Racing (Totalizator Betting) Act 1952

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Racing (Totalizator Betting) Act 1952

An Act to provide for the regulation of horse-racing and greyhound racing, to provide for the use of the totalizator, to provide for betting and for related matters

[Royal Assent 19 December 1952]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART I - Preliminary

1.   Short title and commencement

(1)  This Act may be cited as the Racing (Totalizator Betting) Act 1952 .
(2)  This Act shall commence on a date to be fixed by proclamation.

2.   Repeal

The Acts specified in Schedule I are repealed.

3.   Interpretation

In this Act unless the contrary intention appears –
betting competition means a competition that involves betting on a contingency relating to any of the following:
(a) an actual or simulated horse race, greyhound race or other race involving animals or teams or groups of animals;
(b) an actual or simulated race between human or mechanical competitors or between teams or groups of human or mechanical competitors;
(c) an actual or simulated sport, game, fight, exercise or pastime, whether involving individual competitors or participants or teams or groups of competitors or participants;
betting-only meeting means a racing club meeting of the kind referred to in section 34A (2) ;
bookmaker means a person who is registered as a bookmaker under Part V , and includes a person who is the holder of a provisional certificate of registration under section 59A ;
branch means any premises where totalizator betting is conducted by TOTE Tasmania or by an agent of TOTE Tasmania;
broken money means the fractional parts of 5 cents that remain after the declaration of a dividend in accordance with the provisions of section 57M ;
chief executive officer has the same meaning as in the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 ;
club means a racing club and a greyhound racing club, and, in Part VI , includes a body of persons (whether a racing club or a greyhound racing club or not) having for its object, or one of its objects, the conduct of any sport, fight, game, exercise, or pastime;
club committee means the committee or other governing body of a club;
consolation double totalizator means a totalizator used for enabling persons to invest money on horse or greyhound races by the nomination of a combination of 2 animals on the chance that –
(a) those animals will fill first places in 2 races selected by TOTE Tasmania; or
(b) the first nominated animal will fill first place in the first of those 2 races and the second nominated animal will fill second place in the second of those races;
Council means the Tasmanian Thoroughbred Racing Council, the Tasmanian Harness Racing Council or the Tasmanian Greyhound Racing Council;
daily double totalizator means a totalizator used for enabling persons to invest money on horse or greyhound races by the nomination of a combination of 2 animals on the chance that those animals will fill first places in 2 races selected by TOTE Tasmania;
forecast totalizator means a totalizator used for enabling persons to invest money on horse or greyhound races by the nomination (in a specified order) of a combination of 2 animals on the chance that those animals will fill first and second place (in the order specified) in the same race at a race meeting;
functions includes duties;
greyhound racing means the running of greyhound dogs in competition against other greyhound dogs in pursuit of a moving object;
horse includes a pony;
horse race includes a race for trotting-horses;
horse-racing includes harness racing and the racing of galloping-horses;
licensed operator means a person or body authorised to conduct operations on behalf of TOTE Tasmania;
member, in respect of TOTE Tasmania, means a director within the meaning of the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 ;
place includes any house, office, room, tent, ship, building, erection, structure, premises, or other place, and any land, whether public or private and whether enclosed or otherwise;
place totalizator means a totalizator used for enabling persons to invest money on horse or greyhound races by the nomination of an animal in respect of a race at a race meeting on the chance that the nominated animal will fill a place in that race;
prescribed employee of TOTE Tasmania means –
(a) an employee of TOTE Tasmania; or
(b) the chief executive officer of TOTE Tasmania; or
(c) an agent or licensed operator of TOTE Tasmania;
quadrella totalizator means a totalizator used for enabling persons to invest money on horse or greyhound races by the nomination of a combination of 4 animals on the chance that those animals will fill first places in 4 races selected by TOTE Tasmania;
quinella totalizator means a totalizator used for enabling persons to invest money on horse or greyhound races by the nomination of a combination of 2 animals on the chance that those animals will fill first and second place (irrespective of order) in the same race at a race meeting;
racecourse means land that is used for the purposes of conducting a race meeting or betting-only meeting and for admission to which a charge is made to the public;
race meeting means a meeting for the racing of galloping-horses, harness racing horses or greyhounds;
racing club means a horse-racing club or a greyhound racing club;
racing year means the period beginning on the first day of August in any year and ending on 31st July in the following year;
region means the northern region, north-western region or southern region;
registered racecourse means a racecourse in respect of which a certificate of registration under Division II of Part III has been granted and is in force;
the regulations means regulations made and in force under this Act;
rules means rules made by TOTE Tasmania as provided by section 57ZR ;
shareholders means –
(a) the Minister; and
(b) the Treasurer or, if the Treasurer is also the Minister, one other Minister of the Crown determined by the Treasurer;
simulated includes simulated by electronic or mechanical means;
sporting contingency means a contingency relating to any horse race, or to any other race, or to any sport, fight, game, exercise, or pastime;
straight 6 totalizator means a totalizator used for enabling persons to invest money on horse or greyhound races by the nomination of a combination of 6 animals on the chance that those animals will fill first places in 6 races selected by TOTE Tasmania;
superfecta totalizator means a totalizator used for enabling persons to invest money on horse or greyhound races by the nomination of a combination of 6 animals on the chance that those animals will fill first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth place (in the order specified) in the same race at a race meeting;
ticket includes any form of acknowledgment by TOTE Tasmania of a bet made with TOTE Tasmania;
to bet includes the action of a person who, in relation to a sporting contingency–
(a) bets;
(b) pays, receives, or settles a bet; or
(c) offers or agrees to bet or to pay, receive, or settle a bet –
whether for himself or on behalf of another person, and of a person who co-operates with another person in connection with the doing of any of those acts;
to sell means to sell, whether by wholesale or retail, and includes to –
(a) offer or expose for sale;
(b) keep or have in possession for sale;
(c) barter or exchange;
(d) deal in or agree to sell;
(e) send, forward, deliver, or receive for sale or on sale; and
(f) authorise, direct, cause, attempt, or permit any act referred to in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) , or (e) ;
totalizator means any instrument, machine, or contrivance for the distribution of money to holders of tickets or shares in a pool or an aggregation of contributions contingently on the result of a sporting contingency, and includes a device for the distribution of money in the like manner on any contingency and any premises where totalizator betting is conducted by TOTE Tasmania, or by an agent of TOTE Tasmania, or by a club;
totalizator licence means a licence under Part IV to use a totalizator;
TOTE Tasmania means the company of that name referred to in the TOTE Tasmania Act 2000 ;
trifecta totalizator means a totalizator used for enabling persons to invest money on horse or greyhound races by the nomination (in a specified order) of a combination of 3 animals on the chance that those animals will fill first, second and third place (in the order specified) in the same race at a race meeting;
win totalizator means a totalizator used for enabling persons to invest money on horse or greyhound races by the nomination of an animal in respect of a race at a race meeting on the chance that the nominated animal will be the winner of that race.
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PART IV - Totalizator Betting and Betting Competitions Conducted by TOTE Tasmania
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Division II - Powers and functions of TOTE Tasmania

57DA.   Interpretation: Division II of Part IV

In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears –
approved betting competition means a betting competition of a kind or class prescribed in the regulations and which is conducted by TOTE Tasmania pursuant to section 57E (3) ;
approved sporting contingency means –
(a) a sporting contingency relating to a horse race or greyhound racing event; or
(b) a sporting contingency relating to any other race or any other event that is approved by the Minister pursuant to section 57E (1) (a) ;
event means any greyhound racing event, sport, fight, game, exercise, or pastime.

57E.   Powers and functions of TOTE Tasmania

(1)  For the purposes of this Act, TOTE Tasmania must conduct totalizator betting.
(1A)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(2)  Despite any law or rule of law to the contrary, it is lawful for persons to bet in a totalizator conducted by TOTE Tasmania in the performance of its function under subsection (1).
(3)  TOTE Tasmania may–
(a) only if the Minister approves, establish in a totalizator district or a part of the State proposed to be proclaimed a totalizator district premises at or in which bets may be made with TOTE Tasmania in accordance with this Act on any sporting contingency relating to a horse race or greyhound racing event or, if the Minister approves, relating to any other race or event; and
(b) conduct only those betting competitions of such kinds or classes as are prescribed in the regulations.
(4)  An approved betting competition of a kind or class referred to in subsection (3) (b) shall be conducted by TOTE Tasmania in accordance with the conditions prescribed in the regulations in respect of a betting competition of that kind or class.
(5)  TOTE Tasmania may –
(a) make grants or loans at such interest and on such terms as it may determine, for or in relation to the administration, maintenance, or improvement of horse-racing or greyhound racing in Tasmania and may take mortgages or such other securities as it considers adequate to secure such a loan; and
(b) undertake and contract for capital improvement to, or maintenance of, a racecourse; and
(c) purchase, lease, maintain, develop and otherwise deal with properties and facilities for the conduct of race meetings or for the training of horses for horse racing and dogs for greyhound racing and charge fees for the use of those properties or facilities.
(6)  A grant or loan under subsection (5)(a) or an undertaking under subsection (5)(b) may be made unconditionally or subject to such conditions as TOTE Tasmania may impose and, without limiting the generality of this subsection, the conditions, in the case of a grant or a loan to a club, may relate to the administration of the club, capital improvements to and maintenance of racecourses, the payment of stake money and the provision of facilities for the training of horses for horse racing and dogs for greyhound racing.
(7)  TOTE Tasmania must determine the grant that it will make available to each Council in each racing year and that grant is to be expended by that Council for such purposes, and in such respective amounts, as TOTE Tasmania may approve.

57EA.   Power to enter into other business agreements, &c.

(1)  In this section, core business means the functions and powers that TOTE Tasmania is authorised to perform and exercise under section 57E .
(2)  TOTE Tasmania may, with the written authority of the Minister and the Treasurer, enter into business agreements and arrangements of a kind not authorised under section 57E .
(3)  The Minister and the Treasurer must not authorise TOTE Tasmania to enter into a business agreement or arrangement pursuant to subsection (2) unless the Minister and the Treasurer are satisfied that the proposed business agreement or arrangement–
(a) is related in some way to TOTE Tasmania's core business; and
(b) is reasonably likely to do one or more of the following:
(i) benefit the promotion of TOTE Tasmania's core business;
(ii) improve the efficiency or effectiveness of any service or facility provided by TOTE Tasmania as part of its core business;
(iii) create an opportunity for TOTE Tasmania to expand its core business;
(iv) enable TOTE Tasmania to participate in a scheme or arrangement in conjunction with a body outside Tasmania that has similar functions to TOTE Tasmania, to the benefit of its core business;
(v) enable TOTE Tasmania to improve its managerial, administrative or technological efficiency or effectiveness.

57F.   Power to enter into agreements with totalizator bodies in other States or Territories

(1)  For the purposes of this section, body means a board or other body having powers and functions similar to those of TOTE Tasmania, and includes a club.
(2)  TOTE Tasmania may enter into an agreement in accordance with this section with a body in another State or in a Territory of the Commonwealth that is authorised by a law of that State or Territory to conduct or provide totalizator betting.
(3)  An agreement entered into under subsection (2) may provide that –
(a) the body in the other State or Territory will place bets transmitted to it by TOTE Tasmania on a totalizator conducted by it and return to TOTE Tasmania such dividends in respect of winning bets so transmitted to it as are declared by the totalizator on which the bets were placed;
(b) that body will return to TOTE Tasmania such amount as commission out of the amount of the bets received by that body from TOTE Tasmania as is agreed on between that body and TOTE Tasmania;
(c) TOTE Tasmania will accept any bets transmitted to it by that body on the totalizator conducted by TOTE Tasmania and return to that body the dividends payable in respect of the winning bets placed with TOTE Tasmania in accordance with this paragraph; and
(d) TOTE Tasmania will return to that body such amount as commission out of the amount of bets received by TOTE Tasmania from that body as is agreed on between that body and TOTE Tasmania.

57FA.   International totalizator betting pools

(1)  TOTE Tasmania may, with the written authority of the Minister and the Treasurer, enter into an agreement in accordance with this section with a person or body that is authorised under the law of an overseas country (or group of countries) to conduct totalizator betting in that overseas country (or group of countries) or internationally.
(2)  An agreement entered into under subsection (1) may provide –
(a) that the international business partner will place bets transmitted to it by TOTE Tasmania on a totalizator conducted by the international business partner and return to TOTE Tasmania such dividends in respect of winning bets so transmitted to it as are declared by the totalizator on which the bets are placed; and
(b) that the international business partner will, out of the amount of the bets it receives from TOTE Tasmania, return to TOTE Tasmania such amount by way of commission as the international business partner and TOTE Tasmania agree; and
(c) that TOTE Tasmania will accept bets transmitted to it by the international business partner on a totalizator conducted by TOTE Tasmania (or by another of TOTE Tasmania's business partners) and return to the international business partner the dividends payable in respect of the winning bets so transmitted to TOTE Tasmania; and
(d) that TOTE Tasmania will, out of the amount of the bets TOTE Tasmania receives from the international business partner, return to the international business partner such amount by way of commission as TOTE Tasmania and the international business partner agree; and
(e) for such other terms and conditions, as are not repugnant to any relevant Act, as TOTE Tasmania and the international business partner agree.
(3)  TOTE Tasmania may, from its total receipts for any class of totalizator betting, deduct such amount by way of commission as the Minister responsible for administering the Gaming Control Act 1993 and the Treasurer from time to time authorise.
(4)  Notwithstanding subsection (3) , the maximum rate of commission that TOTE Tasmania may be authorised to deduct from its total receipts for any class of totalizator betting pursuant to that subsection is 25% of those receipts or, if another percentage is prescribed, the prescribed percentage.
(5)  In this section –
business partner means –
(a) a body that TOTE Tasmania has an agreement with under section 57F ; or
(b) an international business partner;
international business partner means a person or body that TOTE Tasmania has an agreement with under subsection (1) ;
receipts means receipts under an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (1) ;
relevant Act means –
(a) this Act; or
(b) the TOTE Tasmania Act 2000 ; or
(c) a prescribed Act.

57G.   Classes of totalizator

(1)  Notwithstanding any other law or rule of law to the contrary, subject to this Act there may be lodged with, and TOTE Tasmania may receive, bets in respect of approved sporting contingencies, whether the races or events on which those contingencies are dependent are conducted in this State or elsewhere–
(a) in the course of the conduct of a–
(i) win;
(ii) place;
(iii) doubles;
(iv) treble;
(v) quadrella;
(vi) quinella;
(vii) straight 6;
(viii) superfecta; and
(ix) trifecta–
totalizator and such other class (if any) of totalizator as may be prescribed; and
(b) in pursuance of an agreement entered into as provided by section 57F in relation to a totalizator being conducted in another State or in a Territory of the Commonwealth; and
(c) in pursuance of an agreement entered into as provided by section 57FA in relation to a totalizator conducted in an overseas country (or group of countries) or internationally.
(2)  Where more machines, instruments, or branches than one are used for the issue of tickets for the purposes of a totalizator of any class, all moneys paid by bettors in respect of any particular approved sporting contingency at or on all those machines, instruments, and branches, shall be added together for the purpose of determining the dividend or dividends payable in respect of the result of the race or event on which that contingency is dependent, but shall be kept separate from moneys paid into a totalizator of any other class.

57H.   Betting on totalizators

An amount of 50 cents or such greater amounts as TOTE Tasmania with the approval of the Minister may from time to time determine, or any multiple of any of the amounts so specified or determined shall, subject to this Act, be accepted by TOTE Tasmania as a bet on any approved sporting contingency in respect of which TOTE Tasmania is conducting totalizator betting.

57J.   Payment of dividends

(1)  Subject to section 57L , a dividend payable in respect of any bet is payable, in accordance with this Act and the rules, at the totalizator branch where the bet was received or at any of such other places as TOTE Tasmania may determine in that behalf.
(2)  Notwithstanding subsection (1) , if, before payment of a dividend payable at a totalizator branch, that branch is discontinued, that dividend may be paid at or from the principal office of TOTE Tasmania.
(3)  Where bets on an approved sporting contingency have been accepted by TOTE Tasmania, the dividends payable in respect of those bets shall be paid as soon as practicable after TOTE Tasmania is satisfied that an official decision or official result has been given with respect to the race or event on which the contingency is dependent.

57K.   Manner of betting with TOTE Tasmania

(1)  A bet shall not be accepted by a prescribed employee of TOTE Tasmania unless the person making the bet–
(a) deposits the amount of the bet in cash at a totalizator branch; or
(b) makes the bet by letter sent through the post or by telegram or telephone message received at a totalizator branch and the conditions set out in subsection (2) have been complied with; or
(c) makes the bet by electronic means and the conditions set out in subsection (2) have been complied with.
(2)  A bet made by letter, telegram, telephone message or electronic means must not be accepted by a prescribed employee of TOTE Tasmania unless–
(a) the person making the bet has established with TOTE Tasmania, in accordance with the rules, a deposit account sufficient to pay the amount of the bet and has maintained that account up to the time of making the bet in accordance with those rules; or
(b) where the bet is made by letter or telegram, the amount of the bet has been paid or transmitted to the totalizator branch where the letter or telegram is received.
(3)  No dividend shall be payable, nor shall any action, claim, or demand be allowed for or in respect of any bet placed or purporting to have been placed in violation of this section.
(4)  No prescribed employee of TOTE Tasmania shall refuse to accept a bet offered to be made with TOTE Tasmania solely on the result of one particular race or one particular event on which an approved sporting contingency is dependent merely on the ground that the offer was made after a specified time if the offer was made at least 30 minutes before the time advertised as the starting time of that race or event or at such later time as may be prescribed as the closing time for the receipt of that bet pursuant to section 57ZR (1) (e) .

57L.   Deposit accounts

(1)  In this section –
authorised deposit-taking institution means a body corporate that is an authorised deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth;
credit card means a card, issued by an authorised deposit-taking institution, that enables the holder of the card to do either or both of the following:
(a) electronically operate a savings or other account with that institution;
(b) electronically obtain money on credit from that institution.
(1A)  A person may, in accordance with the rules –
(a) establish and maintain a deposit account with TOTE Tasmania; and
(b) close any such deposit account.
(1B)  A payment to establish or maintain a deposit account may, subject to the rules, be made to TOTE Tasmania –
(a) in person or by postal or electronic means; or
(b) by another means approved by TOTE Tasmania.
(1C)  If the payment is made by electronic means, those means may include the use of a credit card approved by TOTE Tasmania.
(1D)  A payment to establish a deposit account is to be at least –
(a) $50.00 or a prescribed amount, whichever is greater, if the payment is made by means of a credit card; or
(b) $5.00 or a prescribed amount, whichever is greater, if the payment is made by other means.
(1E)  A payment to maintain a deposit account –
(a) is to be at least $50.00 or a prescribed amount, whichever is greater, if the payment is made by means of a credit card; or
(b) may be for any amount if the payment is made by other means.
(1F)  A person may use money standing to the credit of the person's deposit account to make bets with TOTE Tasmania and any dividends that are due to the person in respect of such bets are to be credited to the account.
(1G)  Subject to subsections (1J) and (3) , TOTE Tasmania must, on request in accordance with the rules, pay the whole or any part of the amount standing to the credit of a person's deposit account to that person.
(1H)  If the person requests that the whole of the amount be paid out, the account is taken to have been closed.
(1J)  A person who pays an amount of money to TOTE Tasmania by means of a credit card for the purpose of establishing or maintaining a deposit account is not entitled to withdraw or transfer that amount, or authorise the withdrawal or transfer of that amount, from the account unless the person is closing the account.
(2)  If no bets are made with TOTE Tasmania by a person on a deposit account established by him under this section for a period of 9 months, TOTE Tasmania shall, by letter posted to his last-known address, notify the person of the amount standing to his credit.
(3)  If, within the period of 3 months after the posting of the notification referred to in subsection (2) , the person does not claim payment of the amount standing to his credit and no bets have been made in respect of his deposit account, TOTE Tasmania is not liable to refund any amount of money standing to the credit of that person in the account.

57M.   Deduction of commission and declared payment of dividends

(1)  In this section –
competitor includes a team;
total receipts means, in relation to an approved sporting contingency for which TOTE Tasmania conducts totalizator betting, the total amount of money that is paid to TOTE Tasmania by bettors in this State or elsewhere in respect of that approved sporting contingency less any amount that is refundable to such bettors by reason of the cancellation of bets or otherwise.
(1A)  TOTE Tasmania must, in respect of each approved sporting contingency for which it conducts totalizator betting (other than pursuant to an agreement under section 57FA ), deduct as commission from the total receipts–
(a) an amount equal to 14.25% or, if another percentage is prescribed, the prescribed percentage of the total amount of any money bet on the win totalizator; and
(b) an amount equal to 14.25% or, if another percentage is prescribed, the prescribed percentage of the total amount of any money bet on the place totalizator; and
(c) an amount equal to 17% or, if another percentage is prescribed, the prescribed percentage of the total amount of any money bet on the daily double totalizator; and
(d) an amount equal to 17% or, if another percentage is prescribed, the prescribed percentage of the total amount of any money bet on the consolation double totalizator; and
(e) an amount equal to 16.5% or, if another percentage is prescribed, the prescribed percentage of the total amount of any money bet on the forecast totalizator; and
(f) an amount equal to 19% or, if another percentage is prescribed, the prescribed percentage of the total amount of any money bet in the trifecta totalizator; and
(g) an amount equal to 15% or, if another percentage is prescribed, the prescribed percentage of the total amount of any money bet on the quinella totalizator; and
(h) an amount equal to 19% or, if another percentage is prescribed, the prescribed percentage of the total amount of any money bet on the quadrella totalizator; and
(i) an amount equal to 17% or, if another percentage is prescribed, the prescribed percentage of the total amount of any money bet on the straight 6 totalizator; and
(j) an amount equal to 20% or, if another percentage is prescribed, the prescribed percentage of the total amount of any money bet on the superfecta totalizator.
(1B)  Where TOTE Tasmania conducts totalizator betting in respect of an approved sporting contingency relating to a race or event other than a horse or greyhound race, the provisions of subsection (1A) apply to that approved sporting contingency in the same manner, but with such modifications as may be prescribed, as if that approved sporting contingency were a horse or greyhound race.
(1C)  TOTE Tasmania must, after deducting the commission referred to in subsection (1A) from the total receipts in respect of each approved sporting contingency for which it conducts totalizator betting–
(a) declare the balance of the total receipts to be the amount available for the payment of dividends for that approved sporting contingency; and
(b) subject to this section– pay out the dividends to the persons entitled to them.
(2)  The dividends to be paid as required by subsection (1C) shall be calculated so that the distributive share of each person entitled to share in a dividend shall in no case be less by 5 cents than the exact amount arrived at by dividing the distributable amount by the total number of tickets held by the persons so entitled.
(3)  The amount held by TOTE Tasmania by reason of the non-payment of a fraction of 5 cents referred to in subsection (2) in respect of an approved sporting contingency on which it conducts totalizator betting shall be paid by TOTE Tasmania into the Dividends Adjustment Account provided pursuant to section 57N .
(4)  Where the amount invested on a totalizator conducted by TOTE Tasmania in respect of any approved sporting contingency, after the deduction referred to in subsection (1A) has been made, is insufficient to enable a dividend, calculated in accordance with the rules, of at least 50 cents to be paid, subject to subsection (5) , the amount of 50 cents shall nevertheless be declared and payable as such dividend and the difference between the amount of the dividend as so calculated and 50 cents shall be made good from the Dividends Adjustment Account.
(5)  Notwithstanding subsection (4) , where 2 or more competitors fill any one place in the race or event on which an approved sporting contingency is dependent (including first place) and, in consequence, dividends ascertained in accordance with the rules referred to in that subsection become payable in respect of more competitors or in respect of more combinations of competitors than if only one competitor had filled that place, the dividend so ascertained shall be the dividend to be declared and payable in respect of each of those competitors, or in respect of each such combination, notwithstanding that such a dividend might be less than 50 cents.
(6)  If the dividend ascertained under subsection (5) is less than 25 cents, the amount of 25 cents is nevertheless to be declared and payable as such dividend and the difference between the amount of the dividend so ascertained and 25 cents is to be made good from the Dividends Adjustment Account.

57N.   Dividends Adjustment Account

(1)  TOTE Tasmania shall provide in its books an account called the Dividends Adjustment Account.
(2)  Where an amount is incorrectly distributed as a dividend in respect of a bet made with TOTE Tasmania and that amount is greater than the amount of the dividend that should have been distributed, the amount of the difference shall be debited against the Dividends Adjustment Account.
(3)  Where an amount is incorrectly distributed as a dividend in respect of a bet made with TOTE Tasmania and that amount is less than the amount of the dividend that should have been distributed, the amount of the difference shall be credited to the Dividends Adjustment Account.
(4)  Where the amount of the dividend declared in respect of a bet made with TOTE Tasmania is less than 50 cents and TOTE Tasmania distributes an amount of 50 cents as a dividend by reason of section 57M (4) in respect of that bet, the amount of the difference between the amount of 50 cents and the amount of the dividend declared to be payable in respect of that bet shall be debited against the Dividends Adjustment Account.
(5)  Any balance standing to the credit or debit of the Dividends Adjustment Account at the end of each financial year shall, within two months thereafter, be transferred to or made good from (as the case requires) the revenue account of TOTE Tasmania.

57P.   Unclaimed dividends and refunds

(1)  Where–
(a) a dividend is payable under this Part in respect of an investment made on a totalizator; or
(b) a refund of the amount or part of the amount of that investment, made before or after the commencement of the Racing and Gaming Amendment Act 1979 , is payable to the bettor in accordance with regulations made under this Act–
and the dividend or refund is not claimed by or on behalf of the person entitled to the dividend or refund within the period of 6 months after it becomes payable, the amount of that dividend or refund is to be included in the amount set aside under section 57QD .
(2)  The right of the holder of a ticket to which this section relates, or a person claiming through him, to recover payment of a dividend or refund in respect of that ticket shall be barred after the expiration of 6 months from the day on which the dividend or refund became payable, and no action shall thereafter be maintainable in any court for the recovery of that dividend or refund.

57Q.   TOTE to retain commission as revenue

TOTE Tasmania is to retain as revenue any amount deducted as commission under section 57M(1A) .

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57RA.   Calculation of prizes in approved betting competitions

(1)  The following provisions apply in respect of each approved betting competition:
(a) TOTE Tasmania shall, for the purpose of calculating the amounts of the prizes in that competition, deduct the prescribed percentage of the total amount paid by persons who are entrants in that competition;
(b) after deducting the prescribed percentage of that total amount, TOTE Tasmania shall, in such manner as is prescribed in the regulations–
(i) dispose of that percentage; and
(ii) calculate the amounts of those prizes; and
(c) after calculating the amounts of those prizes, TOTE Tasmania shall pay those prizes to the persons entitled to them.
(2)  Regulations made for the purposes of –
(a) subsection (1) (a) may prescribe different percentages in respect of different approved betting competitions; or
(b) subsection (1) (b) may prescribe –
(i) different manners of calculating the amounts of the prizes in different approved betting competitions; and
(ii) for or in respect of the rounding off of those amounts to prescribed fractions of a dollar.

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Division III - Totalizator betting by clubs

57U.   Totalizator licences

(1)  Subject to this Part, TOTE Tasmania may grant to a club committee a totalizator licence authorising the club committee during the period specified therein to conduct totalizator betting on such racecourses, and on such days other than Christmas Day or Good Friday, as may be specified in the licence, on and subject to such terms and conditions as are specified in the licence.
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(3)  Where a race meeting is postponed or abandoned, the totalizator licence granted in respect thereof may be altered by TOTE Tasmania to apply to any day to which the meeting is postponed or which is allotted for conducting a meeting in place of the meeting so abandoned.
(4)  Where a club committee applies to have specified in a totalizator licence a day that, in the opinion of TOTE Tasmania, is generally recognized by the public as set apart for holding an annual function in connection with some recognized sport other than horse-racing, and that function is to be held within a radius of 40 kilometres from the racecourse in respect of which the application is made, TOTE Tasmania may, in its absolute discretion, refuse to specify that day in a totalizator licence as a day on which totalizator betting may be conducted by the club committee.
(5)  Despite any law or rule of law to the contrary, it is lawful for a club to conduct totalizator betting under a totalizator licence granted by TOTE Tasmania to the club's committee pursuant to this section.

57V.   Restriction on issue of totalizator licences

(1)  No totalizator licence shall be granted by TOTE Tasmania other than to a club committee of a club registered under the Racing Regulation Act 2004 .
(2)  If TOTE Tasmania is not satisfied that a club committee to which a totalizator licence is granted has applied any moneys, retained by the club committee by way of commission or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of this Part, TOTE Tasmania shall not grant any further totalizator licences to that club committee and may revoke any existing licence until it has made such restitution as in TOTE Tasmania's opinion will satisfy the requirements of this Act.

57W.   Classes of totalizator

The classes of totalizator that a club committee may conduct shall be those specified in section 57G , and the provisions of subsection (2) of that section shall be applied in the conduct of a totalizator by a club committee.

57X.   Co-ordination with TOTE Tasmania and payment of dividends by clubs

(1)  Subject to subsection (2) , a club committee shall, in accordance with the rules or as TOTE Tasmania may direct, communicate to TOTE Tasmania the total amount paid to the club committee by bettors in relation to each horse race or greyhound racing event in respect of which the club committee conducts totalizator betting.
(2)  A club committee shall not be required to conform to subsection (1) in any case in which TOTE Tasmania is not conducting totalizator betting in respect of a race or event referred to in that subsection.
(3)  In calculating for the purposes of section 57M the total amount paid by bettors in relation to any horse race or greyhound racing event, TOTE Tasmania shall include the amounts communicated to it as required by subsection (1) .
(4)  TOTE Tasmania shall, after calculating the dividends to be paid in respect of a horse race or greyhound racing event, communicate the amount thereof to any club committee which gave it information as required by subsection (1) and the dividend to be paid by the club committee shall be in accordance with the amount so communicated.

57Y.   Provisions relating to TOTE Tasmania of application to committees conducting totalizator betting

The provisions of –
(a) section 57M (as to deduction of commission and payment of dividends);
(b) section 57P (as to unclaimed dividends or unclaimed refunds); and
(c) section 57Q (as to disbursement of totalizator commission) –
shall apply to a club committee that conducts totalizator betting as if –
(d) a reference therein to TOTE Tasmania were a reference to the club committee;
(e) a reference therein to unclaimed dividends or unclaimed refunds were a reference to unclaimed dividends or unclaimed refunds in the hands of the club committee; and
(f) a reference therein to a revenue account were a reference to a revenue account maintained by the club committee.

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57ZC.   Time for closing totalizators

(1)  Except as provided by subsection (2) , a club committee conducting a totalizator shall cause the totalizator to be closed at the time advertised for the starting of each race, and shall not sell or permit to be sold therefrom a ticket in respect of a race after the time so advertised or, where the time is extended, after the extended time.
(2)  Where it is impracticable for any reason to start a race at the time advertised for the starting of that race, the club committee, with the consent of the supervisor appointed under section 57ZF having the supervision of the totalizator, may alter the starting times for that race and for any subsequent race on that day and thereupon the times as so altered shall be the respective times for the closing of the totalizator as required by subsection (1) .

57ZD.   TOTE Tasmania may conduct totalizator betting on behalf of committee

(1)  A club committee, being the holder of a totalizator licence, may request TOTE Tasmania to conduct totalizator betting for and on behalf of the club committee.
(2)  A request under subsection (1) may be in respect of one race meeting or betting-only meeting or of more than one race meeting or betting-only meeting to be conducted by the club committee making the request, or of all race meetings and betting-only meetings to be so conducted.
(3)  Where TOTE Tasmania complies with a request under this section, it may, subject to this Act in relation to club committees and clubs, conduct totalizator betting for and on behalf of the club committee making the request in premises and using facilities provided by that club committee and, in relation to TOTE Tasmania so conducting totalizator betting, references in this Act to a club committee shall be deemed to include a reference to TOTE Tasmania.

57ZE.   TOTE Tasmania may provide off-course facilities in relation to totalizator betting by club committees

(1)  TOTE Tasmania may, at such branches as it thinks fit, act as the agent of a club committee which is the holder of a totalizator licence in relation to totalizator betting being conducted by the club committee.
(2)  When acting as an agent for a club committee TOTE Tasmania shall communicate to the club committee the total amount paid to TOTE Tasmania by bettors in relation to each horse race or greyhound racing event in respect of which the club committee conducts totalizator betting.
(3)  In calculating for the purposes of section 57Y (a) the total amount paid by bettors in relation to any horse race or greyhound racing event, a club committee shall include any amounts communicated to it under subsection (2) .
(4)  Where TOTE Tasmania is acting as the agent of a club committee, the club committee shall, after calculating the dividends to be paid in respect of a horse race or greyhound racing event, communicate the amount thereof to TOTE Tasmania.
(5)  When TOTE Tasmania acts as an agent for a club committee under this section in respect of any horse race or greyhound racing event, TOTE Tasmania shall, for the purpose of section 57M in relation to deductions from money paid by bettors to TOTE Tasmania, and section 57Q , be deemed to be conducting totalizator betting in respect of that horse race or greyhound racing event.
Division IV - Supervision of totalizators; Offences in relation to totalizators

57ZF.   Supervision of totalizators

(1)  The conduct of totalizator betting on a racecourse (not being totalizator betting being conducted by TOTE Tasmania under section 57ZD ) shall be under the direct supervision of such persons as may be appointed by TOTE Tasmania in that behalf, (which appointments TOTE Tasmania is by this section authorised to make) in this section referred to as "supervisors".
(2)  Each supervisor shall receive such fee as TOTE Tasmania may in each case determine.
(3)  The fees to be paid to supervisors shall be paid by TOTE Tasmania as part of the costs of the administration of this Act.
(4)  Supervisors shall, at all times, have free access to totalizators conducted by club committees and shall be entitled to inspect and check all moneys, books, tickets, vouchers, and other documents in, or used in connection with, those totalizators.
(5)  A supervisor shall furnish a report to TOTE Tasmania as to the working of a totalizator at any time under his supervision and the conduct of the persons in charge of it.

57ZG.   Prohibition of conduct of totalizator betting except by TOTE Tasmania or under licence

No person (other than a prescribed employee of TOTE Tasmania duly authorised in that behalf) shall, except under the authority of a totalizator licence granted under this Part, conduct totalizator betting or cause or permit totalizator betting to be conducted.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months in respect of a first offence and a fine not exceeding 30 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months in respect of a subsequent offence.

57ZH.   Offences in relation to conduct of totalizator betting under licence

(1)  No person (other than a prescribed employee of TOTE Tasmania duly authorised in that behalf) shall conduct totalizator betting–
(a) except–
(i) under the authority, and in accordance with the terms and conditions, of a totalizator licence;
(ii) on a racecourse, and on a day, specified in that behalf in a totalizator licence;
(iii) on a racecourse during the time when the racecourse is in use by a club committee for the purpose of conducting a race meeting; or
(iv) under the direction and control of the club committee that for the time being has the charge and control of the racecourse on which the totalizator is used; or
(b) in respect of any event or contingency other than an event in which galloping-horses or trotting-horses are competing, or a greyhound racing event, held on a racecourse to which the foregoing provisions of this subsection relate or on some racecourse elsewhere than in this State, on a day in respect of which the totalizator licence is granted, or, in the case of a double contingency in respect of two races partly on that racecourse on that day and partly on the same or some other racecourse on the same or some other day.
(2)  No person, being the secretary of a club or having the possession or control of the books, vouchers, or documents of a club shall fail or refuse –
(a) to produce those books, vouchers, or documents to; or
(b) to permit extracts to be taken therefrom, or copies thereof to be made, by –
a person lawfully demanding the production thereof or to be permitted to take extracts therefrom or to make copies thereof.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

57ZJ.   Offences in relation to conduct of totalizators

A person who –
(a) having the management or control of any totalizator, authorises or permits the premises to be constituted or used, or any act or thing to be done or omitted to be done on or in relation thereto in contravention of or failure of compliance with this Act;
(b) having the management or control of or being employed or acting in any capacity in connection with any totalizator, accepts from any person any bet which is prohibited by or does not conform to this Act;
(c) not being a person lawfully managing or controlling or being employed in any totalizator, sells any ticket purporting to be, or being, a totalizator ticket; or
(d) purchases any ticket purporting to be, or being, a totalizator ticket from any person not authorised to sell the same –
shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months in respect of a first offence, a fine not exceeding 30 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months in respect of a second offence and imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months in respect of a subsequent offence.

57ZK.   Penalty for unlawfully acting as totalizator officer or employee

A person, not being a prescribed employee of TOTE Tasmania or an employee of a club committee acting in the course of his functions as such who, for fee, commission, reward, share, or interest of any kind, or on any understanding or agreement whether expressed or implied for any such fee, commission, reward, share, or interest receives from any other person any money for the purpose of depositing or betting with, that money on a totalizator shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months in respect of a first offence and imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months in respect of a subsequent offence.

57ZL.   Offences by totalizator officers and employees

No person being employed in a totalizator shall intentionally –
(a) receive or permit to be received a bet in respect of a horse race or greyhound racing event after the prescribed time for the cessation of betting in relation to that race or event;
(b) accept a bet from, or pay money or deliver a totalizator ticket to, any person apparently under the age of 18 years, being a person who is under that age;
(c) accept a bet from, or pay money or deliver a totalizator ticket to, a person apparently under the influence of intoxicating liquor; or
(d) subject to section 57ZP , permit a person apparently under the age of 18 years being a person who is under that age, or a person apparently under the influence of intoxicating liquor, to enter or remain in a totalizator while it is open for the lodging and receiving of bets, except, in the case of a person under the age of 18 years, when that person is entering the premises in the course of his lawful calling or employment.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units in respect of a first offence and a fine not exceeding 30 penalty units in respect of a subsequent offence.

57ZM.   Offences by under-age persons in totalizators

No person being under the age of 18 years shall –
(a) subject to section 57ZP , enter or remain in any totalizator while it is open for the lodging or receiving of bets except in the course of his lawful calling or employment;
(b) make a bet by means of a totalizator; or
(c) instigate any other person to make a bet for him by means of a totalizator.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

57ZN.   Offences generally

No person shall knowingly –
(a) subject to section 57ZP , take a person under the age of 18 years into any totalizator unless in the course of that person's lawful calling or employment;
(b) take intoxicating liquor or any noxious substance into a totalizator;
(c) make a bet in a totalizator for a person under the age of 18 years or for a person prohibited from entering a totalizator;
(d) instigate, or cause or permit, a person under the age of 18 years to make a bet by means of a totalizator; or
(e) subject to section 57ZP , instigate, or cause or permit, a person under the age of 18 years to enter or remain in a totalizator, except in the course of that person's lawful calling or employment.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units in respect of a first offence and a fine not exceeding 30 penalty units in respect of a subsequent offence.

57ZP.   Persons under 18 years in totalizators

It is not an offence against this Act to permit a person who is under the age of 18 years to enter or remain in a totalizator or to take such a person into a totalizator if –
(a) the person is in the company of a parent or guardian or a spouse who is 18 years of age or more; and
(b) the totalizator is –
(i) a part of licensed premises (as defined by the Liquor Licensing Act 1990 ) where, at the relevant time, people who are under the age of 18 years are permitted to enter or remain; or
(ii) on part of a registered racecourse within the meaning of section 37 of the Racing Regulation Act 2004 .

57ZQ.   Removal of persons from totalizator

(1)  The person for the time being in charge of a totalizator may –
(a) at any time request any person who is in the totalizator and who, in the opinion of the person so in charge, has since entering the totalizator committed, or is committing, an offence against this Act or has failed to comply with, or has acted in contravention of, this Act or the rules, or who is under the influence of liquor or who is behaving in a disorderly manner, to leave those premises; and
(b) use all reasonable and necessary force to eject from those premises any person who, having been so requested to leave, neglects or refuses forthwith to do so.
(2)  A police officer, at the request of the person for the time being in charge of any totalizator, shall eject or assist in ejecting from the totalizator any person who, having been requested by the person so in charge, acting under subsection (1) , to leave, neglects or refuses forthwith to do so.
(3)  No person for the time being in charge of a totalizator or police officer acting in good faith in the exercise or intended exercise of the powers conferred on him under this section shall be liable to any proceedings, civil or criminal, in consequence of his having so acted.
(4)  A person who does not leave the premises of a totalizator when requested to do so under this section is guilty of an offence against this Act and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(5)  A person who has been ejected from the premises of a totalizator pursuant to this section shall not, during the day on which he has been so ejected from those premises, re-enter them or be in the premises of any other totalizator.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(6)  A person who has left the premises of a totalizator pursuant to a request under this section shall not, during the day on which he has so left those premises, re-enter them or be in the premises of any other totalizator.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(7)  A police officer may arrest without warrant a person who contravenes subsection (4) or (5) .

57ZR.   Rules of TOTE Tasmania

(1)  TOTE Tasmania may, with the approval of the Minister, make rules (not inconsistent with this Act)–
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(b) prescribing terms and conditions and other matters governing the conduct of totalizator betting including terms and conditions under which bets generally or bets of any class will be accepted or refused by or on behalf of TOTE Tasmania, the calculation and payment of dividends, and the establishment and conduct of totalizator pools by TOTE Tasmania;
(ba) providing for the payment of dividends or refunds on totalizator tickets that have been lost or destroyed, including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, providing for the making of claims with respect to the payment of those dividends or refunds;
(bb) providing that such a claim shall be verified, to the satisfaction of TOTE Tasmania, by statutory declaration by the claimant or otherwise as provided in the rules;
(c) regulating the transmission of bets and any other information between branches of TOTE Tasmania and between club committees conducting totalizator betting and TOTE Tasmania;
(d) providing for adjustments, between TOTE Tasmania and any club committee, in respect of payments on account of commission and of shares of dividends;
(e) prescribing the closing times for the receipt of bets at totalizator branches, the method of identification of persons offering to make bets, the manner of acknowledging bets made (whether by the issue of tickets or otherwise) and the manner of recording bets made; and
(f) dealing with any other matters required or permitted by this Act to be dealt with by the rules of TOTE Tasmania.
(2)  All rules made by TOTE Tasmania shall be published in the Gazette and shall be effective from the date of such publication.
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60AA.   

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60AAB.   

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60AAC.   

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60A.   

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61.   

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62.   

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Division II - - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

62A.   

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63.   

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63AA.   

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63A.   

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64.   

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65.   

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66.   

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67.   

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68.   

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68A.   

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68B.   

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69.   

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70.   

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70A.   

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71.   

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72.   

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73.   

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74.   

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Division III - - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

74A.   

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74B.   

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74C.   

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74D.   

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74E.   

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74F.   

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74G.   

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74H.   

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74I.   

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74J.   

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74K.   

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74L.   

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74M.   

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74N.   

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Division IV - - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

75.   

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76.   

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77.   

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78.   

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79.   

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80.   

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81.   

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82.   

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PART VI - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
Division I - - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

82A.   

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83.   

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83A.   

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84.   

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Division II - - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

85.   

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85A.   

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85B.   

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86.   

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87.   

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Division IIA - - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
Subdivision A - - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

87A.   

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87B.   

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87C.   

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87D.   

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87E.   

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87F.   

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87G.   

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87H.   

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87J.   

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Subdivision B - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

87K.   

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87L.   

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87M.   

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87N.   

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87P.   

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Division IIB - - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

88.   

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88A.   

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88AB.   

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88B.   

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88C.   

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88D.   

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88DA.   

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88E.   

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Division IIC - - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

89.   

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90.   

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91.   

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92.   

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Division III - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

93.   

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94.   

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95.   

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96.   

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97.   

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98.   

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99.   

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99A.   

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100.   

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101.   

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102.   

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103.   

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104.   

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Division IV - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

105.   

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PART VII - Miscellaneous

106.   

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106A.   

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107.   

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108.   

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109.   

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110.   

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111.   

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111A.   

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112.   Evidentiary provisions

(1)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(2)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(3)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(4)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(5)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(6)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(7)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(8)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(9)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(10)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(11)  In any proceedings in respect of the unlawful use of a totalizator, the onus of proving that it was used under the authority, and in accordance with the terms and conditions, of a totalizator licence shall be on the defendant.
(12)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(12A)  In any proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act an allegation in the complaint that the defendant, at the time at which the offence is alleged to have been committed, was under a specified age shall be deemed to be proved in the absence of proof to the contrary.
(12B)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(13)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(14)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

113.   

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114.   

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115.   Service of notices, &c.

(1)  Any order, notice, or direction that is required or permitted by or under this Act to be served on any person may, unless some other mode of service is expressly prescribed by or under this Act, be served on that person by delivering it to him by hand or by sending it to him by post in a letter addressed to him at his usual or last-known place of abode or business.
(2)  Any order, notice, or direction that is required or permitted by or under this Act to be given to or served on a club, the club committee of a club, or a body or an association of persons may, unless some other mode of giving or serving the notice is expressly prescribed by or under this Act, be so given or served by delivering it to the secretary of the club or of the body or association of persons by hand or sending it by post to the secretary thereof by letter addressed to him at his usual or last-known place of abode or business.

116.   False return or declaration

No person who is required by or under this Act to furnish a return or supply any information shall make or furnish a return or supply any information that to his knowledge is false or misleading.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.

117.   

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118.   General penalty

A person who is guilty of a contravention of, or failure to comply with, a provision of this Act for which no penalty is prescribed elsewhere in this Act is guilty of an offence against this Act and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

119.   Regulations

(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.
(2)  In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) , the regulations may –
(a) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(b) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(ba) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(bb) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(c) prescribe the cases in which, and the reasons for which, TOTE Tasmania may refuse to grant totalizator licences;
(ca) prescribe the classes of totalizator which may be conducted in addition to those set out in section 57G (1) (a) and (b) ;
(cb) prescribe the conditions on and subject to which a totalizator of any class may be used and the conditions and contingencies with reference to which dividends payable from such a totalizator shall be determined, and generally regulate the use of totalizators;
(cc) provide that bets by means of a totalizator may be declared off by any person or persons prescribed in the regulations;
(cd) prescribe the form of tickets, returns, and any other documents to be used in the conduct of totalizator betting;
(ce) provide for the prevention of fraud in relation to totalizator betting and matters incidental thereto;
(cf) provide for the control of the admission of persons to totalizators and the exclusion from one or more totalizators of any specified person or class of persons either absolutely or subject to such conditions as may be specified;
(cg) provide for the conduct of persons in totalizators;
(ch) prescribe the payment to be made, or the manner of determining the payment to be made, by a club committee to TOTE Tasmania in any case where TOTE Tasmania conducts a totalizator for and on behalf of the club committee; and
(ci) provide for the submission by TOTE Tasmania to the Minister and to the Treasurer of periodical returns of money received by TOTE Tasmania and the disbursement of those moneys;
(d) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(da) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(db) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(e) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(3)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(3A)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(3B)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(4)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(5)  Regulations under subsection (1) may be made subject to such conditions, or be made so as to apply differently according to such factors, as may be specified in the regulations or according to such limitations or restrictions, whether as to time or circumstance or otherwise, as may be so specified.
(6)  Regulations under subsection (1) may provide that it is an offence, punishable on summary conviction, for a person to contravene, or fail to comply with, any of the regulations and may provide in respect of any such offence for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(7)  A regulation under subsection (1) may authorise any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, or regulated by any person or body specified in the regulation.
PART VIII - Savings and Transitional Provisions

120.   Totalizator districts

(1)  The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Minister, from time to time proclaim a part of the State, however delineated or described, to be a totalizator district for the purposes of this Act.
(2)  Section 63 does not apply to a bookmaker paying out a winning bet in respect of a race which was run prior to the time when the district, in which the place where the bet was so paid is situated, was proclaimed a totalizator district.

121.   

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122.   

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123.   

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124.   

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SCHEDULE I - Acts Repealed

Section 2

Year and number of Act

Short title of Act

23 Geo. V No. 39

Bookmakers Act 1932.

26 Geo. V No. 25

Totalisator Act 1935.

26 Geo. V No. 31

Gaming Act 1935.

1 Edw. VIII No. 7

Totalisator Act 1936.

2 Geo. VI No. 64

Totalisator Act 1938.

4 & 5 Geo. VI No. 77

Totalisator Act 1940.

4 & 5 Geo. VI No. 87

Bookmakers Act 1941.

6 Geo. VI No. 42

Gaming Act 1942.

8 & 9 Geo. VI No. 23

Gaming Act 1944.

9 Geo. VI No. 26

Totalisator Act 1945.

10 Geo. VI No. 16

Totalisator Act 1946.

11 & 12 Geo. VI No. 79

Bookmakers Act 1947.

No. 17 of 1951

Bookmakers Act 1951.

No. 85 of 1951

Bookmakers Act (No. 2) 1951.

SCHEDULE II
SCHEDULE III