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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GREYHOUND RACING ASSOCIATION ACT 1981 - SECT 4

4 .         Interpretation

                In this Act unless the contrary intention appears —

        Association means the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Association established by this Act;

        Chairman means Chairman of the Association;

        Chief Executive Officer means Chief Executive Officer of the Association;

        Deputy Chairman means Deputy Chairman of the Association;

        Fund means the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Association Fund established and maintained under section 16;

        greyhound racing means racing between greyhounds in competitive pursuit of an artificial lure;

        greyhound racing club means a club, society or other association established for the purpose of conducting or promoting greyhound racing, and includes the Association;

        greyhound trial track means land, not being a licensed race course, that is held out by any person having the management or control thereof as owner, lessee, occupier or otherwise, as being available for the purpose of enabling greyhounds, other than those owned or trained by or leased to that person, to compete in trials or be trained in racing;

        lessee means lessee of a greyhound;

        licensed , in relation to a race course, means licensed by RWWA under the RWWA Act;

"         member " or " member of the board" means member of the board of the Association and includes the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Association;

        owner means owner of a greyhound;

        race course means any place at which greyhound racing is or may be conducted;

        race meeting means a meeting for greyhound racing;

        registered means registered by RWWA under the RWWA Act;

        rules of racing means rules made by RWWA under section 45 of the RWWA Act;

        RWWA means Racing and Wagering Western Australia established under the RWWA Act;

        RWWA Act means the Racing and Wagering Western Australia Act 2003 ;

        trainer means trainer of a greyhound.

        [Section 4 amended: No. 23 of 1998 s. 4, 16(1) and 17(1); No. 35 of 2003 s. 199 and 218.]

        [Heading amended: No. 23 of 1998 s. 16(1); No. 35 of 2003 s. 200.]



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