Australian Capital Territory
Race and Sports Bookmaking (Sports Bookmaking Venues) Determination 2016 (No 1) 
Disallowable Instrument DI2016—23

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 DI2015-235 dated 21 July 2015 and notified under the Legislation Register on 17 August 2015.

The instrument determines Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd sub-agencies as sports bookmaking venues by approving areas within a one-metre radius of any selling terminal owned and operated by Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd 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 Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd, the purpose of which is to provide retail sales of Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd products.

The determination has been amended to provide for the removal of the former determined sports bookmaking venue located at Fyshwick Tavern, Canberra South Motor Park, 250 Canberra Avenue, Symonston, 2609.

Further amendments include the addition of a new determined venue at the Ducks Nuts Bar and Grill CBR Pty Ltd, 30 Woolley Street, Dickson, 2602.  

The sub-agency venues identified in the Schedule to this instrument are additional to the determined venues approved under separate instruments for use by Tabcorp ACT Pty Ltd 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.