Australian Capital Territory
Race and Sports Bookmaking (Sports Bookmaking Venues) Determination 2012 (No 6) 
Disallowable Instrument DI2012—253

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 determination provides for the approval of a specific area within the Canberra Greyhound Racing Club’s premises at Narrabundah Lane, Symonston, 2609 to be determined as a sports bookmaking venue.

The Canberra Greyhound Racing Club has previously been determined as a sports bookmaking venue (DI2001-271) for the purposes of the Act, as an ACTTAB on-course outlet serving the Canberra Greyhound Racing Club’s premises.  This previous instrument, which covered multiple venues, has been revoked by another updated instrument approved and notified simultaneously with this instrument. 

This determination approves the 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.

These Canberra Greyhound Racing Club oncourse venues are additional to the approved ACTTAB network of retail venues including agencies, sub-agencies, oncourse venues at other race clubs, together with identified areas at both Canberra Stadium and Manuka Oval.

In all other respects the instrument has not been altered.