Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) In this Chapter—
S. 2.1.2(1) def. of declared place inserted by No. 56/2014 s. 7(a).
"declared place" means a place that is subject to a declaration under section 2.5.27;
S. 2.1.2(1) def. of equipment for unauthorised gambling inserted by No. 56/2014 s. 7(a).
"equipment for unauthorised gambling" means a document, device, piece of equipment or other thing that is used, apparently used or likely to be used in conducting, or in connection with, unauthorised gambling;
S. 2.1.2(1) def. of instrument of betting repealed by No. 56/2014 s. 7(c).
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S. 2.1.2(1) def. of instrument of gaming repealed by No. 56/2014 s. 7(c).
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"occupier" of a house or place or of any land or building or premises includes the lessee or sub-lessee who is not the owner or named in the certificate of title;
S. 2.1.2(1) def. of
officer of police repealed by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item
72.2).
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"owner" of a house, place, land, building or premises includes every person who is, whether at law or in equity—
(a) entitled thereto for any estate of freehold in possession; or
(b) in actual receipt of or entitled to receive or if the house, place, land, building or premises were let to a tenant would be entitled to receive the rents and profits thereof and if a house, place, land, building or premises is sub-leased includes any lessee or sub-lessee from whom a sub-lessee holds;
"place" means any place, whether or not—
(a) within a building; or
(b) on land or water; or
(c) defined as to area; or
(d) on private property;
S. 2.1.2(1) def. of profit repealed by No. 56/2014 s. 7(c).
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S.
2.1.2(1)
def. of public place repealed by No. 25/2009 s. 13.
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S. 2.1.2.(1) def. of racecourse repealed by No. 56/2014 s. 7(c).
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S. 2.1.2(1) def. of race meeting repealed by No. 56/2014 s. 7(c).
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S. 2.1.2(1) def. of sporting event amended by No. 56/2014 s. 7(b).
"sporting event" includes a horse race or other race, fight, game, sport or exercise.
S. 2.1.2(1) def. of undertaking repealed by No. 56/2014 s. 7(c).
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S.
2.1.2(1)
def. of
vehicle repealed by No. 25/2009 s. 13.
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S.
2.1.2(1)
def. of
vessel repealed by No. 25/2009 s. 13.
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(2) In this Chapter, a reference to a person found committing an offence includes a reference to a person found doing or omitting to do an act in such circumstances that the finder believes on reasonable grounds that the person is guilty of an offence against this Chapter.
S. 2.1.3 repealed by No. 56/2014 s. 8.
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Ch. 2 Pt 2 (Heading and ss 2.2.1-2.2.9) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. items 62.1, 62.2), substituted as Ch. 2 Pt 2 (Heading and ss 2.2.1- 2.2.8) by No. 56/2014 s. 9 (as amended by No. 64/2014 s. 56(1)).
Part 2—Gambling
Division 1—Unauthorised gambling
S. 2.2.1 substituted by No. 56/2014 s. 9 (as amended by No. 64/2014 s. 56(1)).