Queensland Numbered Acts

RACING INTEGRITY ACT 2016 - SECT 29

29 Assessing applicants for approval applications

(1) This section applies to the commission in assessing an approval application as mentioned in section 27.

(2) The commission must decide whether the applicant for the approval application is suitable to be approved as the control body for the proposed code of racing.

(3) For subsection (2), the commission must have regard to and, if necessary, investigate—

(a) the approval application, matters accompanying or included in the approval application as mentioned in the Racing Act, section 11, and evidence given by the approval applicant in support of the application about the matters mentioned in section 12 of that Act; and

(b) the suitability of every business associate and executive associate of the applicant to be associated with the applicant as a control body; and

(c) if the approval applicant has a business association with another entity—the entity’s character or business reputation.

(4) In deciding about the suitability of a business associate or executive associate of the applicant, the commission must have regard to and, if necessary, investigate—

(a) the associate’s character or business reputation; and

(b) if the associate has a business association with another entity—the entity’s character or business reputation.