Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BOOKMAKERS (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 2) (NO. 53 OF 1994) - SECT 13

13. Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by omitting all the words from and including “unless” to and including “kind” and substituting “unless—

        (a)     the bookmaker holds a standing licence authorising him or her to field at race meetings of that kind; and

        (b)     the business relates to betting upon an event or contingency relating to a race.”; and

    (b)     by adding at the end the following subsection:

“(2) A bookmaker shall not carry on business as a bookmaker at a sports betting venue unless—

        (a)     if the business relates to betting upon an event or contingency relating to a race—the bookmaker holds a standing licence; or

        (b)     if the business relates to betting upon an event or contingency relating to a sports betting event—

              (i)     the bookmaker holds a sports betting licence or a sports betting agent's licence;

              (ii)     the bookmaker is a member of a syndicate which holds a sports betting licence; or

              (iii)     the bookmaker is a standing licensee who is a director of a company which holds a sports betting licence.

Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.”.