Part 1Introduction

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Interactive Gambling (Sporting Events and Excluded Wagering Services) Determination 2017

Interactive Gambling Act 2001

I, MITCH FIFIELD, Minister for Communications make the following determination.

Dated: 11 December 2017

MITCH FIFIELD

Minister for Communications

Part 1—Introduction

1 Name

This instrument is the Interactive Gambling (Sporting Events and Excluded Wagering Services) Determination 2017.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the following provisions of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001: (a) subsection 8A(4); (b) subsection 10A(2); (c) subsection 10A(3).

4 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means Interactive Gambling Act 2001.

day of play:

(a) in relation to a multiple-day cricket match, means the part, or all of the parts, of the match that occur on a particular day (in the local time where the match occurs); and
(b) in relation to a multiple-day golf tournament, means the part, or all of the parts, of the tournament that occur on a particular day (in the local time where the tournament occurs).

day of racing, in relation to a multiple-day cycling race, means the part, or all of the parts, of the race that occur on a particular day (in the local time where the race occurs).

multiple-day cricket match means a cricket match that occurs on more than one day (in the local time where the match occurs).

multiple-day cycling race means a cycling race that occurs on more than one day (in the local time where the race occurs).

multiple-day golf tournament means a golf tournament that occurs on more than one day (in the local time where the tournament occurs).

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) bet;
(b) excluded wagering service;
(c) sporting event.

Part 2—Sporting Events

5 Things taken not to be sporting events

For the purposes of subsection 10A(3) of the Act, each of the following things is taken not to be a sporting event: (a) a multiple-day cricket match; (b) a multiple-day cycling race; (c) a multiple-day golf tournament.