New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BETTING AND RACING ACT 1998 - SECT 18B

18B Prescription of sporting events without sports controlling body

(1) This section applies to an order that prescribes a sporting event as a declared betting event (or that permits a new type of bet on a sporting event that has been prescribed as a declared betting event) but only if there is no sports controlling body for the sporting event.

(2) The Minister must not make an order to which this section applies in relation to a sporting event taking place in Australia unless the Minister is satisfied that the bookmaker or licensee who applied for the order has taken reasonable steps to consult with the key persons or bodies involved in the administration of the sporting event.

(3) The Minister, in determining whether to make an order to which this section applies, is to take into consideration--

(a) the public interest, and

(b) any potential impact on the integrity of the sporting event, and

(c) if the order is in relation to a sporting event taking place in Australia, the views (if any) of the key persons or bodies involved in the administration of the sporting event.

(4) For the purposes of this section, a class of sporting events takes place in Australia if at least one sporting event in that class takes place in Australia.