New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TOTALIZATOR ACT 1997 - SECT 21A

21A Commercial arrangements with the racing industry

(1) The Minister must not grant a licence (including a licence to TAB under section 14 or 15, but not including a licence to authorise a racing club to operate an on-course totalizator) unless--

(a) the Minister is satisfied that the applicant has made commercial arrangements with the racing industry in respect of the licence and the conduct of activities authorised by the licence, and

(b) the racing industry has provided the Minister with a written acknowledgment to the effect that the racing industry is satisfied with those arrangements, and

(c) the Minister has been provided with a copy of any agreement or other instrument that those arrangements involve.

(2) For the purposes of this section,
"the racing industry" comprises such one or more persons as the controlling bodies and major racing bodies nominate in writing to the Minister for the purposes of the licence concerned. A nomination in respect of a particular licence cannot be changed after it is made unless the Minister consents.