Victorian Current Acts

RACING ACT 1958 - SECT 50ZK

    (1)     A person must not—

        (a)     insult, threaten or intimidate a member of the Victorian Racing Tribunal in the performance of functions or the exercise of powers as a member at a hearing before the Victorian Racing Tribunal; or

        (b)     repeatedly interrupt a hearing before the Victorian Racing Tribunal; or

        (c)     create a disturbance, or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance, in or near a place where the Victorian Racing Tribunal is conducting a hearing; or

        (d)     do any other act that would, if the Victorian Racing Tribunal were the Supreme Court, constitute contempt of that Court.

Penalty:     240 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both.

    (2)     Despite subsection (1), the Chairperson or a Deputy Chairperson may—

        (a)     accept an apology for a contempt; and

        (b)     remit any punishment for it either wholly or in part.

S. 50ZL inserted by No. 37/2018 s. 14, repealed by No. 2/2022 s. 17.

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Pt 3
(Heading) amended by No. 8209 s. 21(1)(a)(ii).

Part III—Greyhound racing

No. 6070 s. 51.

S. 51 amended by No. 45/2004 s. 8(2) (ILA s. 39B(1)).