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TOTALIZATOR LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (INTER-JURISDICTIONAL PROCESSING OF BETS) BILL 2006





                        New South Wales




Totalizator Legislation Amendment
(Inter-jurisdictional Processing of
Bets) Bill 2006


Contents

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           1   Name of Act                                         2
           2   Commencement                                        2
           3   Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997 No 45             2
           4   Amendment of Unlawful Gambling Act 1998 No 113      2
           5   Repeal of Act                                       2
  Schedule 1   Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997                   3
  Schedule 2   Amendment of Unlawful Gambling Act 1998             6
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,
has finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of
NEW SOUTH WALES.


                                               Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
                                               Legislative Assembly,
                                               Sydney,                     , 2006




                            New South Wales




Totalizator Legislation Amendment
(Inter-jurisdictional Processing of
Bets) Bill 2006
Act No      , 2006




An Act to amend the Totalizator Act 1997 so as to permit the inter-jurisdictional
processing of bets; and for other purposes.




I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill
as finally passed by both Houses.


                          Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
                  Totalizator Legislation Amendment (Inter-jurisdictional Processing of Bets)
Clause 1          Bill 2006




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
 1    Name of Act
               This Act is the Totalizator Legislation Amendment (Inter-jurisdictional
               Processing of Bets) Act 2006.
 2    Commencement
               This Act commences on the date of assent.
 3    Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997 No 45
               The Totalizator Act 1997 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
 4    Amendment of Unlawful Gambling Act 1998 No 113
               The Unlawful Gambling Act 1998 is amended as set out in Schedule 2.
 5    Repeal of Act
         (1)   This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which all of the
               provisions of this Act have commenced.
         (2)   The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30
               of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.




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Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997                                             Schedule 1




Schedule 1               Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997
                                                                                (Section 3)
[1]    Section 5 Definitions
       Insert in alphabetical order in section 5 (1):
                     process, in relation to a bet, means any one or more of the
                     following:
                      (a) register the bet,
                     (b) calculate the dividend or other return (if any) payable on
                           the bet,
                      (c) carry out an activity for the purpose of calculating the
                           dividend or other return (if any) payable on the bet,
                     (d) if the bet is a winning bet--pay out on the bet,
                      (e) generate and maintain records in relation to the bet,
                      (f) otherwise deal with the bet.
[2]    Sections 9A and 9B
       Insert after section 9:
       9A     Processing in New South Wales of bets with conductors of betting
              activities in other jurisdictions
              (1)    The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, approve,
                     for the purposes of this section, any person who is authorised
                     under the law of another State or a Territory or another country
                     to conduct a betting activity in that State, Territory or country (an
                     approved person).
              (2)    An approved person may, while the approval is in force:
                      (a) with the written consent of a licensee, use the systems or
                            technology of the licensee (including any totalizator of the
                            licensee), or
                     (b) arrange for the licensee, on behalf of the approved person,
                     to process in New South Wales bets placed (or to be placed) with
                     the approved person in the conduct, by a method specified in the
                     notice of approval, of a betting activity that the approved person
                     is authorised to conduct in the State, Territory or country
                     concerned.
              (3)    For the purposes of this Act, the processing of bets by an
                     approved person or a licensee in accordance with subsection (2)




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Schedule 1          Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997




                       is taken not to constitute, or involve, the conduct of a totalizator
                       or other betting activity in New South Wales.
              (4)      An approval under this section may be revoked at any time by
                       further notice published in the Gazette.
              (5)      The revocation of an approval does not affect any bet in the
                       course of being processed at the time of the revocation.
              (6)      In this section, bet includes a bet placed (or to be placed) with an
                       approved person otherwise than by way of a totalizator.
         9B   Processing in other jurisdictions of bets with New South Wales
              licensees
              (1)      The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, nominate,
                       for the purposes of this section, any person who is authorised
                       under the law of another State or a Territory or another country
                       to conduct a betting activity (whether by means of a totalizator or
                       otherwise) in that State, Territory or country (a nominated
                       person).
              (2)      A licensee may, while a nomination is in force:
                        (a) arrange with the nominated person for the licensee to use
                              systems or technology (including a totalizator) of the
                              nominated person, or
                       (b) arrange for the nominated person, on behalf of the
                              licensee,
                       to process, in the nominated person's jurisdiction, bets placed (or
                       to be placed) with the licensee in the conduct of a betting activity
                       that the licensee is authorised to conduct.
              (3)      In taking action under subsection (2), a licensee is, for the
                       purposes of this Act:
                        (a) taken to be conducting a betting activity in New South
                             Wales, and
                       (b) taken to be conducting a totalizator in New South Wales in
                             respect of such of the bets processed under that subsection
                             as were (or are to be) placed with the licensee by way of a
                             totalizator.
              (4)      A nomination under this section may be revoked at any time by
                       further notice published in the Gazette.
              (5)      The revocation of a nomination does not affect any bet in the
                       course of being processed at the time of the revocation.
              (6)      In this section, bet includes a bet placed (or to be placed) with a
                       licensee otherwise than by way of a totalizator.


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Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997                                             Schedule 1




[3]    Section 17A Trade Practices exemption
       Insert after section 17A (1) (b):
                    (b1) conduct authorised by section 9A or 9B,
[4]    Schedule 2 Savings, transitional and other provisions
       Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
                     Totalizator Legislation Amendment                 (Inter-jurisdictional
                     Processing of Bets) Act 2006




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Schedule 2      Amendment of Unlawful Gambling Act 1998




Schedule 2             Amendment of Unlawful Gambling Act
                       1998
                                                                                (Section 4)
[1]   Section 7 Lawful forms of gambling
      Insert after section 7 (a):
                    (a1) processing bets in accordance with section 9A or 9B of the
                           Totalizator Act 1997,
[2]   Schedule 1 Savings and transitional provisions
      Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
                   Totalizator Legislation Amendment                 (Inter-jurisdictional
                   Processing of Bets) Act 2006




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