Games Wagers and Betting-houses (Amendment) Act 1994 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Games Wagers and Betting-houses
(Amendment) Act 1994

No. 55 of 1994

An Act to amend the Games Wagers and
Betting-houses Act 1901 of the State of New South Wales in its application in the Territory

[Notified in ACT Gazette S196: 5 October 1994]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Short title

1.  This Act may be cited as the Games Wagers and Betting-houses (Amendment) Act 1994.

Commencement

2.  (1)  Section 1 and this section commence on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette.

(2)  The remaining provisions commence on a day, or respective days, fixed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

(3)  If a provision referred to in subsection (2) has not commenced before the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette, that provision, by force of this subsection, commences on the first day after the end of that period.

Principal Act

3.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Games Wagers and Betting‑houses Act 1901 of the State of New South Wales in its application in the Territory.1

Insertion

4.  After section 14 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Application—sports betting venues

“14A.  This Part does not apply in relation to a sports betting venue.”.

NOTE

1. Reprinted as at 31 July 1992.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 25 August 1994]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1994