Victorian Numbered Acts

GAMBLING REGULATION AMENDMENT (LICENSING) ACT 2011 (NO. 60 OF 2011) - SECT 51

Before Division 1 of Part 3A of Chapter 4 of the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 insert —

" Division 1AA—Interpretation

        4.3A.1AA     Definitions

In this Part—

"applicant" means an applicant for the wagering and betting licence;

"contact" includes telephone contact, written contact, face-to-face contact and email contact or contact by other electronic means;

"government representative" means—

        (a)     the Premier or another Minister;

        (b)     a Parliamentary Secretary;

        (c)     a person employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

        (d)     a ministerial officer employed under Division 1 of Part 6 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

        (e)     the Secretary;

        (f)     a person nominated and engaged by the Secretary under Part 1A of Chapter 10 for the purposes of assisting the Secretary with his or her obligations under this Part or Division 1A or 1B of Part 4 of Chapter 10;

"interested person" means—

        (a)     a registrant or an applicant; or

        (b)     an associate of a registrant or an applicant; or

        (c)     an officer, servant, agent or contractor of—

              (i)     a registrant or an applicant; or

              (ii)     an associate of a registrant or an applicant; or

        (d)     the wagering and betting licensee; or

        (e)     an associate of the wagering and betting licensee; or

        (f)     an officer, servant, agent or contractor of—

              (i)     the wagering and betting licensee; or

              (ii)     an associate of the wagering and betting licensee;

"licence awarding process "means—

        (a)     the preparation or making of a recommendation or report under this Act in relation to the registration of interest or application;

        (b)     the Minister's decision to invite one or more registrants to apply for the wagering and betting licence or to not invite any of the registrants to apply for the wagering and betting licence under section 4.3A.3(7);

        (c)     the Minister's determination whether to grant or refuse an application under section 4.3A.7;

        (d)     anything that may be or is required to be done under the Act by the Minister for the purpose of making a determination under section 4.3A.7;

"lobbying activity" means—

        (a)     in relation to a licence awarding process, contact with a government representative for the purpose of influencing a decision or thing to be done under that process;

        (b)     in relation to a request to amend the wagering and betting licence under section 4.3A.22, contact with a government representative for the purpose of influencing the Minister's decision whether to make an amendment to the wagering and betting licence;

"lobbyist" means a person or organisation—

        (a)     that carries out a lobbying activity for or on behalf of a third party client; or

        (b)     whose employees or contractors carry out a lobbying activity for or on behalf of a third party client;

"registrant" means a person who registers an interest in the grant of the wagering and betting licence.".