Australian Capital Territory
Race and Sports Bookmaking (Sports Bookmaking Venues) Determination 2015 (No 5)
Disallowable instrument DI2015-234

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.  In particular, 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 determination DI2014-258 dated  13 October 2014 and notified under the Legislation Register on 13 October 2014.  The determination approves the Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd Agencies listed in the Schedule to the Instrument as approved sports bookmaking venues.  

The determination has been amended to provide for the removal of the former determined sports bookmaking venues located at: 

Charnwood	Shop 1, Charnwood Shopping Centre, 
23 Charnwood, Place, Charnwood, 2615	
Civic West	Ground Floor, 39 London Circuit, Canberra, 2600	
Curtin	Shop 1, 55 Curtin Place, Curtin, 2605	
Hawker	56 Hawker Place, Hawker, 2614	
Kambah	Shop 1, Primmer Court, Kambah Village, Kambah, 2902	

The venues identified in the Schedule to this Instrument are additional to the determined venues approved for use by Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd as part of its retail network of sub-agencies, its Account Betting Call Centre, 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.