Victorian Numbered Acts

GAMBLING REGULATION AMENDMENT (LICENSING) ACT 2011 (NO. 60 OF 2011) - SECT 58

Before Division 1 of Part 3 of Chapter 5 of the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 insert —

" Division 1AA—Interpretation

        5.3.1AA     Definitions

In this Part—

"applicant" means an applicant for a public lottery licence;

"contact" includes telephone contact, written contact, face-to-face contact and email contact or contact by other electronic means;

"government representative" means—

        (a)     the Premier or another Minister;

        (b)     a Parliamentary Secretary;

        (c)     a person employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

        (d)     a ministerial officer employed under Division 1 of Part 6 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

        (e)     the Secretary;

        (f)     a person nominated and engaged by the Secretary under Part 1A of Chapter 10 for the purposes of assisting the Secretary with his or her obligations under this Part or Division 1 of Part 4 of Chapter 10;

"interested person" means—

        (a)     a registrant or an applicant; or

        (b)     an associate of a registrant or of an applicant; or

        (c)     an officer, servant, agent or contractor of—

              (i)     a registrant or an applicant; or

              (ii)     an associate of a registrant or an applicant; or

        (d)     a public lottery licensee; or

        (e)     an associate of a public lottery licensee; or

        (f)     an officer, servant, agent or contractor of—
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              (i)     a public lottery licensee; or

              (ii)     an associate of a public lottery licensee;

"licence awarding process" means—

        (a)     the preparation or making of a recommendation or report under this Act in relation to the registration of interest or application;

        (b)     the Minister's decision to invite one or more registrants to apply for a public lottery licence or to not invite any of the registrants to apply for a public lottery licence under section 5.3.2A(7);

        (c)     the Minister's determination whether to grant or refuse an application under section 5.3.5;

        (d)     anything that may be or is required to be done under the Act by the Minister for the purpose of making a determination under section 5.3.5;

"lobbying activity" means—

        (a)     in relation to a licence awarding process, contact with a government representative for the purpose of influencing a decision or thing to be done under that process;

        (b)     in relation to a request to amend a public lottery licence under section 5.3.16, contact with a government representative for the purpose of influencing the Minister's decision whether to make an amendment to a public lottery licence;

"lobbyist" means a person or organisation—

        (a)     that carries out a lobbying activity for or on behalf of a third party client; or

        (b)     whose employees or contractors carry out a lobbying activity for or on behalf of a third party client;

"registrant" means a person who registers an interest in the grant of a public lottery licence.".