South Australia

Authorised Betting Operations (Licence and Permit Conditions) Amendment Bill 2003

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Authorised Betting Operations Act 2000.

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Authorised Betting Operations Act 2000

4 Amendment of section 3—Interpretation

5 Amendment of section 34—Classes of licences

6 Amendment of section 36—Conditions of licence

7 Amendment of section 37—Application for renewal, or variation of condition, of licence

8 Amendment of section 54—Licensed bookmakers required to hold permits

9 Amendment of section 57—Conditions of permits

Schedule 1—Transitional provision

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Authorised Betting Operations (Licence and Permit Conditions) Amendment Act 2003.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Authorised Betting Operations Act 2000

4—Amendment of section 3—Interpretation

Section 3(1)—after the definition of totalisator betting insert:

24 hour sportsbetting licence—see section 34.

5—Amendment of section 34—Classes of licences

(1) Section 34(1)—after paragraph (d) insert:

(e) a licence (a 24 hour sportsbetting licence) authorising a licensed bookmaker to conduct fixed-odds betting on approved contingencies (excluding races) by telephone on a 24 hour basis.

(2) Section 34—after subsection (3) insert:

(4) The Minister may give the Authority binding directions about the granting of a 24 hour sportsbetting licence.

6—Amendment of section 36—Conditions of licence

Section 36—after subsection (4) insert:

(5) The Minister may give the Authority binding directions about a condition to be attached to a 24 hour sportsbetting licence under subsection (1) or (2) preventing betting operations being conducted under that licence on a specified day.

7—Amendment of section 37—Application for renewal, or variation of condition, of licence

Section 37(2)—delete "or betting shop" and substitute:

, betting shop or 24 hour sportsbetting

8—Amendment of section 54—Licensed bookmakers required to hold permits

Section 54—after its present contents as amended by this section (now to be designated as subsection (1)) insert:

(2) This section does not apply to betting operations conducted under a 24 hour sportsbetting licence.

9—Amendment of section 57—Conditions of permits

Section 57—after subsection (2) insert:

(3) The Minister may give the Commissioner binding directions about conditions to be attached to a permit.

Schedule 1—Transitional provision

1—Transitional provision

(1) The Minister may, by notice in writing within 30 days of the commencement of this Act, invite a licensed bookmaker to apply to the Authority for a grant of a 24 hour sportsbetting licence.

(2) An application made in response to an invitation under subclause (1) must be in a form determined by the Authority.

(3) Sections 37(1) and 38 of the principal Act do not apply to an application for the grant of a 24 hour sportsbetting licence made at the invitation of the Minister.