AI-assisted research summary: This Act restricts horse races and race-meetings in Saskatchewan, sets a ten-day gap between meetings on the same track, and provides penalties for violations.
1 HORSE RACING REGULATION c H-7 The Horse Racing Regulation Act being Chapter H‑7 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1978 (effective February 26, 1979) as amended by the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1984‑85‑86, c 63 and c 65; 1986, c 34; 1988‑89, c 42; 1994, c 31; 2003, c 15; 2013, c 11; and 2014, c 19. NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 c H-7 HORSE RACING REGULATION Table of Contents 1 Short title 2 Restrictions as to the holding of race‑meetings 3 Horse‑racing on only one track in municipality 4 Interval between meetings 5 Penalties 6 Repealed 3 HORSE RACING REGULATION c H-7 CHAPTER H-7 An Act for the Regulation of Horse Racing Short title 1 This Act may be cited as The Horse Racing Regulation Act. Restrictions as to the holding of race-meetings 2(1) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall hold or conduct any race‑ meeting or horse‑racing, nor shall any person aid in, enter in, judge, start, race in, drive in or ride in any horse race within Saskatchewan. (2) The prohibitions contained in subsection (1) do not apply to: (a) race‑meetings held under the auspices of an agricultural society or exhibition association on a race course operated as a part of or in connection with an agricultural fair or exhibition; (b) horse‑racing by an association, turf club or group of persons as authorized by the Liquor and Gaming Authority; (c) race‑meetings at which no opportunity is afforded either directly or indirectly by the management or otherwise for the placing of bets or wagers through the agency of a pari‑mutuel system or otherwise. RSS 1978, c H‑7, s 2; 1994, c 31, s 106. Horse-racing on only one track in municipality 3 In any city, town, village, municipal district or rural municipality, horse‑race meetings or horse‑racing may be held at one but not more than one race‑course or track in each calendar year. RSS 1978, c H‑7, s 3; 2014, c 19, s 44. Interval between meetings 4(1) Subject to subsection (2), no horse‑race meeting shall be opened or conducted upon a race‑course or track within ten days of the conclusion of another horse‑race meeting or horse‑racing upon that race‑course or track. (2) The Liquor and Gaming Authority, in setting dates for horse‑race meetings pursuant to clause 17(2)(h) of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act, 1997, may waive the requirements of subsection (1). RSS 1978, c H‑7, s 4; 1984‑85‑86, c 65, s 2; 1994, c 31, s 106; 2003, c 15, s 15. 4 c H-7 HORSE RACING REGULATION Penalties 5(1) A person who, in contravention of this Act, holds or conducts, or as owner, occupant or lessee of a race‑course, permits thereon, any horse‑race meeting or horse‑racing or aids in, enters in, judges, starts, races in, drives in, or rides in a horse-race, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $5,000 with costs, and in default of payment, to imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than six months, and each day’s repetition or continuance of any such contravention constitutes a new and distinct offence. (2) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a corporation, every director and officer shall prima facie be deemed to be a party to the offence so committed and is personally liable to the penalties herein prescribed. RSS 1978, c H‑7, s 5. 6 Repealed. 2013, c 11, s 2. REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER 2014