Racing and Betting Amendment Act 1995 (Qld)

Queensland RACING AND BETTING AMENDMENT ACT 1995 Act No. 35 of 1995

Queensland RACING AND BETTING AMENDMENT ACT 1995 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Amendment of s 76 (Constitution of Greyhound Racing Control Board of Queensland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s 94 (Officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Amendment of s 189 (Functions, powers and duties of Totalisator Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Replacement of ss 191 and 191A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 191 Power of Totalisator Board on investments from outside Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 191A Power of Totalisator Board to amalgamate net pools . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8 Amendment of s 221 (Betting on licensed premises) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9 Amendment of s 254A (Superannuation schemes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 10 Amendment for ‘Greyhound Board’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 11 Amendment for ‘that Board’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 12 Amendment for ‘the Board’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Queensland Racing and Betting Amendment Act 1995 Act No. 35 of 1995 An Act to amend the Racing and Betting Act 1980 [Assented to 16 June 1995]

s1 4 Racing and Betting Amendment The Parliament of Queensland enacts— s4 No. 35, 1995 ˙ Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Racing and Betting Amendment Act 1995 . ˙ Act amended 2. This Act amends the Racing and Betting Act 1980 . ˙ Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) 3.(1) Section 5, definition “Greyhound Board” — omit, insert— ‘ “Greyhound Authority” means the Greyhound Racing Authority established under this Act.’. (2) Section 5, definitions “control body” , “registered” , subparagraph (a)(iii), “Rules of Greyhound Racing” , ‘Greyhound Board’— omit, insert— ‘Greyhound Authority’. ˙ Amendment of s 76 (Constitution of Greyhound Racing Control Board of Queensland) 4.(1) Section 76, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Establishment of Greyhound Racing Authority ’. (2) Section 76(1), ‘preserved, continued in existence and constituted under this Act’— omit, insert— ‘established under this Act under the name ‘Greyhound Racing

s5 5 s7 Racing and Betting Amendment No. 35, 1995 Authority’. (3) Section 76(2), ‘Greyhound Racing Control Board of Queensland’— omit, insert— ‘Greyhound Racing Authority’. (4) Section 76(3), (4) and (5), ‘Greyhound Board’— omit, insert— ‘Greyhound Authority’. ˙ Amendment of s 94 (Officers) 5. Section 94(3), (4) and (5)— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 189 (Functions, powers and duties of Totalisator Board) 6.(1) Section 189(3A), ‘Licensing Commission’— omit, insert— ‘chief executive’. (2) Section 189(1) to (11)— renumber as section 189(1) to (25). ˙ Replacement of ss 191 and 191A 7. Sections 191 and 191A— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Power of Totalisator Board on investments from outside Queensland ‘ 191.(1) The Totalisator Board may enter into an arrangement or agreement with a person outside Queensland, including outside Australia, about investments made on a totalisator operated by the Totalisator Board by persons outside Queensland, including outside Australia. ‘ (2) The Totalisator Board may enter into the arrangement or

s8 6 s8 Racing and Betting Amendment No. 35, 1995 agreement— (a) only if the Minister approves of the arrangement or agreement; and (b) only on the terms the Minister decides. ˙ ‘ Power of Totalisator Board to amalgamate net pools ‘ 191A.(1) The Totalisator Board may enter into an arrangement or agreement with a person outside Queensland, including outside Australia, to amalgamate the net pool of any class of totalisator operated by the Totalisator Board with a similar class of totalisator operated by the person. ‘ (2) The Totalisator Board may enter into the arrangement or agreement— (a) only if the Minister approves of the arrangement or agreement; and (b) only on the terms the Minister decides.’. ˙ Amendment of s 221 (Betting on licensed premises) 8.(1) Section 221(4), (5) and (6)— omit, insert— ‘ (4) On receiving a report specified in subsection (3), the Minister may give the chief executive details of the convictions, the subject of the report. ‘ (5) The chief executive must then ask the person about whom the report was made to give reasons why the licence the person holds under subsection (3) should not be suspended. ‘ (6) The chief executive must suspend the licence held by the person, for no longer than 2 years, if— (a) the person does not give reasons as required; or (b) in the chief executive’s opinion, the licence should be suspended for another reason.’. (2) Section 221(6A) to (8)— renumber as section 221(7) to (9).

s9 7 Racing and Betting Amendment ˙ Amendment of s 254A (Superannuation schemes) 9.(1) Section 254A(1), ‘Greyhound Board’— omit, insert— ‘Greyhound Authority’. (2) Section 254A(1A), after ‘Board’— insert— ‘or Authority’. ˙ Amendment for ‘Greyhound Board’ 10.(1) This section amends the following provisions— • section 77 • section 82 • section 83 • section 84 • section 85 • section 86(1) • section 87(1) • section 88 • section 89 • section 91 • section 93 • section 94 • section 95 • section 96(2) • section 98 • section 99 • section 100 s 10 No. 35, 1995

s 11 8 s 12 Racing and Betting Amendment No. 35, 1995 • section 106 • section 107 • section 109 • section 111 • section 115K(1)(c) • section 115AD(1)(b) • section 134(4)(b)(ii)(B). (2) In the provisions mentioned in subsection (1), ‘Greyhound Board’— omit, insert— ‘Greyhound Authority’. ˙ Amendment for ‘that Board’ 11.(1) This section amends the following provisions— • section 84(2A) • section 85(1) • section 86(1) • section 100(2). (2) In the provisions mentioned in subsection (1), ‘that Board’— omit, insert— ‘the Authority’. ˙ Amendment for ‘the Board’ 12.(1) This section amends the following provisions— • section 82(1A) • section 98(1)(c) • section 106(3). (2) In the provisions mentioned in subsection (1), ‘the Board’—

s 12 omit, insert— ‘the Authority’. 9 Racing and Betting Amendment s 12 No. 35, 1995 The State of Queensland 1995