Australian Capital Territory
Race and Sports Bookmaking (Sports Bookmaking Venues) Determination 2012 (No 4) 
Disallowable Instrument DI2012—251

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Race and Sports Bookmaking Act 2001 (the Act) regulates the activities of sports bookmakers in the Australian Capital Territory.

Part 3 of the Act provides for the conduct and control of sports bookmaking.   Section 21(1) of the Act provides that the Commission may determine a place to be a sports bookmaking venue for the purpose of the Act.

This instrument revokes DI2006-52 dated 16 March 2006 and notified under the Legislation Register on 23 March 2006.  That Instrument approved three specific locations within Canberra Stadium as sports bookmaking venues.

This determination approves the same areas within one metre of any selling terminal, owned and operated by ACTTAB Limited and located within the places identified in the Schedule to the Instrument.  A selling terminal is defined as any Commission approved selling device owned and operated by ACTTAB Limited, the purpose of which is to provide retail sales of ACTTAB products.

The Instrument redefines “selling terminal” from its previous meaning of either:

1.	SELPOS selling terminal; or
2.	AMTOTE AT 1000 selling terminal

to any Commission approved device owned and operated by ACTTAB Limited, the purpose of which is to provide retail sales of ACTTAB products, as a consequence of ACTTAB’s network infrastructure replacement program.  

ACTTAB will progressively commence the operation of new Commission approved sports bookmaking and Keno enabled selling terminals throughout its retail network, however ACTTAB will also retain the SELPOS legacy system to support the payment of winning tickets previously purchased through this type of terminal. The new definition provides flexibility to ACTTAB in implementing its new systems and provides consumers with continued opportunities to claim payments from previously purchased tickets.

The Canberra Stadium venues are additional to the determined venues approved for use by ACTTAB as part of its retail network of agencies and sub-agencies, together with identified areas at Manuka Oval and oncourse venues located at the three ACT Racing Clubs.

In all other respects the instrument has not been altered.