Racing and Gaming Amendment (Trifecta Betting) Regulations 1999 (TAS)

Racing and Gaming Amendment (Trifecta Betting) Regulations 1999

I, the Lieutenant-Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Racing and Gaming Act 1952 .28 June 1999

W. J. E. COX

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

P. A. LENNON

Minister for Racing and Gaming

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Racing and Gaming Amendment (Trifecta Betting) Regulations 1999 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on 1 July 1999. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Racing and Gaming Regulations 1976 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulations 114B and 114C insertedAfter regulation 114A of the Principal Regulations, the following regulations are inserted: 114BPrescribed percentage for purposes of section 57M of Act For the purposes of section 57M(1A)(f) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is 20%. 114CPrescribed percentage for purposes of section 57Q of Act For the purposes of section 57Q(1)(f)(i) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is 13.25%.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 30 June 1999

These regulations are administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance by the Totalizator Agency Board.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the

(a) increasing, in accordance with interstate business arrangements, the amount that the Totalizator Agency Board deducts as commission from its total receipts for trifecta totalizator betting; and (b) making a corresponding adjustment to the apportionment of that commission between the Board, Racing Tasmania and the Consolidated Fund.