Australian Capital Territory
Race and Sports Bookmaking (Sports Bookmaking Venues) Determination 2014 (No 8) 
Disallowable Instrument DI2014—265

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 two specific areas within Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT, to be determined as sports bookmaking venues.

This determination approves the areas within one metre of any selling terminal, owned and operated by Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd 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 Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd, the purpose of which is to provide retail sales of Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd products.

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

In all other respects the instrument has not been altered.