(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).]