Betting (Totalizator Agency) (Amendment) Act 1980 (ACT)

N o . 7 of 1980

An Ordinance to amend the Betting (Totalizator Agency) Ordinance 1964

I, T H E G O V E R N O R - G E N E R A L of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following

Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated this eleventh day of March 1980.

Z E L M A N COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

R. ELLICOTT

Minister of State for the Capital Territory

BETTING (TOTALIZATOR AGENCY) ( A M E N D M E N T )

O R D I N A N C E 1980

Short title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Betting (Totalizator Agency)

(Amendment) Ordinance 1980.1

Principal Ordinance

2. In this Ordinance, "Principal Ordinance" means the Betting (Totaliza­

tor Agency) Ordinance 1964. 2

"18 . (1) The functions of the Board are—

Interpretation

3. Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting the

definition of " the Council of Race Clubs".

Vacation of office

4. Section 14 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub­

section (2) "or as a member of the Council of Race Clubs".

5. Section 18 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the following sec­

tion substituted:

Functions of the Board

(a) to conduct or provide, in accordance with this Ordinance, totalizator betting facilities in respect of races held within or outside the Territory—

(i)     by operating its own totalizator; or

(ii)     by means of agreements entered into under section 20;

(b)	to act as an agent of the person conducting a lottery for the sale of tickets, or shares in tickets, in that lottery;
(c)	to act as an agent of the promoter of an approved pool betting scheme in the conduct by the promoter of a pool betting competition under that scheme; and
(d)	to act as an agent of a person by whom a betting game or competition is lawfully being conducted for the receipt of entry forms for, and sub­ scriptions in respect of, that game or competition.

"(2) In sub-section (1)—

'approved pool betting scheme' has the same meaning as in the Pool Betting

Ordinance 1964;

'lottery' means a lottery that is an approved lottery or exempt lottery within the meaning of the Lotteries Ordinance 1964;
'pool betting competition' has the same meaning as in the Pool Betting Ordinance 1964;
'promoter', in relation to an approved pool betting scheme, means the per­ son to whom approval for the carrying on of the scheme has been granted under section 6 of the Pool Betting Ordinance 1964.".

Setting up of offices and agencies of the Board elsewhere than on racecourses

6. Section 21 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)	by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:
"(1 A) The Board shall not carry out a function referred to in para­ graph 18(1) (b), (c) or (d) at an agency established on premises in re­ spect of which there is in force a General Licence or Club Licence
issued under the Liquor Ordinance 1975.";
(b)	by inserting in sub-section (2) ", and in accordance with any con­ ditions determined," after "approved";

(c) by omitting sub-section (3); and

(d) by omitting from sub-section (4) "The last two preceding sub-sections do not apply" and substituting "Sub-section (2) does not apply".

Conditions relating to betting through the Board

7. Section 38 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting in sub­

section (2) "or an agency of the Board" after "employed by the Board".
Inspectors

8. Section 44 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting in para­ graph (2) (c) "a person employed by an agent of the Board" after "the Board,".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 March 1980.

2.     Ordinance No. 14,1964 as amended by No. 19,1966; No. 13,1968; No. 24,1969; No. 13, 1972; No. 35, 1973; No. 47 ,1974; No. 66, 1976; No. 65,1977; Nos. 30 and 46, 1978; No. 36,1979.