4Sports events

4 Sports events

(1)  In this regulation –

political election means an election in –

(a) Australia or another country; or

(b) any state, territory, district or area of Australia or another country –

in respect of any level of Government in that country, state, territory, district or area, including local or district Government, if wagering in respect of that election is not otherwise illegal under the law of Tasmania or any other law.

(2)  For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of sports event in section 3(1) of the Act, the following activities are prescribed as sports events:

(a) a political election;

(b) the awarding of a prize, or other award, in respect of any sport;

(c) the awarding of a prize, or other award, in respect of any art or other cultural activity;

(d) the movement in a stock market index or the price of a stock on a stock market;

(e) the movement in a commodities market index or the price of a commodity on a commodities market;

(f) the movement in interest rates, consumer price index or other economic indicator;

(g) the temperature, weather or other meteorological event;

(h) the result or an outcome of a television show or other media entertainment event;

(i) the result or an outcome of a bloodstock sale or the sex, weight or other characteristic of the progeny of a bloodstock animal;

(j) a statistical result based on published research or data;

(k) a celebrity announcement.