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BETTING AND RACING ACT 1998
- As at 13 January 2023
- Act 114 of 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Name of Act
2. Commencement
3. Objects of Act
4. Definitions
PART 2 - RACECOURSES
Division 1 - Licensing of racecourses
5. Requirement for racecourses to be licensed
6. Application for racecourse licence
7. Issue and classes of racecourse licence
8. Conditions of racecourse licence
9. Duration and cancellation of racecourse licence
10. Limitation on number of licences approved bodies can hold
11. Provisions relating to inspection of records
Division 2 - Other provisions relating to racecourses
12. Days on which race meetings are prohibited
13. Certain persons prohibited from entering racecourses
14. Punters' clubs
15. Harness racing on showgrounds
Division 3 - Exclusion of persons from racecourses
15A. Definitions
15B. Commissioner of Police may exclude person from racecourses
15C. Entering racecourse in breach of an exclusion order
15D. Right to seek administrative review from Civil and Administrative Tribunal
PART 3 - AUTHORISATION OF CERTAIN BETTING ACTIVITIES
Division 1 - Authorised telephone or electronic betting
16. Authority to conduct telephone or electronic betting
16A. Approved premises for conduct of telephone or electronic betting
17. Offence of conducting unauthorised telephone or electronic betting
Division 2 - Declared betting events
17A. Definitions
17B. Sports controlling body
18. Prescription of events as declared betting events
18A. Prescription of sporting events with sports controlling body
18B. Prescription of sporting events without sports controlling body
18C. Certain sports betting services prohibited
18D. Rules for declared betting events
Division 2A - Declared betting event authorities
19. Declared betting event authority
20. Conditions of declared betting event authority
21. Conditions relating to records
22. Duration and cancellation of declared betting event authority
23. (Renumbered)
Division 3 - Authorised betting auditoriums
24. Authorisation of betting auditoriums
25. Conditions of authorisation
26. Duration and cancellation of authorisation
PART 3A - RETURNS AND RECORDS
26A-26F. (Repealed)
26G. Returns by racing controlling bodies
26GA. Returns by racing clubs
26GB. Returns by bookmakers
26GC. Bookmakers to keep records
26GD. Accuracy of bookmakers records
26H. Minister may furnish information
26I. Inspection of records
PART 4 - BETTING INFORMATION AND ADVERTISING
Division 1 - Interpretation
27. Definitions
28. (Repealed)
Division 2 - General offences
29. Publication of betting information
30. Advertising betting information and betting services
31. Premises used for publishing betting information or betting services
32. (Repealed)
Division 3 - Use of NSW race field information
32A. Meaning of "use NSW race field information"
33. Use of NSW race field information restricted
33A. Relevant racing control body may grant race field information use approvals
33B. Applications for race field information use approvals
33C. Authorisations for section 51 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the Commonwealth
33D. Appeals to Minister
33E. Administrative review by Civil and Administrative Tribunal of Minister's decision on appeal
33F. Effect of race field information use approval limited
PART 4A - RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING
Division 1 - Preliminary
33G. Interpretation
33GA. Inducements
Division 2 - Advertising and inducements
33H. Prohibitions on gambling-related advertisements
33HA. Prohibition on direct marketing
33I. Gambling-related advertisements during sporting fixtures
33J. Gambling inducements
33JA. Prohibited inducements
Division 3 - Betting accounts
33JB. Deposit limits for betting accounts
33JC. Closing betting accounts
33JD. Privacy of betting accounts
33JE. Records about betting account
33JF. Betting account activity statements
33JG. Offence
Division 4 - Responsible gambling training
33JH. Definition
33JI. Provision of training
33JJ. Records about training
33JK. Offence
PART 4B - INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT POWERS
33K. Definitions
33L. Purposes for which powers under this Part may be exercised
33M. Appointment and identification of inspectors
33N. Powers of inspectors
33O. Application of GALA Act
PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS
34. Delegation
35. Proceedings for offences
35AA. Penalty notices
35A. Remedial orders
36. Evidence
36A. Disclosure of information
36AA. Liability of directors etc for offences by corporation--offences attracting executive liability
36B. Liability of directors etc for offences by corporation--accessory to the commission of the offences
36BA. Evidence as to state of mind of corporation
36C. Giving of notices and other documents
37. Regulations
38. Savings and transitional provisions
39. Review of Act
40. Certificate evidence
SCHEDULE 1
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