Gaming and Betting (Amendment) Act 1994 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Gaming and Betting (Amendment) Act 1994

No. 30 of 1994

An Act to amend the Gaming and Betting Act 1906 of the State of New South Wales in its application in the Territory

[Notified in ACT Gazette S114: 28 June 1994]

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

Short title

1.  This Act may be cited as the Gaming and Betting (Amendment) Act 1994.

Commencement

2.  This Act commences on 1 July 1994.

Principal Act

3.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Gaming and Betting Act 1906 of the State of New South Wales in its application in the Territory.1

Prohibited betting

4.  Section 17B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) “or by telephone” after “meeting”.

Betting information

5.  Section 19B of the Principal Act is amended—

(a)by omitting from subsection (2) “The last preceding subsection” and substituting “Subsection (1)”;

(b)by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “or”;

(c)by adding at the end of paragraph (2) (c) “and”; and

(d)by adding at the end of subsection (2) the following paragraph:

“(d)an advertisement or notification that provides information in relation to betting by telephone.”.

NOTE

1. Reprinted as at 31 August 1992.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 19 May 1994]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1994