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Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing - Racing integrity system - Inspectors

53: Obstructing inspector

You could also call this:

“You can be punished for getting in the way of an inspector doing their job”

You can get in trouble if you stop an inspector from doing their job. This can happen in a few ways:

If you try to stop an inspector from going into a racecourse or TAB NZ building when they need to for their work, you’re breaking the law.

If an inspector asks you for information they’re allowed to ask for, and you refuse to give it to them without a good reason, that’s also against the law. The only good reason to not answer is if it might get you in trouble.

If you do anything else to make it hard for an inspector to do their job, that’s not allowed either.

If you do any of these things, you might have to pay a fine of up to $1,000.

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Racing integrity system: Inspectors

53Obstructing inspector

  1. A person commits an offence if the person—

  2. wilfully hinders or attempts to hinder an inspector entering, in the execution of the inspector’s duty, any racecourse or premises of TAB NZ; or
    1. wilfully refuses, except on the grounds of self-incrimination, to comply with the requirement to provide information that an inspector has lawfully demanded from the person under section 52(2)(a); or
      1. otherwise wilfully hinders or attempts to hinder an inspector in the execution of any power or duty.

        1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

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