(1) A racecourse operator shall exercise its registration and licensing functions to ensure that an individual registered or licensed by him or her is a person who, in the opinion of the racecourse operator, is a fit and proper person to be registered or licensed having regard in particular to the need to protect the public interest as it relates to horse racing.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is not a fit and proper person if that person has a conviction and the racecourse operator is of the opinion that the circumstances of the offence concerned are such as to make the person unfit to be registered or licensed.
(3) In determining whether a person is unfit to be registered or licensed under subsection (2), a racecourse operator shall consider whether the person has a conviction for an indictable offence, or a summary offence that involves dishonesty, fraud, stealing or unlawful betting, under the law of Saint Lucia or any other jurisdiction.
(4) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not restrict the inclusion of other provisions in the Rules of Racing relating to the exercise of the registration and licensing functions of a racecourse operator.
(Inserted by Act 18 of 2018)