Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Racing Act 1958 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions



(1) In this Part unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter-

approved betting event has the same meaning as in the
Gambling Regulation Act 2003;



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approved substitute means a registered bookmaker's key employee approved under
section 91AB by a controlling body to carry on the business of a registered
bookmaker;



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betting contingency includes any event or contingency;



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bookmaker's key employee has the same meaning as in the
Gambling Regulation Act 2003;



charitable purposes means-

   (a)  the aiding of any institution or benevolent society within the meaning
        of the Hospitals and Charities Act 1958 or, if approved for the
        purposes of this Part by the Minister by writing under his hand, of
        any hospital asylum institution or society affording charitable relief
        within the meaning of that Act which is exempted from the operation of
        that Act;

   (b)  the aiding of the funds of any public authority in Victoria engaged in
        research into the cause prevention or cure of disease in human beings;
        or

   (c)  the affording of charitable relief within the meaning of that Act to
        any diseased infirm incurable poor or destitute person or persons;
        chief steward, in relation to a controlling body, means-

   (a)  in the case of horse racing, the person appointed as chairman of
        stewards by Racing Victoria;

   (b)  in the case of harness racing, the person appointed as chairman of
        stewards by Harness Racing Victoria;

   (c)  in the case of greyhound racing, the person appointed as chief steward
        by Greyhound Racing Victoria;

club includes club society or other association by whatever name called;

club betting permit means a permit issued under Division 2A of Part 1;

Commission means Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation established by
the Gambling Regulation Act 2003;

conduct includes conduct carry on manage or to assist in doing any of these
things; controlling body has the same meaning as in Part IIIB;

domestic partner of a person means-

   (a)  a person who is in a registered relationship with the person; or

   (b)  an adult person to whom the person is not married but with whom the
        person is in a relationship as a couple where one or each of them
        provides personal or financial commitment and support of a domestic
        nature for the material benefit of the other, irrespective of their
        genders and whether or not they are living under the same roof, but
        does not include a person who provides domestic support and personal
        care to the person-

   (i)  for fee or reward; or

   (ii) on behalf of another person or an organisation (including a government
        or government agency, a body corporate or a charitable or benevolent
        organisation); exclusion order means a written order under section 33;



General Post Office Melbourne means the post office situate at the corner of
Bourke-street and Elizabeth-street in the city of Melbourne;

greyhound race means a race in which greyhounds compete;



harness race means a race in which horses compete moving at a gait generally
known as pacing or trotting;



horse race means a race in which horses compete but does not include a harness
race;

metropolitan race-course means any of the following: the Flemington
race-course, the Caulfield race-course, the Moonee Valley race-course, the
Sandown race-course or any race-course within 32 kilometres of the General
Post Office Melbourne which the Minister, by notice published in the
Government Gazette, declares to be a metropolitan race-course;

mixed sports gathering means-

   (a)  a meeting for foot races bicycle races or any other games exercises
        pastimes or contests of a kind usually conducted carried on contested
        or decided on any land whatsoever to which persons are admitted either
        at all times or only at certain times (whether on payment of an
        entrance fee or charge or otherwise) for the purpose of taking part in
        or witnessing any such races games exercises pastimes or contests,
        being a meeting at which-

   (i)  the races which take place include races of one or more of the
        following kinds, namely, horse races, pony races and harness races;

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   (b)  a meeting for foot races bicycle races or any other games exercises
        pastimes or contests of a kind usually conducted carried on contested
        or decided on any land whatsoever to which persons are admitted either
        at all times or only at certain times (whether on payment of an
        entrance fee or charge or otherwise) for the purpose of taking part in
        or witnessing any such races games exercises pastimes or contests,
        being a meeting-

   (i)  at which no horse race pony race or harness race takes place; and

   (ii) which is conducted by a club or other body of persons approved by the
        Minister;

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police member means member of the force within the meaning of the
Police Regulation Act 1958;

pony races or pony racing means races under conditions limiting the height of
any horse eligible to compete therein to any height not exceeding fourteen
hands two inches;

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race-course means land used for race-meetings;

race-meeting means a meeting for the purpose of horse racing, harness racing
or greyhound racing;



Racing Victoria means the company certified by the Minister under section
3A(1) to be Racing Victoria;

registered bookmaker has the same meaning as in the
Gambling Regulation Act 2003;

registered bookmaker's key employee has the same meaning as in the
Gambling Regulation Act 2003;



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specified race-course means-

   (a)  an area of land described in an item in Schedule 2;

   (b)  an area of land prescribed by the regulations to be a specified
        race-course for the purposes of Division 5;

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spouse of a person means a person to whom the person is married;



steward has the same meaning as in Part IIIB.



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(1A) For the purposes of the definition of domestic partner in subsection (1)-

   (a)  registered relationship has the same meaning as in the
        Relationships Act 2008; and

   (b)  in determining whether persons who are not in a registered
        relationship are domestic partners of each other, all the
        circumstances of their relationship are to be taken into account,
        including any one or more of the matters referred to in section 35(2)
        of the Relationships Act 2008 as may be relevant in a particular case;
        and

   (c)  a person is not a domestic partner of another person only because they
        are co-tenants.

(2) For the purposes of this Part-

   (a)  any reference in this Part to the distance of a race-course or a
        municipal district or part thereof from the General Post Office
        Melbourne shall be read and construed and take effect as if it were a
        reference to such distance measured according to the nearest
        practicable route (by road or railway or by road and railway, as the
        case may be) from such post office to such race-course or municipal
        district or part thereof;

   (b)  a match or race between two horses only shall not be deemed a
        race-meeting.

(3) In the construction of this Part, unless the contrary intention appears, a
year shall be deemed to commence on the first day of August.

(4) Save as otherwise provided in this Part, any mixed sports gathering held
on any land whatsoever in Victoria shall be deemed to be a race-meeting for
the purposes of this Act.





(5) In this Part, the "duration of a race-meeting" must be determined in
accordance with section 14A.