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INTERACTIVE GAMBLING (PLAYER PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 3
Object
3 Object
(1) The overarching object of this Act is to ensure that, on balance, the
State and the community as a whole benefit from interactive gambling.
(2) The
balance is achieved by allowing interactive gambling subject to a system of
regulation and control designed to protect players and the community
through— (a) ensuring the integrity and fairness of games; and
(b) ensuring
the probity of those involved in the conduct of interactive gambling; and
(c)
minimising the potential for harm from interactive gambling.
(3) Within the
overarching object, the following objects are included— (a) to establish and
maintain an appropriate system of regulation and control for interactive
gambling;
(b) to provide protection for players of interactive games;
(c) to
provide a basis for implementing an interjurisdictional regulatory scheme
for— (i) the reciprocal recognition between participating jurisdictions of
licences, authorisations and other administrative acts; and
(ii) the
regulation and control of interactive gambling in the participating
jurisdictions on a cooperative basis; and
(iii) the sharing of tax derived
from interactive gambling on an equitable basis.
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