TT-Line Gaming Amendment Act 2000 (TAS)

TT-Line Gaming Amendment Act 2000

An Act to amend the TT-Line Gaming Act 1993

[Royal Assent 16 June 2000]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the TT-Line Gaming Amendment Act 2000 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the TT-Line Gaming Act 1993 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 3 amended (Interpretation) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting "and, in respect of keno, whether the game is conducted in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1993 or this Act" after "otherwise" in the definition of gaming ; (b) by omitting the definition of gaming area and substituting the following definition: gaming area means an area on a ship within which, under a gaming licence, the following may take place: (a) a keno game; (b) other gaming and gaming operations; (c) by omitting "bet" from paragraph (b) of the definition of gaming machine and substituting "wager"; (d) by inserting ", including a keno game" after "gaming" in paragraph (a) of the definition of gaming operations ; (e) by omitting the definition of keno and substituting the following definition: keno game means a game conducted in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1993 or this Act in which a person wagers – (a) that certain numbers selected by that person will be among a group of numbers randomly selected from a total pool of 80 numbers; or (b) on the outcome of the numbers randomly selected from a total pool of 80 numbers; (f) by omitting "conducted in a gaming area on that ship" from the definition of keno outstation . 5Section 7 amended (Gaming on standard interstate ferry services) Section 7(2)(b) of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting from subparagraph (iii) "conducted in the permanent gaming area"; (b) by omitting from subparagraph (iv) "that have been conducted in the permanent gaming area". 6Section 8 amended (Gaming on special interstate ferry services and cruises) Section 8(2)(b) of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting from subparagraph (iii) "conducted in a gaming area"; (b) by omitting from subparagraph (iv) "that have been conducted in a gaming area". 7Section 9 amended (Legalization of onboard gaming, &c.) Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting in subsection (1) "or, in the case of a keno game conducted in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1993 , in accordance with that Act" after "this Act"; (b) by inserting in subsection (2) "or, in the case of a keno game conducted in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1993 , in accordance with that Act" after "this Act"; (c) by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection: (3)  The following are not public or private nuisances if they are conducted on a ship under a gaming licence: (a) a keno game that is conducted in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1993 or this Act; (b) other gaming operations. 8Section 16 amended (Application of certain provisions of Gaming Control Act 1993 ) Section 16(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting " sections 79 , 91 , 92 and 96 " and substituting " section 79(4) , (5) and (7) and sections 91 , 92 and 96 "; (b) by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (a) : (ab) a reference in section 79(2) and (3) of that Act to a licensed premises gaming operator were a reference to an operator under this Act; and (ac) a reference in section 79(6) of that Act to a gaming operator were a reference to an operator under this Act; and

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 24 MAY 2000

Legislative Council on 1 JUNE 2000]