3Interpretation

3 Interpretation (1) In this Act: affected person, see section 82. agent means the person with whom a licensee enters into an agreement referred to in section 43 to establish or carry on business as an agency for the conduct of totalisator wagering. agency means the conduct of totalisator wagering under a licensee's licence by the licensee's agent for and on behalf of the licensee on premises occupied by the agent. approved form means a form approved under section 8B. associate, in relation to a person, means: (a) a spouse or de facto partner of the person; (b) a parent or remoter lineal ancestor, son, daughter or remoter issue, brother or sister of the person; (c) a partner or trustee of the person;

Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Act 2000 2 (d) a body corporate of which the person is a director, secretary or executive or other officer; (e) if the person is a body corporate – a director, secretary or executive or other officer of the body corporate; (f) a person who, in the previous year, has provided to the first- mentioned person advice for fee or reward in relation to wagering or the operation of a totalisator or conduct of totalisator wagering; (g) an employee or employer of the person; (h) an officer or employee of a body corporate of which the person is an officer or employee; (j) an employee of a natural person of whom the person is an employee; (k) a body corporate whose directors or executive officers are accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the person or, if the person is a body corporate, of the directors or executive officers of that body corporate; (m) a body corporate in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of which, or of the directors or executive officers of which, the person is accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act; (n) a body corporate in which the person holds a controlling interest; (p) if the person is a body corporate – a person who holds a controlling interest in the body corporate; or (q) a person who is, because of this definition, an associate of any other person who is an associate of the person (including a person who is an associate of the person by another application of this definition). betting account means an account with a licensee in the name of a person who makes bets with the licensee against which the amount of a bet made by the person with the licensee may be debited and into which a dividend, refund or other payment payable to the person by the licensee may be credited. club means a race club or race control body as defined in section 4 of the Racing and Wagering Act 2024.

Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Act 2000 3 commission means commission deducted in accordance with the country race meet, for Part 3A, see section 31A. country race meet totalisator licence, for Part 3A, see section 31A. decision notice, for a decision, means a written notice setting out: (a) the decision and the reasons for it; and (b) any right the person to whom the notice is to be given has, under this Act, to apply for a review of, or to appeal, the decision. delegate decision, see section 82. Director means the Director of Totalisator Licensing and Regulation appointed under section 5. dividend, for Part 3A, see section 31A. event, sport or activity means an event, sport or activity determined under section 12 to be an event, sport or activity on which wagering by means of a totalisator may be conducted. inspector means a totalisator inspector appointed by or under section 50. investment, for Part 3A, see section 31A. investor, for Part 3A, see section 31A. licence means a totalisator licence to establish a totalisator, operate a totalisator or conduct totalisator wagering granted or renewed under section 20, and includes a licence that is varied under this Act. licence document means the document that specifies or documents that jointly specify the grant of a licence, the terms and conditions of the licence and any variation of the licence. licensee means a person who holds a licence or a temporary operator means a person appointed by a licensee under section 42 to manage the operations of the licensee conducted on a premises of a licensee.