Victorian Current Acts

GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 4.3A.34A

In this Division—

S. 4.3A.34A def. of approved non-Victorian telecommuni-cation device amended by No. 58/2009 s. 142(8).

"approved non-Victorian telecommunication device" means a telecommunication device situated outside Victoria approved by the Commission under section 4.3A.34B;

"associate" of a person (the first person ) means—

        (a)     a person who holds or will hold any relevant financial interest, or is or will be entitled to exercise any relevant power (whether in right of the person or on behalf of any other person), in a business of the first person related to the participation in a brokered betting event, and by virtue of that interest or power, is able or will be able to exercise a significant influence over or with respect to the management or operation of the business; or

        (b)     a person who is or will be an executive officer, whether in right of the person or on behalf of any other person, of a business of the first person related to the participation in a brokered betting event; or

        (c)     if the first person is a natural person, a person who is a relative of the first person;

"competitor" includes, in the case of a horse race, a jockey or driver of a horse competing or entered to compete in the race;

"controlling body" means—

        (a)     in the case of greyhound racing, Greyhound Racing Victoria;

        (b)     in the case of horse racing, Racing Victoria (within the meaning of the Racing Act 1958 );

        (c)     in the case of harness racing, Harness Racing Victoria;

        (d)     in the case of a sports betting event, the sports controlling body (within the meaning of section 4.5.1) for that sports betting event;

S. 4.3A.34A def. of
direct participant amended by No. 58/2009 s. 142(9).

"direct participant", in a brokered betting event, means—

        (a)     in the case of an event that is a horse race, a person who—

              (i)     trains or rides a horse in the race; or

              (ii)     prepares, or performs another activity in respect of, a horse in the race to enable the horse to compete in the race;

        (b)     in the case of an event that is a harness race, a person who—

              (i)     trains or drives a horse in the race; or

              (ii)     prepares, or performs another activity in respect of, a horse in the race to enable the horse to compete in the race; or

              (iii)     prepares, or performs an activity in respect of, equipment used in the race to enable the horse to compete in the race;

        (c)     in the case of an event that is a greyhound race, a person who—

              (i)     trains a greyhound in the race; or

              (ii)     prepares, or performs another activity in respect of, a greyhound in the race to enable the greyhound to compete in the race; or

        (d)     in the case of any other event, a person who—

              (i)     is a competitor in the event; or

              (ii)     is entitled, under the rules of the event, to give direct technical or logistical support to a competitor in the event while it is underway;

"exclusion order" means an exclusion order issued under a gaming Act;

"indirect participant", in a brokered betting event, means a person other than a direct participant who is capable of influencing or deciding the outcome of the event or the outcome of a contingency relating to the event;

"official" includes—

        (a)     marshal;

        (b)     scorer;

        (c)     steward;

        (d)     time-keeper;

        (e)     umpire.

S. 4.3A.34B inserted by No. 29/2009 s. 57.