Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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RACING AND BETTING ACT - SECT 34

Postponement, &c., of meeting

34. Postponement, &c., of meeting

(1) Where -

(a) owing to adverse weather conditions or other circumstances a registered club considers to be in the nature of an emergency, the registered club considers it impossible or impracticable to hold a meeting or a part of a meeting on a day approved and allocated to the club; or

(b) for any reason the control body of the registered club considers to be sufficient, the registered club does not desire to hold the meeting on that day,

the registered club may, in accordance with the Rules of Racing, Rules of Trotting or Greyhound Racing Rules applicable to it, postpone that meeting or part of the meeting until such other day as that control body allocates for that purpose, or abandon it.

(2) Where a registered club postpones a meeting or a part of a meeting, the postponement shall take effect from the time at which the first public announcement of the postponement of the meeting is made on behalf of the club.

(3) Where a registered club postpones intact part of a meeting comprising 3 or more races until another day, the club may, with the approval of its control body, stage another race or races on that day sufficient to complete what the control body considers to be a meeting normal for that club.



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