Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

Correct. In the meantime the person under sanction cannot participate in racing. A dog owner or trainer certainly cannot enter dogs in a race. These things will be published. While it might be difficult to prevent the entry of an individual into a track, he or she certainly will not be able to enter dogs in a race or take on dogs for training.

In respect of head 18, the control committee has been the subject of some public narrative. Several times on this committee, people have discussed making it more independent in the exercise of its functions. That is not to suggest that those already on the control committee are not independent in the exercise of their functions. We wanted to establish a control committee by statute, as a statutory committee in its own right. Under the old regime, it was the board that appointed the members of the control committee. We are providing here that it is the Minister who appoints them.

The control committee's function is to determine matters in respect of racing sanctions. We have already had a discussion on that. The members can see the list of persons to whom they might apply: owner, trainer, agent, kennelhand, handler of a greyhound - there is a very extensive list in subsection (4). Any person who enters a greyhound in a greyhound race subjects themselves to the jurisdiction of the control committee and the appeal committee in respect of any breach of the racing code. That may result in the imposition of a sanction. That locks people into the jurisdiction of the control committee and the appeal committee.