Australian Capital Territory
Race and Sports Bookmaking (Sports Bookmaking Venues) Determination 2013 (No 5) 
Disallowable Instrument DI2013—224

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 DI2013-143 dated 20 June 2013 and notified under the Legislation Register on 24 June 2013.

The instrument determines ACTTAB Limited sub-agencies as sports bookmaking venues by approving areas within a one-metre radius of any selling terminal owned and operated by ACTTAB Limited and located within the venues specified in the Schedule to this 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.

Specifically the instrument provides approval for the inclusion of the sub-agency located within The Page Tavern, a licensed establishment under the provisions of the Liquor Act 2010, located at the Page Shopping Centre, 1 Page Place, Page, as a determined sports bookmaking venue. 

Further changes to the Instrument include the removal of The Duxton from the Schedule of determined ACTTAB sub-agencies as this venue has decided to no longer offer this facility.  In addition, an amendment is made to the name of a previously determined ACTTAB sub-agency “O’Neill’s Irish Pub at Dickson” located at 30-36 Woolley Street, Dickson, 2602, to “O’Neill’s of Dickson” in order to reflect a change in the venue’s trading name. 

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

In all other respects the instrument has not been altered.