Tuesday, 2 August 2022

Racing Amendment (Unauthorised Access) Bill 2022

Introduction and first reading

Mr CARBINES (Ivanhoe—Minister for Police, Minister for Crime Prevention, Minister for Racing) (12:23): Congratulations to you, Speaker. I move:

That I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Racing Act 1958 to prohibit unauthorised access to certain areas of racecourses during race meetings and official trial meetings and for other purposes.

Motion agreed to.

Mr T BULL (Gippsland East) (12:23): May I request a brief explanation of the bill.

Mr CARBINES (Ivanhoe—Minister for Police, Minister for Crime Prevention, Minister for Racing) (12:23): The bill will amend the Racing Act 1958 to keep participants and spectators at Victorian racing events safe by introducing offence and penalty provisions for unauthorised access to restricted areas of racecourses and other disruptive conduct at race and official trial meetings.

Read first time.

Ordered to be read second time tomorrow.