AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

GAMING AND BETTING ORDINANCE 1967

GAMES, WAGERS AND BETTING-HOUSES ORDINANCE 1967.

Explanatory Memorandum

No. 43 of 1967

	Under the present Gaming and Betting legislation applicable to the Territory, no advertisement or notification as to betting or betting odds on an intended race may appear in any newspaper.  New South Wales has recently amended its legislation in this respect (the 1906 Act, as amended by Territory Ordinances, still applies in the Territory).  The 1967 Ordinance brings Territory legislation into line with New South Wales legislation by permitting such an advertisement or notification to be published, provided that the paper is printed (or is being printed) before 11 a.m. on the day of the race meeting or not less than two hours before the start of the meeting, whichever is later.

	To avoid duplication, a reference to this situation has been deleted from the New South Wales Games Wagers and Betting-Houses Act 1901 (as amended in its application to the Territory).

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