37Regulations

37 Regulations

37 Regulations

(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) A regulation may apply, adopt or incorporate the provisions of any code or other publication, with or without modifications, either as in force as at a particular day or as in force for the time being.

(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to requiring or encouraging the adoption of responsible practices in the conduct of betting authorised by or under this Act.

(4) In particular, the regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—

(a) restricting or prohibiting the conduct of promotions or other activities (including advertising),

(b) the standards to be observed for the conduct of responsible gambling activities,

(c) the notices to be displayed with respect to the availability of counselling in respect of financial, social or other problems that may arise in connection with gambling activities,

(d) the inclusion on each ticket, coupon, token or other thing sold or issued to a person for the purposes of placing a bet by a licensed bookmaker of—

(i) a warning notice about gambling, and

(ii) the name and contact details of a gambling counselling service specified, or of a kind specified, by the regulations,

(e) the period for which accounts, documents and records used by a bookmaker in connection with the bookmaker’s business are to be retained,

(5) The regulations under this section may create offences punishable by a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units.

s 37: Am 1999 No 17, Sch 1 [2]; 1999 No 49, Sch 5 [2]; 2001 No 43, Sch 1 [5].