28Bookmakers

#### 28 Bookmakers 28 Bookmakers > No person shall carry on the business of a bookmaker within any of the said divisions of the said lands unless or until he or she complies with the following conditions: > > > (a) That he or she be approved of by the Directors of the said Club and his or her name and address be registered at the office of the said Club, > > > (b) That during the time a bookmaker shall be in the Saddling Paddock of the said lands the bookmaker shall occupy the stand allotted by the Directors or their authorised agent and exhibit thereon visible to the public his or her name and such “Odds Board” as the Directors may require, > > > (c) That a bookmaker pay to the said Club for permission to carry on the business of a bookmaker on the racecourses owned and controlled by the said Club: > > > > > (i) Such fee as may be prescribed from time to time by the Directors and until so prescribed a six-monthly fee payable in advance on the first day of the months of January and July in each year at the rate of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) per race meeting for bookmakers allotted to stands in the Southern Ring at Rosehill Racecourse and at the rate of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per race meeting for bookmakers allotted to stands elsewhere on racecourses owned or controlled by the Club. Each six-monthly fee shall be determined by reference to the number of race meetings programmed by the Club for such period at which the bookmaker is permitted to carry on business and no refund of fees shall be made in regard to race meetings subsequently postponed or cancelled, and > > > > > (ii) Within forty-eight hours of the conclusion of every race meeting at which a bookmaker bets, a sum equal to such percentage as the Directors of the said Club shall from time to time decide not exceeding two per centum of the gross amount of the bets made with such bookmaker, the amount of each bet being the stake paid or payable to the bookmaker if the bookmaker wins the bet. > > > (d) That a bookmaker furnish to the Secretary/General Manager of the said Club within forty eight hours of the conclusion of every race meeting at which the bookmaker operates a certificate stating the gross amount of all bets made with him or her in respect of such meeting, > > > (e) That a bookmaker make and keep a true written record at and in respect of each race meeting at which he or she operates of all his or her bets and retain a legible copy of the same for a period of fifteen (15) months from the date of the meeting to which the same relates and if required produce the same to the Secretary/General Manager of the said Club or the stewards, > > > (f) That a bookmaker authorise the Directors or their authorised agent to inspect any returns made by him or her to the Department of Sport, Recreation and Racing in respect of any tax payable in respect of such bets and to take any copy thereof or abstract therefrom. > > PROVIDED ALWAYS that the Directors shall have full power at any time in their absolute discretion to revoke all or any of such registrations and they shall not be compelled to refund any part of the moneys so paid as aforesaid. Bookmakers shall not use any stand or board other than that hired from the Club nor shall a Bookmaker use any box or other equipment not supplied by the Club. Any person offending against this Clause may be removed from any lands owned or controlled by the Club shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding 1 penalty unit. > > **cl 28:** Am 2010 No 93, Sch 3.4 \[8\]–\[10\].