2010-2011-2012-2013 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

THE SENATE 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interactive Gambling Amendment 

(Virtual Credits) Bill 2013 

 

No.      , 2013 

 

(Senator Xenophon) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Interactive Gambling 

Act 2001, and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendment relating to virtual credits

 

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Interactive Gambling Act 2001

 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Interactive Gambling 

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Act 2001, and for related purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the Interactive Gambling Amendment 

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(Virtual Credits) Act 2013. 

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2  Commencement 

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  This Act commences 28 days after the day it receives the Royal 

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Assent. 

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3  Schedule(s) 

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  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Amendment relating to virtual credits  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

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Amendment relating to virtual 

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credits 

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Interactive Gambling Act 2001 

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1  Section 4 (subparagraph (e)(i) of the definition of gambling 

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service) 

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Omit "anything else of value", substitute "anything else of value 

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(including virtual credits, virtual coins, virtual tokens, virtual objects or 

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any similar thing that is purchased within, or as part of, or in relation to, 

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the game)". 

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