Australian Capital Territory
Sports Bookmaking Events Determination 2003 (No. 2)
Disallowable instrument DI2003—258

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Race and Sports Bookmakers 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, subsection 20(1) of the Act provides that the Commission may, in writing, determine a sporting or other event to be a sports bookmaking event for the purpose of the Act.

This determination revokes determination DI2003-34.  In particular, it revises the nomenclature of determined sports bookmaking events to reflect contemporary commercial and sporting realities. For example, the Iron Man Surf Life Saving series of events formerly known as the Uncle Toby’s Iron Man series is now known as the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan Series. Similar changes are made in relation to cricketing events and automobile and motorcycle racing.

The determination also clarifies that National Rugby League sanctioned “Country v City” and “State of Origin” matches fall within the scope of the determined sports bookmaking events. Similarly, the determination makes changes to United Kingdom Rugby league events to clarify the scope of the determined events. Rugby Union events are also clarified and brought up to date in terms of nomenclature.

The determination also expands contingencies under the existing range of events with respect to basketball (senior level matches in the Australian Women’s National Basketball League and other senior level events sanctioned by the International Basketball Federation), netball (senior level international matches sanctioned by the International Federation of Netball Associations), soccer (Fédération Internationale de Football Association sanctioned matches in the Asian Football Confederations Champions League, Asian Cup 2004 and the Women’s Championship, together with the South American Football Confederation’s Copa America) and Australian Rules Football (senior level international matches sanctioned by the AFL).

Judy Sullivan
Deputy Chairperson, ACT Gambling and Racing Commission

18 August 2003