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Authorised Betting Operations Act 2000
Part 3Bookmaker's and other licences
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Part 3—Bookmaker's and other licences
Division 1—Licences
34—Classes of licences
(1) The Commissioner may grant the following classes of licences:
(a) a licence (an on-course totalisator betting licence) authorising a racing club to conduct on-course totalisator betting in conjunction with a race meeting held by the club, or at other times authorised by the Commissioner, on races held by the club or another licensed racing club (excluding races of a prescribed kind) and on other races that are approved contingencies;
(b) a licence (a bookmaker's licence) authorising a person to act as a bookmaker conducting fixed-odds betting on races held by licensed racing clubs (excluding races of a prescribed kind) and approved contingencies;
(c) a licence (an agent's licence) authorising a person to act as the agent of a licensed bookmaker;
(e) a licence (a 24 hour sportsbetting licence) authorising a licensed bookmaker to conduct fixed-odds betting on approved contingencies (excluding races) by telephone on a 24 hour basis.
(2) A bookmaker's licence must not be granted—
(a) to a child; or
(b) to a body corporate unless—
(i) the body corporate is a proprietary company within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth and is taken to be registered in South Australia for the purposes of that Act; and
(ii) each of the directors and shareholders of the body corporate holds a bookmaker's licence.
(2a) An agent's licence must not be granted to a body corporate or a child.
(3) The Minister may give the Commissioner binding directions about authorisations as to the conduct of on-course totalisator betting at times other than in conjunction with a race meeting.
(4) The Minister may give the Commissioner binding directions about the granting of a 24 hour sportsbetting licence.
35—Term of licence
(1) A licence granted under this Part will, subject to this Act, have effect for a period specified in the licence and may be renewed from time to time in accordance with the regulations.
(2) The Minister may give the Commissioner binding directions about the term of an on-course totalisator betting licence.
36—Conditions of licences
(1) The Commissioner may, on granting or renewing a licence under this Part, attach conditions to the licence.
(2) The Commissioner may, by written notice to the person granted a licence under this Part, vary or revoke a condition attached to the licence or attach a further condition.
(3) An on-course totalisator betting licence must have attached to it conditions fixing the maximum proportion of money invested in totalisator betting that may be retained by the licensee.
(4) The Minister may give the Commissioner binding directions about conditions to be attached to a licence under subsection (3).
(5) The Minister may give the Commissioner binding directions about a condition to be attached to a 24 hour sportsbetting licence under subsection (1) or (2) preventing betting operations being conducted under that licence on a specified day.
37—Application for grant or renewal, or variation of condition, of licence
(1) An application for the grant or renewal, or variation of a condition, of a licence under this Part—
(a) must be made to the Commissioner in the form required by the Commissioner; and
(b) must be supported by the information required by the Commissioner verified, if the Commissioner so requires, by statutory declaration; and
(c) must be accompanied by the fee fixed by regulation.
38—Determination of applications
(1) The Commissioner must not grant or renew a licence under this Part unless satisfied—
(a) that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold the licence; and
(b) in the case of an on-course totalisator betting licence—as to the adequacy of the standards of probity that will apply to races held by the racing club.
38A—Suspension of body corporate licence
A bookmaker's licence held by a body corporate is suspended for any period during which any director or shareholder of the body corporate does not hold a bookmaker's licence.
38B—Licensee to notify change of particulars
(1) The holder of a licence under this Part must, within 14 days after a change in any prescribed particulars, notify the Commissioner of that change.
(a) any address for service or other email address, telephone number or street or postal address provided by the licensee to the Commissioner for purposes connected with the licence; and