Racing and Betting Act Amendment Act 1975 (Qld)

566 Q = = 1 = 1 4 ANNO VICESIMO QUARTO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 55 of 1975 An Act to amend the Racing and Betting Act 1954-1974 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 12TH NOVEMBER, 1975] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Racing and Betting Act Amendment Act 1975. (2) In this Act them Racing and Betting Act 1954-1974 is referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Racing and Betting Act 1954-1975.

Racing and Betting Act Amendment Act 1975, No. 55 567 2. Commencement of Act. (1) Sections 10 and 11 shall commence and shall be taken to have commenced on 1 November 1975. (2) Save as prescribed by subsection (1), this Act shall commence on the date it is assented to for and on behalf of the Crown. 3. Amendment of s. 23. The Greyhound Racing Control Board of Queensland . Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended by, in subsection (7), adding at the end of subparagraph (a) the words " or by such other body as is formed to replace that Association and as, in the opinion of the Minister, represents greyhound breeders, owners and trainers ". 4. Amendment of s. 36 . Days whereon racing or coursing is unlawful. Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) in subsection (5), omitting provision (d) and substituting the following provision:- (d) whereat there is held an event or contingency other than- (i) a horse race for trotting horses; and (ii) a novelty event authorized by the Commissioner of Stamp Duties and specified by him in a permit issued by him. which event is held in accordance with the conditions of the permit."; (b) in subsection 7, (i) omitting provision (a) and substituting the following provision:- -(a) on any day other than a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday the date whereof is not the twenty-fifth day of December (Christmas Day);"; (ii) omitting provision (d) and substituting the following provision:- (d) whereat there is held an event or contingency other than- (i) a coursing event; and (ii) a novelty event authorized by the Commissioner of Stamp Duties and specified by him in a permit issued by him. which event is held in accordance with the conditions of the permit.'; (c) adding at the end of the section the following subsection:- " (9) Upon the application of a person who proposes to lawfully conduct a night trotting meeting or a night coursing meeting the Commissioner of Stamp Duties may, in his discretion, authorize that person to conduct one or more novelty events at the meeting and may grant to that person a permit for that purpose. if a permit is granted under this subsection- (a) there shall be specified therein the type or types of novelty event thereby authorized; and (b) the permit shall be subject to such conditions as the Commissioner of Stamp Duties thinks fit to impose and specifies therein.

568 Racing and Betting Act Amendment Act 1975, No. 55 Every permit granted under this subsection shall be subject to the conditions- (a) that no prize money dependent on the outcome of any novelty event authorized by the permit shall be awarded; and (b) that the holder of the permit shall not permit or suffer betting to occur on the outcome of any novelty event authorized by the permit, whether or not such conditions are or either of them is specified in the permit." 5. Amendment of s. 46. Allocation committee for race meetings for galloping horses. Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:- " (3) For as long as there is a committee appointed under this section it shall, in lieu of the principal club for the Metropolitan Area, fix in accordance with the allotment in respect of that Area the dates referred to in section 45 (3) which relate to days specified in subparagraphs (i) to (v) of paragraph (b) of section 36 (1) as days on which it is lawful for a person to conduct a race meeting or race for galloping horses.". 6. Amendment of s. 71D. Purposes of Racecourse Development and Assistance Fund . Section 71D of the Principal Act is amended by, in subsection (2), adding at the end of provision (i) of subparagraph (a) the words " or of facilities for racing or coursing, including the provision or acquisition of a racecourse or coursing ground ". 7. Amendment of s. 71E. Application for advances . Section 71E of the Principal Act is amended by, in subsection (1), adding at the end of subparagraph (a) the words " or on behalf of clubs or persons who seek to control or use a racecourse or coursing ground ". 8. Amendment of s. 74 . Bookmaking on racecourses . Section 74 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following paragraph:- "A reference in this subsection to an event to be decided at any race meeting does not include reference to a novelty event decided at a night trotting meeting under the authority of a permit granted under section 36 (9)." 9. Amendment of s. 75. Bookmaking on coursing grounds. Section 75 of the Principal Act is amended by, in subsection (1)- (a) omitting subparagraph (f) and substituting the following subparagraph:- (ff) ) In the course of carrying on the business of or acting as a bookmaker at a coursing meeting, make a bet on any event or contingency other than- (i) an event to be decided at that coursing meeting;

Racing and Betting Act Amendment Act 1975, No. 55 569 (ii) an event to be decided at a coursing meeting on some- other coursing ground: and (iii) an event to be decided at a night trotting meeting whereon the Governor in Council (who is hereby thereunto authorized) has, by Order in Council, authorized bets to be made by a bookmaker in the course of carrying on the business of or acting as such at a coursing meeting on the coursing ground on which he is carrying on the business of or acting as such."; (b) adding at the end of the subsection the following paragraph:- "A reference in this subsection to an event to be decided at any coursing meeting or night trotting meeting does not include reference to a novelty event decided at a coursing meeting or night trotting meeting under the authority of a permit granted under section 36 (9)." 10. Amendment of s. 95A. Rate of bookmaker ' s turnover tax. Section 95A of the Principal Act is amended by, in subsection (I)- (a) omitting from subparagraph (a) the words " two per centum " and substituting the words " 2.5 per centum "; (b) omitting. from subparagraph (b) the words " two per centum " and substituting the words " 2.5 per centum "; (c) omitting from subparagraph (c) the words " one and one-half per centum " and substituting the words " two per centum ". ° 11. Amendment of s. 95C. Application of bookmaker's turnover tax. Section 95c of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) the words " Twenty per centum " and substituting the words " 33.3 per centum ". 12. Amendment of s. 108 . Prohibition of keeping , using , etc. common betting houses . Section 108 of the Principal Act is amended by, in subsection (4)- (a) omitting the words " horse racing, including the racing of trotting horses " and substituting the words " horse racing or coursing ": (b) omitting the words " horse racing (including the racing of trotting horses) " and substituting the words " horse racing or coursing ". . 13. Amendment of s. 109 . Penalty for offences against ss . 106 and 108. Section 109 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) and substituting the following subparagraphs:- (a) for a first offence, to a penalty not exceeding $3 000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than two months; (b) for a second offence, whether against the same or another provision of the said sections, to a penalty not exceeding $6 000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than six months;

570 Racing and Betting Act Amendment Act 1975, No. 55 (c) for a third or subsequent offence, whether against the same or another provision of the said sections, to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years."