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Racing Industry Act 2020

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44: Functions and powers of Board

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“What the Racing Board does and how it helps keep racing fair”

The Racing Integrity Board has several important jobs to do. These jobs are split into three main areas: compliance, adjudication, and other tasks.

For compliance, the Board hires and trains people called stipendiary stewards and racing investigators. These people make sure the racing rules for each type of racing (like horse racing or dog racing) are followed. The Board also makes sure there are veterinarians to look after the animals in races. They arrange for testing to check if anyone is using alcohol, drugs, or other banned substances in racing. The Board also keeps an eye on how well each racing code is taking care of the animals.

For adjudication, the Board chooses people to be on committees. These committees listen to and make decisions about any issues that come up in racing. They can also give out punishments if rules are broken. The Board also picks people to be on appeals tribunals, which listen to appeals about decisions or punishments.

For other tasks, the Board suggests changes to the racing rules to make the racing integrity system better. They also suggest changes to the betting rules for the same reason. The Board comes up with ideas to help control racing in New Zealand fairly and effectively. They keep watching how well the racing integrity system is working and tell the Minister about it. The Board can also provide other services that the racing codes ask for or need.

The Board has to make sure that the people who check if rules are being followed (compliance) work separately from the people who make decisions about rule-breaking (adjudication).

The Board and the people it hires or appoints can use any reasonable powers they need to do these jobs properly.

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44Functions and powers of Board

  1. The functions of the Board are—

    Compliance

  2. to employ and train stipendiary stewards and racing investigators to perform and exercise the functions, duties, and powers in each code’s racing rules:
    1. to provide, or arrange for the provision of, veterinary services in relation to racing conducted by each racing code as required by the code’s racing rules:
      1. to provide, or arrange for the provision of, alcohol, drug, and prohibited substances testing in relation to racing conducted by each racing code as required by the code’s racing rules:
        1. to support and monitor the operation and effectiveness of each racing code’s animal welfare policies and initiatives:

            1. Adjudication

          1. to appoint adjudicative committees to hear and adjudicate on any matters (whether arising on a particular day of racing or otherwise) in accordance with racing rules and to impose penalties and award costs in accordance with those rules:
            1. to appoint appeals tribunals to hear and adjudicate on appeals (including penalties imposed or costs awarded):

                1. Other

              1. to recommend to the racing codes any amendments to racing rules that the Board considers necessary or desirable for the purpose of supporting the racing integrity system:
                1. to recommend to TAB NZ any amendments to betting rules that the Board considers necessary or desirable for the purpose of supporting the racing integrity system:
                  1. to initiate, develop, and recommend to the recognised industry organisations those measures that will, in the Board’s opinion, be conducive to the efficient and effective judicial control of New Zealand racing:
                    1. to monitor the operation and effectiveness of the racing integrity system on an ongoing basis and to report to the Minister as required on the outcome of that monitoring:
                      1. to provide any other services to a racing code agreed between the Board and the code or required by the code’s racing rules:
                        1. to carry out any other functions necessary or desirable to assist the Board in achieving its objectives.

                          1. The Board must ensure, as appropriate, that its compliance functions and adjudication functions are performed independently of each other.

                          2. The Board, and any persons employed or appointed by the Board to carry out its functions, have and may exercise all the powers that may be reasonably necessary for the purposes of carrying out those functions.