: That Greyhound Racing Victoria consider enhanced : That Greyhound Racing Victoria education and training supports and encourages requirements for the stewards’ intelligence gathering registration and licensing of and assistance to support animal participants. Skills should be welfare enforcement by assessed regularly, and participants Greyhound Racing Victoria and should be required to undergo other agencies. regular, ongoing training and revision in order to be familiar with the legal : That Greyhound Racing and welfare requirements of Victoria consider greyhounds. further Local Rules changes to: : That Greyhound Racing Victoria prohibit the keeping of implement a formal referral animals by any registered mechanism and protocol for participant for the purpose breaches of all relevant of use as a lure (live or legislation identified by dead); Greyhound Racing Victoria to be avoid transfer of greyhounds as immediately reported to the a means to avoid effective appropriate agency for penalties investigation and action. place sanctions on a : That Greyhound Racing Victoria greyhound proven to be optimise their use of existing and ‘blooded’; sanctions, particularly support the policy change that registration, suspension and only synthetic lures be disqualification powers to allowed. enforce compliance to Local Rules, Codes of Practice and : That a national discussion of other relevant legislation. jurisdictional governments consider greater harmonisation of : That Greyhound Racing Victoria rules and improved information develop and implement a gathering and sharing to support greyhound welfare and Local Rules regulation and improvement of compliance strategy in consultation animal welfare in the greyhound with all relevant agencies. All industry. inspection and enforcement action should be : That the Racing Appeals and reported regularly to Greyhound Disciplinary Board include an Racing Victoria and Office of the independent member with Racing Integrity Commissioner, appropriate animal welfare and/or and a summary public report veterinary expertise when published annually. A protocol considering should be animal welfare related issues. developed to guide Greyhound Racing Victoria stewards on the : That the responsibilities of the Office appropriate management of of the Racing Integrity compliance actions. Commissioner are expanded to
: That Greyhound Racing Victoria consider enhanced education and training requirements for the registration and licensing of participants. Skills should be assessed regularly, and participants should be required to undergo regular, ongoing training and revision in order to be familiar with the legal and welfare requirements of greyhounds. : That Greyhound Racing Victoria implement a formal referral mechanism and protocol for breaches of all relevant legislation identified by Greyhound Racing Victoria to be immediately reported to the appropriate agency for investigation and action. : That Greyhound Racing Victoria optimise their use of existing sanctions, particularly registration, suspension and disqualification powers to enforce compliance to Local Rules, Codes of Practice and other relevant legislation. : That Greyhound Racing Victoria develop and implement a greyhound welfare and Local Rules compliance strategy in consultation with all relevant agencies. All inspection and enforcement action should be reported regularly to Greyhound Racing Victoria and Office of the Racing Integrity Commissioner, and a summary public report published annually. A protocol should be developed to guide Greyhound Racing Victoria stewards on the appropriate management of compliance actions. : That Greyhound Racing Victoria supports and encourages stewards’ intelligence gathering and assistance to support animal welfare enforcement by Greyhound Racing Victoria and other agencies. : That Greyhound Racing Victoria consider further Local Rules changes to: prohibit the keeping of animals by any registered participant for the purpose of use as a lure (live or dead); avoid transfer of greyhounds as a means to avoid effective penalties place sanctions on a greyhound proven to be ‘blooded’; and support the policy change that only synthetic lures be allowed. : That a national discussion of jurisdictional governments consider greater harmonisation of rules and improved information gathering and sharing to support regulation and improvement of animal welfare in the greyhound industry. : That the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board include an independent member with appropriate animal welfare and/or veterinary expertise when considering animal welfare related issues. : That the responsibilities of the Office of the Racing Integrity Commissioner are expanded to
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