Bookmakers Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

Bookmakers Regulations1 (Amendment)

Subordinate Law No. 1  of 19972

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations under the Bookmakers Act 1985.

Dated 7 February 1997.

Bill stefaniak

Minister

gary humphries

Minister

Commencement

1.  These Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.

Principal Regulations

2.  In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Bookmakers Regulations.

Prescribed amounts, procedures and equipment

3.  Regulation 5A of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting subregulation (1) and substituting the following subregulation:

“(1)  For the purposes of paragraph 41A (a) of the Act—

(a)for a bet accepted by a bookmaker on a metropolitan thoroughbred race meeting—

(i)the prescribed amount first referred to is $200; and

(ii)the prescribed amount second referred to is $2,000; and

(b)for a bet accepted by a bookmaker on a race meeting other than a metropolitan thoroughbred race meeting—

(i)the prescribed amount first referred to is $100; and

(ii)the prescribed amount second referred to is $1,000.”; and

(b)by adding at the end the following subregulation:

“(4)  In subregulation (1)—

‘metropolitan thoroughbred race meeting’ means a race meeting determined in writing by the Australian Jockey Club to be a metropolitan thoroughbred race meeting.”.

Repeal

4.  Regulation 5B of the Principal Regulations is repealed.

NOTES

Principal Regulations

1. Reprinted as at 31 January 1995.

Notification

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 10 February 1997.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1997