170Approval to use sports information

170 Approval to use sports information (1) A wagering licensee must obtain approval in accordance with this section to use sports information relating to a race or sporting event in the Territory. (2) A wagering licensee must obtain approval to use sports information relating to a race or sporting event in another Territory or State if the body or entity governing that race or sporting event requires approval for using that information. Example for subsection (2) Some national sports league governing bodies require sports bookmakers to pay for the use of information about their sport. In such cases, the sports bookmaker must get approval from the body to use the information. (3) The approval must be obtained from: (a) in the case of information relating to a race in the Territory – the race control body responsible for the race; or (b) in the case of information relating to a sporting event in the Territory – the control body authorised for the sporting event by the Commission under subsection (5); or (c) in the case of information relating to a race or sporting event in another Territory or State – the control body that requires approval for using that information. (4) An application for approval to use sports information must be in the form and manner required by the control body that requires approval. (5) The Commission may, by Gazette notice, authorise a body or entity to be the control body for a sporting event that occurs in the Territory.