Totalizator (Amendment) Act 1919 (NSW)

272                  Totalizator (Amendment) Act.

TOTALIZATOR (AMENDMENT)

ACT.

Act No. 29, 1919.

George V, An Act to amend the Totalizator Aat, 1916; and

No. 29.

p îi-poscs consequent thereon or incidental

thereto. [Assented to, 12th December, 1919.]

j > E it enacted liy tln’ K ings iMust JKcellent ZNlajesty, J D by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Council and Leg’islativo Assembly of Xew South Wales in Parliament assendiled, and by {Ik! authority of, the same, as follows :—

Short title. 1 , This Act may he cited a s the “ Totalizator

(Amendment) Act, 1919,” and shall bo read with the Totalizator Act, 1916, hereinafter called the Principal Act.

Amendment

of Principal 2 . The Principal Act is amended as follows:—

Act.	(1) Section two :—
Sec. 2.

The following definition is inserted next after

the definition of “ Inspector ” :—

“ Minister ” means Colonial Secretary.

The definition of “ Racing Cluh ” is amended by the addition of tlie words “ and includes the trustees of any ground on wliich such racing is licld.”

Sec. 3. (2) Section tlirce :—■

(a)	In tlic first paragrapli after “ race meet­ ings” insert “ or on any onclosure in any such racecourse.”
(h)	In the first paragrapli after tlic Avords “ meeting is lield ” insert the words “ by sueli or anv otlicr club.”

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(3) Section four :— George V,

Omit the section, insert in lieu thereof : Ŝ6C. 4.

4. Before any totalizator is established, Approval,

the totalizator and the proposed site thereof

shall be approved by the Minister.

Such approval may be subject to such conditions as the Minister may think fit.

(4) Section eight î ec. s.

(a) In subsection two omit the first paragraph and insert the following in lieu thereof :—

“ Every such club shall, wfithin fourteen days after the holding of any race-meeting, if a club specifiedin Part I of the Schedule hereto, pay seven-tenths, and if a club specified in Part I I of such Schedule, five-tenths of the amount so deducted to the Colonial Treasurer, or some person appointed by him, to be paid by him into the Treasury and carried to the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Any such amount may be recovered from such clul) as a Crown debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.”

(b)	Omit the second paragraph of tlie same subsection.
(c)	In subsection three after the words “ by the club” insert the words “ including interest thereon respectively at a I’ate to be approved by the Minister.”
(d)	In the proviso to subsection three after the word “ construction” insert the words “ and interest.”

(5) Section nine : Subsection one is amended by— seo. 9.

(a) omitting the word “unclaimed” in the second proviso and by inserting in lieu thereof the word “ unpaid ” ; and

(b) by adding the following further proviso :—

“ Provided further that no dividend shall

be recoverable or paid except on presenta­

tion of the ticket for which the dividend

is claimed, or on proof to the satisfaction

of the Treasurer in manner to be prescribed

of the ownership and loss of such ticket.”

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George V, (G) Section ten :—

No. 29. (a) Omit subsection one, and insert the

Sec. 10.	following subsection in lieu thereof :—
Power of

Minister to ( I j The Minister may, on such terms

assume	as he thinks just, assume control of and
control of
totalizator.	use any totalizator established under tliis Act which in his opinion is being mis­ managed or misused.

(b) In subsections two and three omit “ Governor,” insert “ Minister.”

Sec. 11. (7) Section fourteen :—

(a) After the words “ enters into a bet ” insert “ or who offers to make or to enter into a bet.”

(b) After “ or makes insert “ or offers to

make.”

Sec. 17,	(8) Section seventeen: Omit “ notified by such club,” insert in lieu thereof “ prescribed liy the rules of such club which in no case shall be later than the time of the actual start o£ the race.”
See. 20.	(9) Section twenty : The following subsection is

added to the section :—

Rules of

clubs. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act> and subject to the approval of the Governor, a racing club may make rules relating to the apportionment and payment out of dividends, and generally regulating the management of any totalizator under its control.

S C H E D U L E .

Superannuation (Amendment) Act. 275

SC H E D U L E . George V

No. 23.

P art O ne.

C lues-s lioldint; race-meetings on a racecourse situated \vithin 65 inilos of the hieneral Post Office, Sj’diu'y (except tlie Hawkeshury Race Club), and w ithin 40 miles of the Newcastle p rincipal post office,and all cliihs nacing for the sake of profit to their shareholders.

P art T wo.

The ] fawkeshury Race Cluh and all clubs not racing fur the sake of profit to tlieir shareholders holding race-meetings on a racecourse situated outside 65 miles of the General Post Office, Sydney, and 10 miles of the Newcastle principal post office.