SHOULD this decision by three judges of the court case between RNSW and the ATC favour the regulator, RNSW, then the extract below from the QLD Racing Act 2002 compels the QLD regulator (Racing Queensland) to investigate the evidence provided (December 2024) to them by a ‘Whistleblower’ rather than a ‘Complainant’of allegations of serious misconduct by the BRC Board under the provisions of their own Act.
Racing Act Qld 2002
Section
82 Powers of control body for its code of racing
(1) A control body has—
(a) The powers necessary for performing its function; and
(b) All other powers necessary for discharging the obligations imposed on the control body under this Act or another Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a control body may do any of the following for any of its codes of racing—
(a) License clubs and venues that are suitable to be licensed for the code;
(b) Conduct audits of licence holders to decide if the licence holders continue to be suitable to be licensed, on the control body’s own initiative or at the request of the Minister;
(c) Investigate complaints about licence holders on the control body’s own initiative or at the request of the Minister;
Also, under QLD Racing Act Section 40 (1) the Minister for Racing also has a responsibility to act.’
