New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RACING ADMINISTRATION ACT 1998 - SECT 11

11 Provisions relating to inspection of records

(1) It is a condition of a racecourse licence held by a non-proprietary association that, in order to enable the Minister from time to time to determine whether the licensee has or has not ceased to be a non-proprietary association, the licensee must:

(a) make available for inspection and examination by an authorised officer all relevant accounts, documents and records, and

(b) permit an authorised officer to enter, at any reasonable time, any premises (other than a dwelling-house) occupied or used by or on behalf of the licensee, and to make copies of or extracts from those accounts, documents and records, and

(c) furnish the authorised officer with such information, in such form and verified in such manner, as the Minister may from time to time require.

(2) In order to enable the Minister from time to time to determine whether or not a body (other than a licensee) that conducts race meetings is a non-proprietary association, the Minister may, by notice in writing given to the body, require the body:

(a) to make available for inspection and examination by an authorised officer all relevant accounts, documents and records, and

(b) to permit an authorised officer to enter, at any reasonable time, any premises (other than a dwelling-house) occupied or used by or on behalf of the body, and to make copies of or extracts from those accounts, documents and records, and

(c) to furnish the authorised officer with such information, in such form and verified in such manner, as may be specified in the notice.

(3) If the body fails or refuses to comply with any such requirement, each member of the managing board or committee of the body is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4) An authorised officer may not exercise the functions of an authorised officer under this section unless the officer is in possession of an identification card issued by the Minister. In the course of exercising the functions of an authorised officer under this section, the officer must, if requested to do so by any person, produce the officer’s identification card to the person.

(5) In exercising his or her functions under this section, an authorised officer may call to his or her aid a police officer if the authorised officer is obstructed, or believes on reasonable grounds that he or she will be obstructed, in the exercise of those functions.

(6) A police officer has, while acting in aid of an authorised officer under this section, the functions of an authorised officer.

(7) In this section:
"authorised officer" means a person appointed by the Minister for the purposes of this section.