Gambling and Racing Control Act 1999

The Executive may make regulations for this Act.

A regulation may prescribe offences for contraventions of a regulation and prescribe maximum penalties of not more than 30 penalty units for offences against a regulation.

Dictionary (see s 2)

Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.

Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1 defines the following terms:

 ACT

 administrative unit

 Australian statistician

 director‑general (see s 163)

 exercise

 found guilty

 function

 integrity commission

 Minister (see s 162)

 public servant

 under.

annual report means the report that the commission is required to prepare under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 2004.

authorisation, for electronic gaming, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see section 51.

authorisation certificate, for electronic gaming, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see section 51.

authorisation number, for electronic gaming, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see section 51.

authorisation schedule, for electronic gaming, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see section 51.

authorised officer means a person who is an authorised officer under section 20.

casino means the casino under the Casino Control Act 2006.

casino FATG terminal, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see the Casino (Electronic Gaming) Act 2017, dictionary.

casino gaming machine, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see the Casino (Electronic Gaming) Act 2017, dictionary.

chief executive officer means the chief executive officer of the commission.

club licensee means a licensee that is a club under the Gaming Machine Act 2004.

code of practice—see section 18.

commission means the ACT Gambling and Racing Commission established under section 5.

electronic gaming, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see section 51.

gaming means conducting or playing a game of chance, or of mixed chance and skill, in which money or any other valuable thing is offered as a prize or is staked or risked (by a participant or someone else) on an event or contingency.

gaming equipment means any electrical, electronic or mechanical device or any other thing (other than chips) used, or suitable for use, in connection with gaming.

gaming law—

in relation to the Territory—see section 4; and

in relation to the Commonwealth, a State, another Territory, or a foreign country, (the other jurisdiction)—means a law of the other jurisdiction that relates to gaming or racing.

gaming machine, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see section 51.

gaming officer—

for this Act generally—means any of the following:

a member of the governing board;

any other authorised officer;

anyone else engaged (whether as an officer or employee or otherwise) in the administration or enforcement of a gaming law; and

for division 4.4 (Secrecy)—see section 34.

general purpose, for a storage permit, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see the Gaming Machine Act 2004, dictionary.

governing board means the governing board of the commission.

inquiry means an inquiry conducted under part 5.

interim purpose, for a storage permit, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see the Gaming Machine Act 2004, dictionary.

licence, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see section 51.

maximum number, of authorisations, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see section 51.

racing means racing conducted for the purpose of betting.

reciprocating jurisdiction means a jurisdiction, being the Commonwealth, a State, another Territory or New Zealand, under a law of which an officer of the jurisdiction is authorised to give to the commission, for the purposes of the administration of a gaming law, information within the knowledge of the officer.

storage permit, for part 6B (Licences, authorisation certificates and authorisations—register and replacement copies)—see the Gaming Machine Act 2004, section 127L.

workplace rights training means training on rights and obligations under laws in force in the ACT that apply in relation to workers at premises of club licensees.

Examples—rights and obligations

 employment agreements

 minimum wages and employment conditions

 termination of employment agreements

 workplace safety