Queensland Numbered Acts

RACING INTEGRITY ACT 2016 - SECT 116

116 Application for offcourse approval

(1) A racing bookmaker may apply to the Minister for an approval (an
"offcourse approval" ) to carry on bookmaking at a place, other than a licensed venue, using a telecommunications system.

(2) The application must be in the approved form and accompanied by each of the following—

(a) details of the place or places (each an
"approved place" ), other than a licensed venue, at which the racing bookmaker will carry on bookmaking using a telecommunications system;

Example of an approved place—

the racing bookmaker’s home or office

(b) details of the times during which the racing bookmaker will carry on bookmaking at the place or each of the places mentioned in paragraph (a);

(c) details of the number of race meetings, and the licensed venues for the race meetings, at which the racing bookmaker carried on bookmaking in person for the 12 months immediately before making the application;

(d) details of the number of race meetings, and the licensed venues for the race meetings, at which the racing bookmaker proposes to carry on bookmaking in person for the 12 months immediately after the offcourse approval is granted;

(e) if the details mentioned in paragraph (d) differ from those mentioned in paragraph (c)—an explanation for the difference;

(f) an undertaking as to the minimum number of race meetings, and the licensed venues for the race meetings, at which the racing bookmaker will carry on bookmaking in person if the offcourse approval applied for is granted;

(g) the prescribed fee.