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.
(5)  Without limiting the application of subsection (3) , regulations of the kind referred to in subsection (2)(d) may –
(a) authorise any matter in respect of betting on contingencies relating to horse or greyhound races to be determined by stewards or other racing officials, or in accordance with the Rules of Racing ; and
(b) authorise any matter in respect of betting on contingencies relating to approved sports events to be determined in accordance with the Sports Betting Rules ; and
(c) contain notes and examples; and
(d) stipulate that such notes and examples, or any of them, form or do not form part of the regulations.



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