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Authorised Betting Operations Act 2000
Div 1Grant, renewal and conditions of licences
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Division 1—Grant, renewal and conditions of licences
7—Grant of licences
(1) The Governor may grant a comprehensive major betting operations licence.
(2) There is not to be more than one comprehensive major betting operations licence in force under this Act at the same time.
(3) The Governor may grant any number of limited major betting operations licences.
(4) The grant of a licence is to be made, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, to an applicant for the licence.
(5) The Governor is not bound to act in accordance with the Commissioner's recommendation.
8—Eligibility to hold licence
The holder of a licence must be a body corporate.
9—Authority conferred by licence
(1) The comprehensive licence may authorise the licensee—
(a) to conduct off-course totalisator betting on races held by licensed racing clubs;
(b) to conduct off-course totalisator betting on approved contingencies;
(c) to conduct on-course totalisator betting under agreements with licensed racing clubs on races held by licensed racing clubs and on approved contingencies;
(d) to conduct other forms of betting on races held by licensed racing clubs or on approved contingencies,
in accordance with this Act.
(2) A limited licence may authorise the licensee—
(a) to conduct off-course totalisator betting on races held by licensed racing clubs;
(b) to conduct off-course totalisator betting on approved contingencies;
(c) to conduct other forms of betting on races held by licensed racing clubs or on approved contingencies,
provided that the following requirements are complied with:
(d) the betting must be conducted only by telephone, Internet or other electronic means and otherwise in accordance with this Act;
(e) the licensee must not directly or indirectly make available, or in any way facilitate the provision of, a telephone, computer or other device capable of being used for the conduct of betting by telephone, Internet or other electronic means to a person in South Australia for the purpose of encouraging or facilitating such betting.
10—Term and renewal of licence
(1) A licence is to be granted for a term fixed under the licensee's approved licensing agreement.
(2) If before the end of a term for which a licence has been granted or renewed a new approved licensing agreement and, in the case of the comprehensive licence, a new racing distribution agreement are entered into, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, renew the licence for a term fixed under the renegotiated approved licensing agreement.
(3) The Governor is not bound to act in accordance with the Commissioner's recommendation and the licensee is to have no entitlement to, or legitimate expectation of, renewal.
11—Conditions of licence
(1) The conditions of a licence consist of—
(a) the conditions fixed by this Act; and
(b) the conditions (supplementary licence conditions) fixed by or in accordance with the licensee's approved licensing agreement.
(2) Subject to the licensee's approved licensing agreement, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, vary supplementary licence conditions.
(3) The Governor is not bound to act in accordance with the Commissioner's recommendation.