Third Session, Thirty-Eighth Legislature

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Bill 27

THE HORSE RACING COMMISSION AMENDMENT AND HORSE RACING REGULATION REPEAL ACT

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. H90 amended

1(1)

The Horse Racing Commission Act is amended by this section.

1(2)

Subsection 9(1) is replaced with the following:

Powers

9(1)

The commission has the following powers:

(a) to control and regulate the forms of horse racing specified in the regulations;

(b) to control and regulate the classes of race tracks specified in the regulations;

(c) to enforce compliance with this Act, the regulations and rules made under this Act and any conditions attached to a licence;

(d) to fix, impose and collect fines and other penalties for contravening this Act or the regulations or rules made under it or for failing to comply with any conditions attached to a licence.

1(3)

Subsection 9(2) is repealed.

1(4)

Subsection 9(2.1) is amended

(a) by striking out ", The Horse Racing Regulation Act"; and

(b) in the French version, by striking out "Loi concernant les prélèvements sur les mises de pari mutuel" and substituting "Loi sur les prélèvements sur les mises de pari mutuel".

1(5)

Subsection 15(1) of the French version is amended by striking out "Loi concernant les prélèvements sur les mises de pari mutuel" and substituting "Loi sur les prélèvements sur les mises de pari mutuel".

1(6)

Section 17 is amended by striking out "and" at the end of clause (a) and adding the following after clause (a):

(a.1) specifying the forms of horse racing and the classes of race tracks that the commission must regulate; and

1(7)

Section 18 is amended

(a) by striking out ", The Horse Racing Regulation Act" wherever it occurs; and

(b) in the French version, by striking out "Loi concernant les prélèvements sur les mises de pari mutuel" wherever it occurs and substituting "Loi sur les prélèvements sur les mises de pari mutuel".

C.C.S.M. c. H100 repealed

2

The Horse Racing Regulation Act, R.S.M. 1987, c. H100, is repealed.

Coming into force

3

This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.