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Totalizator Act 1997
80ATotalizator advertisements during sporting fixtures
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#### 80A Totalizator advertisements during sporting fixtures
80A Totalizator advertisements during sporting fixtures
> > (1) This section applies to a sporting fixture that is, or is part of, a sporting event for which there is a sports controlling body.
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> > (2) A person must not publish any totalizator advertisement in relation to a sporting fixture during the sporting fixture including during any breaks in the sporting fixture.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) for an individual—50 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) for a corporation—500 penalty units.
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> > (3) This section does not apply to an extended sporting fixture unless the Minister has published a notice in the Gazette that provides that this section is to apply to that fixture. The Minister may publish a notice if the Minister considers it to be in the public interest.
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> > (4) This section does not apply to the following advertisements—
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> > > (a) an advertisement to the extent that it is published on the internet,
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> > > (b) an advertisement to the extent that it is published in gambling premises.
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> > (5) For the avoidance of doubt, an advertisement that is in place before a sporting fixture commences (such as an advertisement on a billboard) is taken, for the purposes of this section, not to be published during the sporting fixture.
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> > (6) In this section—
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> > extended sporting fixture means—
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> > > (a) a sporting fixture that is scheduled to take place over a period exceeding 4 hours, or
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> > > (b) a sporting fixture that takes place on multiple days.
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> > gambling premises means a hotel, racing club or registered club within the meaning of the [Liquor Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-090) or premises operated by a licensee (or an agent of a licensee) for the purposes of the conduct of a totalizator.
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> > sporting event has the same meaning as in section 17A of the [Betting and Racing Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-114).
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> > sporting fixture means a single match, game, contest, race (but not a race within the meaning of the [Betting and Racing Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-114)) or fight, whether taking place on a single day or multiple days.
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> > sports controlling body for a sporting event means the sports controlling body prescribed for the sporting event under section 17B of the [Betting and Racing Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-114).
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> **s 80A:** Ins 2018 No 7, Sch 1.14 \[6\].