New South Wales Consolidated Acts

THOROUGHBRED RACING ACT 1996 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"Appeal Panel" means the Appeal Panel provided for by Part 4.
"appointed member" means a member of Racing NSW other than the Chief Executive.
"Australian Rules of Racing" means the Australian Rules of Racing as adopted by the Australian Conference of Principal Racing Clubs.
"Chief Executive" means the Chief Executive of Racing NSW from time to time.
"eligible industry body" means a body determined to be an eligible industry body for the time being under section 31 (2).
"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.
"function" includes power, authority or duty.
"GRNSW" means Greyhound Racing New South Wales constituted under the Greyhound Racing Act 2009 .
"horse racing" means the racing of galloping horses as referred to in the Australian Rules of Racing.
"HRNSW" means Harness Racing New South Wales constituted under the Harness Racing Act 2009 .
"IA Committee" means the Integrity Assurance Committee established under this Act.
"race club" includes any body or other association of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that promotes, conducts or controls, or that is formed for promoting, conducting or controlling, a horse racing meeting or meetings.
"racing association" means an association of race clubs.
"Racing NSW" means Racing New South Wales.
"racing official" means a member of Racing NSW, the Chief Executive or a steward appointed by Racing NSW or other member of staff of Racing NSW.
"RICG" means the Racing Industry Consultation Group established by this Act.
"Rules of Racing" means the rules for the time being governing and relating to horse racing under the control of Racing NSW (being an amalgamation of the Australian Rules of Racing and the local rules of racing of Racing NSW, together with the regulations made under those rules).
"Selection Panel" means the Selection Panel established under section 7.

(2) Notes included in this Act are explanatory notes and do not form part of this Act.