NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
TOTALISATOR LICENSING AND REGULATION REGULATIONS 2000
As in force at 1 July 2024
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Information to accompany application for licence ............................ 1
2A Fee for application ........................................................................... 2
3 Wagering tax ................................................................................... 2
4 Maximum fine Director may impose under section 70(2)(d) of
Act ................................................................................................... 3
5 Person to whom information may be disclosed ............................... 3
6 Exemption from application of Part 10 of Act ................................... 4
7 Prescribed percentage under section 111(1) of Act......................... 4
8 Promotion of responsible wagering ................................................. 4
9 Licensee etc. may control conduct on premises .............................. 5
10 Prescribed commission ................................................................... 5
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 1 July 2024
TOTALISATOR LICENSING AND REGULATION REGULATIONS 2000
Regulations under the Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Act 2000
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Totalisator Licensing and
Regulation Regulations 2000.
2 Information to accompany application for licence
An application for a licence under section 14 of the Act is to be
accompanied by the following information:
(a) the name of the applicant;
(b) in the case of a natural person – the applicant's residential
and business addresses;
(c) in the case of a company:
(i) the address of the applicant's principal office;
(ii) the number of directors of the applicant;
(iii) the name of each director;
(iv) the name of the applicant's Public Officer;
(v) details of the operations and structure of the applicant;
and
(vi) details of the classes of shareholding interests in the
applicant and the powers and rights of the holders of
those interests;
(d) in the case of a club or body corporate other than a company:
(i) the address of the head office or other premises of the
applicant from where the applicant controls its
operations;
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(ii) the names of the officers or members of the applicant
who are concerned in the management of the applicant;
(iii) the name of the applicant's Public Officer, if any, or
office holder who will receive on behalf of the applicant
notices and other material given under the Act; and
(iv) details of the operations and structure of the applicant;
(e) any business names registered under the Business Names
Registration Act 2011 (Cth) under which the applicant is or is
proposing to carrying on a business;
(f) the applicant's A.B.N.;
(g) whether the applicant pays payroll tax or any other tax in the
Territory;
(h) an address where documents required to be given, delivered,
granted or issued to the applicant under the Act may be given,
delivered, granted or issued to the applicant;
(j) the applicant's business telephone number;
(k) the applicant's electronic mail transfer address;
(m) the applicant's internet web site, if any;
(n) a list of the applicant's associates;
(p) details of the equipment that the applicant proposes to use to
operate the totalisator and the means by which the applicant
proposes to monitor the operation of the totalisator and the
conduct of totalisator wagering under the licence.
2A Fee for application
For section 14(2) of the Act, the prescribed fee for an application for
a licence is 20 000 revenue units.
3 Wagering tax
For the purposes of section 34 of the Act, the prescribed
percentage of a licensee's commission deducted for a month is:
(a) in the case of thoroughbred and harness horse races and
greyhound races (whether occurring in or outside Australia) –
40% of the licensee's commission deducted in relation to
wagering on those races that occurred during the month;
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(b) in the case of races other than those referred to in
paragraph (a) and prescribed events, sports and activities
occurring in Australia – 20% of the licensee's commission
deducted in relation to wagering on those races, events,
sports or activities that occurred during the month; and
(c) in the case of races other than those referred to in
paragraph (a) and prescribed events, sports and activities
occurring outside Australia – 10% of the licensee's
commission deducted in relation to wagering on those races,
events, sports or activities that occurred during the month.
4 Maximum fine Director may impose under section 70(2)(d) of
Act
The prescribed amount for the purposes of section 70(2)(d) of the
Act is 50 penalty units.
5 Person to whom information may be disclosed
For the purposes of section 101(1) of the Act, information or
documents referred to in that subsection may be communicated or
produced to the following persons :
(a) an auditor carrying out an audit under Division 2 of Part 4 of
the Act;
(b) the Commissioner of Territory Revenue as defined in
section 3(1) of the Taxation Administration Act 2007 requiring
the information or documents for the purposes of that Act;
(c) a member or officer (however described) of a police force of
the Commonwealth or a State or Territory of the
Commonwealth acting in the course of that person's duties as
a member or officer;
(d) an employee, officer or member (however described) of an
authority, organisation or body that has powers and functions
under an Act of the Commonwealth or of a State or another
Territory of the Commonwealth or under a law in force in
another country corresponding to those of the Director under
the Act and that requires the information or documents for the
purposes of the exercise of those powers or the performance
of those functions.
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6 Exemption from application of Part 10 of Act
(1) The following persons are exempt from the application of Part 10 of
the Act:
(a) NT TAB Pty Ltd (ABN 32 092 655 831);
(b) UNiTAB Limited (ABN 84 085 691 738);
(c) Tattersall's Limited (ABN 19 108 686 040).
(2) Subregulation (1) applies only while UNiTAB Limited holds a
wagering licence under the Wagering Act 1998 (Qld).
7 Prescribed percentage under section 111(1) of Act
For the purposes of section 111(1) of the Act, the prescribed
percentage is 5%.
8 Promotion of responsible wagering
The Director may promote responsible wagering in any one or more
of the following ways:
(a) by making information about what totalisator wagering is
available for the public;
(b) by providing information to persons interested in wagering
about the odds available for the various bet types;
(c) by holding public meetings to provide information about and
discuss issues relating to wagering;
(d) by requesting the public to make comments and submissions
concerning wagering in any way considered appropriate by
the Director;
(e) by assisting community welfare organisations to counsel or
otherwise help problem gamblers;
(f) by encouraging problem gamblers to adopt the option of self-
exclusion from licensee's or agent's premises and to assist a
licensee or agent in excluding those persons from the
premises;
(g) by setting up or arranging courses and training in the
promotion of responsible wagering and by requiring licensees,
agents, operators and other persons employed by a licensee
or agent to attend the courses and training sessions;
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(h) by establishing standards, including standards designed to
ensure probity in the conduct of totalisator wagering and the
protection of persons who make bets, that a licensee or agent
must comply with when promoting wagering or offering
inducements to wager or otherwise conducting totalisator
wagering under the licensee's licence;
(j) by imposing a condition on a licensee's licence that the
licensee must comply with a standard referred to in
paragraph (h).
9 Licensee etc. may control conduct on premises
(1) If a person who is on a licensee's or agent's premises conducts
himself or herself in a manner that causes disturbance or
annoyance to or interferes with the comfort of other persons
present on the premises, the licensee or the licensee's operator or
the agent may:
(a) request the person to leave the premises; and
(b) if the person fails to leave the premises – with the assistance
that is necessary, remove the person from the premises.
(2) A person must not fail to comply with a request to leave premises
under subregulation (1)(a).
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
10 Prescribed commission
For section 31D(1) of the Act, the prescribed commission is 14.5%.
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Regulations (SL No. 27, 2000)
Notified 16 June 2000
Commenced 16 June 2000
Statute Law Revision Act 2002 (Act No. 18, 2002)
Assent date 7 June 2002
Commenced 7 June 2002
Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Amendment Regulations 2006 (SL No. 38, 2006)
Notified 8 November 2006
Commenced 8 November 2006
Revenue Law Reform (Budget Initiatives) Act 2008 (Act No. 23, 2008)
Assent date 30 June 2008
Commenced pt 1, ss 3, 12(1), 18 and 19: 1 January 2008; ss 7, 10
and 11(1): 6 May 2008; rem: 1 July 2008 (s 2)
Payroll Tax Act 2009 (Act No. 18, 2009)
Assent date 25 June 2009
Commenced 1 July 2009 (s 2)
Penalties Amendment (Justice and Treasury Legislation)Act 2010 (Act No. 38, 2010)
Assent date 18 November 2010
Commenced 1 February 2011 (Gaz S6, 1 February 2011)
Business Names (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2012 (Act No. 8,
2012)
Assent date 27 April 2012
Commenced pts 3 and 4: 28 May 2012 (Cth proclamation F2012L00891:
19 April 2012) ; rem: 27 April 2012 (s 2)
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Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Amendment Regulations 2013 (SL No. 12, 2013)
Notified 29 May 2013
Commenced 29 May 2013
Licensing (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 (Act No. 44, 2014)
Assent date 5 December 2014
Commenced 1 January 2015 (Gaz S130, 19 December 2014, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 2017 (Act No. 4, 2017)
Assent date 10 March 2017
Commenced 12 April 2017 (Gaz G15, 12 April 2017, p 3)
Licensing (Director-General) Repeal Act 2020 (Act No. 4, 2020)
Assent date 9 March 2020
Commenced 14 April 2020 (Gaz G13, 1 April 2020, p 2)
Racing and Wagering Act 2024 (Act No. 8, 2024)
Assent date 9 April 2024
Commenced 1 July 2024 (Gaz G13, 20 June 2024, p 1)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1 and 5.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 2 amd Act No. 18, 2009, s 115; Act No. 8, 2012, s 30
r 2A ins No. 12, 2013, r 3
r 4 amd Act No. 18, 2002, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 5 amd Act No. 23, 2008, s 21; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 6 sub No. 38, 2006, r 3
r 8 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 9 amd Act No. 38, 2010, s 3; Act No. 4, 2017, s 34
r 10 ins Act No. 8, 2024, s 344