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GAMING AND BETTING (CONTRACTS AND SECURITIES) ACT 1985 - SECT 3

3 .         Interpretation

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2), in this Act expressions defined in and for the purposes of the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 have the like meaning in and for the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         In this Act —

        lawful bet means a bet made otherwise than by way of unlawful betting, and includes a prescribed bet, and lawful betting shall be construed accordingly;

        lawful gaming means gaming other than unlawful gaming, and includes prescribed gaming;

        prescribed bet means —

            (a)         a bet made with a person lawfully carrying on the business of a bookmaker under the Betting Control Act 1954 , entered into in the course and for the purposes of that business;

            (aa)         a bet made with a totalisator operated by the committee of a racing club or other authority controlling the racecourse on which that club conducts race meetings in accordance with an authority granted under the Betting Control Act 1954 ;

            (b)         a bet made, with a person authorised to accept bets of that kind, under an Act specified in the Schedule or under a prescribed provision; or

            (c)         a bet of a kind prescribed, or made in circumstances prescribed, for the purposes of this definition,

        and prescribed betting shall be construed accordingly;

        prescribed gaming means gaming conducted under and in accordance with an authorisation conferred by an Act specified in the Schedule or under a prescribed provision, or which (whether it relates to a game of chance or a game of skill or a game of chance and skill combined) is of a prescribed kind or is conducted in prescribed circumstances;

        prescribed provision means a provision of an Act declared by the regulations to be a prescribed provision for the purposes of this Act;

        unlawful betting means betting of a kind declared or deemed to be unlawful by or under any Act or law;

        unlawful gaming means the playing of any game deemed to be unlawful pursuant to section 42 of the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 , or which is otherwise declared or deemed to be unlawful by or under any Act or law.

        [Section 3 amended: No. 35 of 2003 s. 118; No. 74 of 2003 s. 57(2).]



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