Racing Administration Amendment (Race Field Information Fees) Regulation 2015 (NSW)

New South Wales

Racing Administration Amendment (Race

Field Information Fees) Regulation 2015

under the

Racing Administration Act 1998

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Racing Administration Act 1998.

TROY GRANT, MP

Minister for Racing

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Racing Administration Regulation 2012 to modify the fees
applicable for the use of NSW race field information.
This Regulation is made under the Racing Administration Act 1998, including sections 33A (2) (a) and 37
(the general regulation-making power).
Racing Administration Amendment (Race Field Information

Fees) Regulation 2015

under the

Racing Administration Act 1998

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Racing Administration Amendment (Race Field Information
Fees) Regulation 2015.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Racing Administration Regulation
2012

[1]      Clause 16 Fees for race field information use approvals: section 33A (2) (a)

Omit clause 16 (2). Insert instead:

(2)

A relevant racing control body may impose a condition on an approval held by a licensed wagering operator that the operator must pay the following if NSW race field information is used in Australia in the course of the operator’s wagering operations:

(a)	a fee that does not exceed 4% of the operator’s wagering turnover in relation to races covered by the approval (but only on wagering turnover derived from wagers laid by the operator at totalizator derived odds),
(b)	a fee that does not exceed of 2.5% of the operator’s wagering turnover in relation to races covered by the approval (on wagering turnover derived from wagers laid by the operator at odds other than totalizator derived odds),
(c)	any amount of GST payable in respect of a fee payable under paragraph (a) or (b).

(2A) A relevant racing control body may impose a condition on an approval that the holder of the approval must pay a fee determined by the relevant racing control body in relation to the use of NSW race field information, other than a use for which a fee is payable under subclause (2).

[2]      Clause 16 (3), definition of “premium race meeting”

Omit the definition.

[3]      Clause 16 (3)

Insert in alphabetical order:

totalizator has the same meaning as in the Totalizator Act 1997.
totalizator derived odds means any odds derived from or contingent on
totalizator odds but does not include totalizator odds.
totalizator odds means any odds which are dependent on the result of the
working of a totalizator on an event or contingency.