1996—No. 109 (NSW)
1996—No. 109
GAMING AND BETTING ACT 1912—REGULATION
(Gaming and Betting (Racecourse Licensing) Regulation 1996)
NEW SOUTH WALES
[Published in Gazette No. 38 of 29 March 1996]
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Gaming and Betting Act 1912, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.
J. RICHARD FACE, M.P.,
Minister for Gaming and Racing.
Citation
1. This Regulation may be cited as the Gaming and Betting
(Racecourse Licensing) Regulation 1996.
Commencement
2. This Regulation commences on 1 April 1996.
Definitions
3. In this Regulation:
“racecourse licence” means a racecourse licence under Part 4 of the
Act;
“the Act’’ means the Gaming and Betting Act 1912.
Application for racecourse license
4. (1) An application for a racecourse licence is to be made in writing
in a form approved by the Minister and is to contain the information
required by the form.
(2) The application is to be delivered or sent by post to the head office
of the Department of Gaming and Racing.
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Conditions of licences
5. A racecourse licence is subject to the following conditions:
| (a) | that betting or wagering on the racecourse is prohibited except in respect of horse races, harness races and greyhound races; |
| (b) | that the licensee keep its records and accounts in respect of its income and expenditure relating to race meetings separate from its other records and accounts. |
Racecourses at which limited number of horse race days allowed
6. For the purposes of section 57 of the Act, the following racecourses
are prescribed:
Broadmeadow Kembla Grange Canterbury Randwick Cessnock Rosehill Gosford Warwick Farm Hawkesbury Wyong
Repeal
7. (1) The Gaming and Betting (Racecourse Licensing) Regulation
1991 is repealed.
(2) Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Gaming and Betting (Racecourse Licensing) Regulation 1991, had effect under that Regulation is taken to have effect under this Regulation.
NOTES
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
1 . Citation
Commencement
3. Definitions
4. Application for racecourse licence
5. Conditions of licences
6. Racecourses at which limited number of horse race days allowed
Repeal
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
The object of this Regulation is to repeal and remake the Gaming and Betting (Racecourse Licensing) Regulation 1991 in consequence of the repeal and re-enactment of Part 4 of the Gaming and Betting Act 1912 (which deals with racecourses and race meetings).
This Regulation does the following:
(a)
it prescribes the way in which an application for a racecourse licence is to be made—clause 4;
(b)
it specifies certain conditions to which a racecourse licence is subject—clause 5;
(c)
it prescribes certain racecourses for the purposes of section 57 of the Gaming and Betting Act 1912 (which provides that the maximum number of days in any financial year on which meetings for horse racing may be held at a racecourse so prescribed is the number of days specified in the racecourse licence)—clause 6;
(d) it makes provisions of a technical nature—clauses 1-3 and 7.
This Regulation is made under the Gaming and Betting Act 191 2 and, in particular, under sections 53 (Applications for racecourse licences), 57 (Maximum number of race days allowed for racecourses) and 59 (the general regulation-making power).
This Regulation is also made in connection with the staged repeal of subordinate legislation under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989. It comprises matters of a machinery nature.
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