New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RACING ADMINISTRATION ACT 1998

- As at 29 October 2008
- Act 114 of 1998

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Objects of Act
   4.      Definitions

   PART 2 - RACECOURSES

           Division 1 - Licensing of racecourses

   5.      Requirement for racecourses to be licensed
   6.      Application for racecourse licence
   7.      Issue and classes of racecourse licence
   8.      Conditions of racecourse licence
   9.      Duration and cancellation of racecourse licence
   10.     Limitation on number of licences approved bodies can hold
   11.     Provisions relating to inspection of records

           Division 2 - Other provisions relating to racecourses

   12.     Days on which race meetings are prohibited
   13.     Certain persons prohibited from entering racecourses
   14.     Punters’ clubs
   15.     Harness racing on showgrounds

   PART 3 - AUTHORISATION OF CERTAIN BETTING ACTIVITIES

           Division 1 - Authorised telephone or electronic betting

   16.     Authority to conduct telephone or electronic betting
   17.     Offence of conducting unauthorised telephone or electronic betting

           Division 2 - Authorised sports betting

   18.     Sports betting events
   19.     Authorised sports betting bookmakers
   19A.    Liability of directors of authorised companies
   20.     Conditions of authorisation
   21.     Conditions relating to records
   22.     Duration and cancellation of authorisation
   23.     Rules for sports betting

           Division 3 - Authorised betting auditoriums

   24.     Authorisation of betting auditoriums
   25.     Conditions of authorisation
   26.     Duration and cancellation of authorisation

   PART 3A - AUTHORISATION OF BOOKMAKERS

   26A.    Prohibition on carrying on business as a bookmaker without authority
   26B.    Authority to act for bookmaker during absence
   26C.    Bookmakers Revision Committee
   26D.    State bookmakers authority
   26E.    Revocation of State bookmakers authority
   26F.    Power of Committee to direct cancellation or suspension of a bookmaker’s registration
   26G.    Returns by controlling bodies
   26GA.   Returns by racing clubs
   26GB.   Returns by bookmakers
   26GC.   Bookmakers to keep records
   26GD.   Accuracy of bookmakers records
   26H.    Minister may furnish information
   26I.    Inspection of records

   PART 4 - BETTING INFORMATION AND ADVERTISING

           Division 1 - Interpretation

   27.     Definitions
   28.     Publication or advertising of certain dividends or betting odds not affected

           Division 2 - General offences

   29.     Publication of betting information
   30.     Advertising betting information and betting services
   31.     Premises used for publishing betting information or betting services
   32.     Betting information provided by authorised persons

           Division 3 - Publication of NSW race fields

   33.     Publication of NSW race fields restricted
   33A.    Relevant racing control body may grant race field publication approvals
   33B.    Applications for race field publication approvals
   33C.    Authorisations for section 51 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth
   33D.    Appeals to Minister
   33E.    Review by Administrative Decisions Tribunal of Minister’s decision on appeal
   33F.    Effect of race field publication approval limited

   PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

   34.     Delegation
   35.     Proceedings for offences
   35A.    Remedial orders
   36.     Evidence
   36A.    Disclosure of information
   36B.    Offences by corporations
   36C.    Giving of notices and other documents
   37.     Regulations
   38.     Savings and transitional provisions
   39.     Review of Act
           SCHEDULE 1