Australian Capital Territory
Race and Sports Bookmaking (Sports Bookmaking Venues) Determination 2014 (No 6) 
Disallowable Instrument DI2014-263

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

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

Part 3 of the Act provides for the conduct and control of sports bookmaking.  In particular, the legislation empowers the Commission to determine a place to be a sports bookmaking venue.

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 DI2007-115 notified under the Legislation Register on 7 June 2007. 

The new determination approves the Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd Account Betting Call Centre, located at Suite 1, Level 1, Gungahlin Marketplace, Hibberson Street, Gungahlin ACT 2912, as a sports bookmaking venue for the purposes of the Act.

The determination has been amended as a consequence of the sale of former Territory owned corporation ACTTAB Limited to the new totalisator licensee Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd.  Amendments to the instrument are limited to the removal of all references to former licensee ACTTAB Limited and replaced with the new licensee Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd.

The Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd Account Betting Call Centre is additional to the determined venues approved for use by Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd as part of its retail network of agencies and sub-agencies, together with identified areas at Canberra Stadium, Manuka Oval and oncourse venues located at the three ACT Racing Clubs.

In all other respects the Instrument has not been altered.