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Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing - Racing integrity system - Racing rules

40: Rules controlling or prohibiting admission to racecourses

You could also call this:

“Rules about who can enter racecourses during races”

When there’s racing at a racecourse, special rules can be made about who can come in. These rules apply even if the racecourse is usually open to everyone.

The people who make the racing rules can decide who is allowed at the racecourse and who isn’t. They can stop certain groups of people from entering, or let them in only if they follow special rules.

These rules are only allowed if they’re really needed to make sure people trust that the racing is fair and that betting on races is honest.

Before these rules can be used, the Minister needs to say they’re okay. Then, the rules have to be put on a website that anyone can see.

If you don’t follow these rules, you might be asked to leave the racecourse. The people who can make you leave include racing officials, people who work for the racing club, and police officers.

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Racing integrity system: Racing rules

40Rules controlling or prohibiting admission to racecourses

  1. This section applies to any racecourse on a day during which racing is being held on that racecourse, whether or not it is, or forms part of, a reserve or other place for which there exists a right of public use or entry.

  2. Subject to any enactment and the general law of New Zealand, racing rules may include separate rules controlling or prohibiting the admission of persons to any racecourse used by racing clubs registered with the racing code that made the rules.

  3. The rules may exclude any specified class (or classes) of persons from entering a racecourse, either absolutely or subject to any special conditions that may be set out in the rules.

  4. However, subsection (3) applies only to the extent that it is reasonably necessary for the purpose of maintaining public confidence in—

  5. the conduct of racing; and
    1. the integrity of racing betting.

      1. Rules made under this section do not come into force until they have been approved by the Minister and published on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the relevant racing code.

      2. A person who breaches any rule made under this section may be removed from the racecourse by any of the following persons:

      3. a stipendiary steward or a racing investigator:
        1. a member, officer, agent, or employee of the racing club or of the racing code with which the racing club is registered:
          1. a constable.

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