Greyhound Racing Act 2019
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Exclusion orders | ||
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48. (1) Where the Control Committee imposes as an administrative racing sanction an exclusion order, the order prohibits the person specified in the order from either or both of the following as is specified in the order: | ||
(a) being on a greyhound race track; | ||
(b) being at a public sale of greyhounds. | ||
(2) An exclusion order shall specify the terms and conditions in which the order may be revoked or varied by the Control Committee and, where appropriate, it shall specify the period of time for which the exclusion order applies. | ||
(3) An exclusion order may be varied or revoked by the Appeal Committee upon application to it under section 49 . | ||
(4) Where a person to whom an exclusion order applies— | ||
(a) enters or is found on any greyhound race track, any person acting under the direction of the licensee under the greyhound race track licence relating to the track, or | ||
(b) is found at any public sale of greyhounds, any person acting under the direction of the person conducting the sale, | ||
may require the first-mentioned person to leave the track. | ||
(5) A person who fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (4) to leave a greyhound race track or public sale— | ||
(a) may be removed (using reasonable force) from the track or sale by a person acting under the direction of the licensee under the greyhound track licence relating to the track or the person conducting the sale, as the case may be, and | ||
(b) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a class C fine. | ||
(6) An exclusion order made by the Board in place under section 47 of the Principal Act shall on the commencement of this section— | ||
(a) continue in being as though it was made under section 46 (1)(b)(ii), and | ||
(b) may be revoked by the Board. | ||
(7) Section 47 of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) by substituting for subsection (1) the following: | ||
“(1) The Club may by order (in this section referred to as an “exclusion order”) prohibit a person from being at an authorised coursing meeting.”, | ||
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(b) by deleting subsections (2) to (5) and (7). |