L'organisateur des courses à Maurice sera désormais connu sous l'entité du Mauritius Turf Club Sports & Leisure Ltd. Une société publique détenue à 100 % par le MTC. Un communiqué a été émis en ce sens ce mercredi 17 mars.
Le communiqué indique que les noms des directeurs du MTCSL seront officialisés incessamment, conformément à la loi en vigueur. Il est également dit que le MTCSL a déjà soumis sa demande de licence pour opérer auprès de la GRA et serait dans l'attente d'une réponse.
Ci-dessous le communiqué (en anglais)
Recent amendments to the GRA Act require that the entity applying for and holding the license to organize horse racing should be a public limited company. As such, the Mauritius Turf Club (MTC) will no longer be the horse racing organizer per the law and the new entity which will be licensed shall be the MTC Sports and Leisure Ltd(MTCSL), a public company wholly owned by the MTC.
The Board of directors of MTCSL will comprise of the six elected administrators of the MTC and such other persons as are necessary in order to comply fully with the legislation in force. The appointments will be done shortly and the members of the MTC will be kept abreast of all decisions pertaining to that new entity.
MTCSL has already applied for a license and is awaiting a decision of the GRA
Mindful of its obligations under the law and towards the owners, trainers, employees of the MTC/MTCSL, all stake holders and the public at large, the MTC/MTCSL will comply with the GRA’s request to publish the MTC Directions for Racing and other documents issued to it by the GRA. However, the new Board of the MTC has made it clear to the GRA that since these conditions will in fact affect MTCSL, it will be for the newly constituted Board of MTCSL to take such decisions as it deems appropriate when it will be fully constituted and operational.
The MTC reiterates that, although it is bound to comply with the Directions of the GRA by virtue of the wide powers granted to the GRA under the GRA Act, it will continue to ensure that the entity which organizes horse racing in Mauritius complies with the conditions attached to its affiliation to the IFHA and it shall, whenever it thinks reasonable to do so, draw the attention of the GRA to any incongruity and/or impracticality rendering the enforcement of any directive unreasonable, impracticable or contrary to international best practice.
The new Board of the MTC and its wholly owned entity, the MTCSL, reiterate its sincere wish to work hand in hand with the Regulator, the GRA, in order to achieve integrity and transparency at all levels throughout the industry.
