Gaming and Betting (Amendment) Act 1982 (ACT)

Gaming and Betting (Amendment)

Ordinance 1982

N o . 99 of 1982

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 20 December 1982.

N. M. STEPHEN Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

MICHAEL HODGMAN

Minister of State for the Capital Territory

An Ordinance relating to gaming and betting

Short title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Gaming and Betting (Amendment)

Ordinance 1982.1

Interpretation

2. Section 2 of the Gaming and Betting Act, 1906 of the State of New South

Wales in its application to the Territory is amended—

Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at

(a)	by omitting "at which races are being held, being races" from the definition of "Public place" and substituting "at any time during which a race meeting is in progress or would, but for its cancellation or postponement, be in progress, being a race meeting"; and
(b)	by inserting "or would, but for such a cancellation or postponement, be providing" after "providing" in that definition.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 December 1982.