Gaming and Betting (Amendment) Act (No 2) 1994 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Gaming and Betting (Amendment) Act
(No. 2) 1994

No. 54 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 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 Gaming and Betting (Amendment) Act  (No. 2) 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 Gaming and Betting Act 1906 of the State of New South Wales in its application in the Territory.1

Interpretation

4.  Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a)by inserting “a sports betting venue, or” before “a racecourse” in the definition of “Public place”;

(b)by adding “, but does not include a sports betting venue” at the end of the definition of “Street”; and

(c)by inserting the following definition:

“ ‘sports betting venue’ means a place determined under subsection 39B (1) of the Bookmakers Act 1985, at a time during which sports betting (within the meaning of that Act) is permitted to operate at that place in accordance with directions in force under subsection 39B (2) of that Act;”.

Prohibited bookmaking

5.  Section 17A of the Principal Act is amended by omitting all the words from and including “otherwise” to and including “meeting” (last occurring) and substituting:

“otherwise than—

(a)at a race meeting or sports betting venue; or

(b)in relation to a bet placed at a race meeting or sports betting venue”.

Prohibited betting

6.  Section 17B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) “or a sports betting venue” after “race meeting”.

Betting information

7.  Section 19B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (2) (b) the following paragraph:

“(ba)an advertisement or notification about betting at a sports betting venue;”.

NOTE

1. Reprinted as at 31 August 1992.  See also Act No. 30, 1994.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on  25 August 1994]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1994