Greyhound Racing Act 2019

Requirement on person who is intoxicated or aggressive to leave race track or public sale or the right to refuse such person entry

57. (1) Where a person—

(a) on a greyhound race track, acting under the direction of the licensee under the greyhound race track licence, or

(b) at a public sale of greyhounds, acting under the direction of the person conducting the sale,

is of the opinion that a person found there or trying to gain entry thereto is intoxicated or acting in an aggressive or intimidating manner to such an extent so as to be unfit to be on the track or at the public sale, or has previously been required to leave or prohibited from entering a race track or public sale, he or she may—

(i) require that other person to leave the race track or sale, or

(ii) refuse admission to that person to the race track or sale.

(2) A person who fails to comply with a requirement to leave a race track or public sale or a refusal of admission to such or obstructs the person making the requirement or refusing admission—

(a) may be removed (using reasonable force) from the track or sale, if thereon or thereat, 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 A fine.