Australian Capital Territory
Race and Sports Bookmaking (Sports Bookmaking Events) Determination 2008 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2008 — 114

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Race and Sports Bookmaking Act 2001 (the Act) regulates the activities of sports bookmakers in the Australian Capital Territory.

Subsection 20(1) of the Act provides that the Commission may determine a sporting or other event to be a sports bookmaking event for the purpose of the Act.

This determination revokes DI2007-183 dated 17 July 2007 and notified under the Legislation Register on 20 July 2007.

Schedule 1 of this determination details the various national and international sporting events, excluding greyhound, harness, quarter horse, and thoroughbred racing events, that a licensee can offer.  

Schedule 2 details the various national and international greyhound, harness, quarter horse, and thoroughbred racing events that a licensee can offer. 

The amendments to Schedule 2 of this determination are limited to the removal of all North American greyhound, harness, quarter horse and thoroughbred racing events from the Schedule of approved sports bookmaking events.  This is to provide more consistency with other events currently approved in the ACT. 

No current ACT sports bookmaking licensee has approval to conduct sports bookmaking operations on these events and therefore no current licensee will be adversely affected.

In all other respects, the determination remains unchanged.