Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

TOTALISATOR ACT 2014

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Notes  
   5.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  
   6.      Meaning of totalisator, totalisator equipment and totalisator  

   PART 2--LICENCE TO CONDUCT TOTALISATOR

           Division 2.1--Application for licence

   7.      Licence—application  
   8.      Additional information to be included in application  
   9.      Change of information to be provided  
   10.     Advice about application  

           Division 2.2--Licence

   11.     Licence—issue  
   12.     Licence to be exclusive  
   13.     Licence term  
   14.     Licensee may engage agent  
   15.     Licence does not include proprietary right  
   16.     Licence conditions  
   17.     Consultation on certain amendments  
   18.     Amendment of licence on application  
   19.     Compliance with code of practice  
   20.     Transfer of licence  
   21.     Surrender of licence  
   22.     Conducting totalisator without licence  
   23.     Operating totalisator equipment without licence  

           Division 2.3--Eligibility of licensee

   24.     Eligibility of corporations  
   25.     Eligibility of individuals  

           Division 2.4--Totalisator betting

   26.     Conduct of totalisator betting activities  

   PART 3--COMMISSION'S POWERS IN RELATION TO EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

   27.     Exercise of powers must be relevant to executive officer's  
   28.     Commission may request information about executive officers  
   29.     Commission may require executive officers to give information  
   30.     Destruction of fingerprints  

   PART 4--FINANCE

   31.     Consultation on proposed determinations  
   32.     Commission on totalisator betting  
   33.     Tax on totalisator operations  
   34.     Monthly tax returns  
   35.     Liability for tax not affected by finding of guilt in tax offence  
   36.     Unclaimed dividends, refunds and roundings  
   37.     Other unclaimed money  

   PART 5--TOTALISATOR APPROVAL

   38.     Approval of totalisator system  
   39.     Approval of totalisator equipment  
   40.     Suspension of totalisator equipment approval  
   41.     Cost of testing totalisator system and totalisator equipment  

   PART 6--ENFORCEMENT

           Division 6.1--Notice of changed circumstances

   42.     Licensees to tell commission of changed circumstances  

           Division 6.2--Directions by Minister

   43.     Directions by Minister—integrity of totalisator compromised  
   44.     Immediate suspension of licence  

           Division 6.3--Disciplinary action against licensee

   45.     Definitions—div 6.3  
   46.     Grounds for disciplinary action against licensee  
   47.     Disciplinary action against licensee  
   48.     Criteria for disciplinary action against licensee  
   49.     When disciplinary notice must be given to licensee  
   50.     Taking disciplinary action against licensee  
   51.     Suspension or cancellation of licence  
   52.     Rectification direction as alternative to disciplinary action  

           Division 6.4--Issue of temporary licence

   53.     Temporary licence—issue  

           Division 6.5--Offences relating to totalisator

   54.     Credit betting  
   55.     Totalisator advertising  
   56.     Betting on behalf of child  
   57.     Using premises in contravention of Act  
   58.     Accepting bet in contravention of rules or Act  
   59.     Selling etc ticket in relation to bet  
   60.     Buying ticket from unauthorised person  
   61.     Accepting bet after closing time  
   62.     Agent failing to account to licensee  
   63.     Misrepresenting authority as agent  
   64.     Unauthorised use of telephone and internet betting credit accounts  

   PART 7--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS

   65.     Meaning of reviewable decision—pt 7  
   66.     Reviewable decision notices  
   67.     Applications for review  

   PART 8--ADMINISTRATION

   68.     Licensee's records  
   69.     No right to compensation for cancellation etc of licence  
   70.     Totalisator rules  
   71.      Changing totalisator rules  
   72.      Display etc of totalisator rules  
   73.      Betting accounts  
   74.     No delegation by Minister  
   75.     Determination of fees etc  
   76.     Regulation-making power  
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