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TOTALIZATOR AMENDMENT BILL 2010





                            New South Wales




Totalizator Amendment Bill 2010


Contents

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              1    Name of Act                                        2
              2    Commencement                                       2
     Schedule 1    Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997 No 45            3
     Schedule 2    Amendment of other Acts                            6




b2010-098-04.d13
                             New South Wales




Totalizator Amendment Bill 2010
No     , 2010


A Bill for

An Act to amend the Totalizator Act 1997 to enable the approval of a betting activity
in respect of computer simulated horse racing, harness racing or greyhound racing
events; and for other purposes.
Clause 1      Totalizator Amendment Bill 2010




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:                                        1

 1    Name of Act                                                                 2

           This Act is the Totalizator Amendment Act 2010.                        3

 2    Commencement                                                                4

           This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.   5




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Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997 No 45                                Schedule 1




Schedule 1              Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997                                1
                        No 45                                                            2

[1]    Section 13 Licensee can be approved to conduct other betting activities           3

       Insert after section 13 (2) (b):                                                  4
                      (c) computer simulated horse racing, harness racing or             5
                            greyhound racing events.                                     6

[2]    Section 15AA                                                                      7

       Insert after section 15:                                                          8

      15AA   Only TAB Limited entitled to exclusive approval for betting activity        9
             involving computer simulated racing events                                 10

              (1)   TAB Limited is the only person entitled to be approved to           11
                    conduct a betting activity on computer simulated racing events      12
                    during the exclusive approval period.                               13

              (2)   An approval or authorisation (however described) must not be        14
                    granted under any other Act to permit the conduct of a betting      15
                    activity on computer simulated racing events during the             16
                    exclusive approval period.                                          17

              (3)   This section ceases to apply if the licence held by TAB Limited     18
                    is cancelled or otherwise ceases to have effect under this Act.     19

              (4)   No application under this Act is required for the purposes of an    20
                    approval given pursuant to this section.                            21

              (5)   In this section:                                                    22
                    computer simulated racing events means computer simulated           23
                    horse racing, harness racing or greyhound racing events.            24
                    exclusive approval period means the period that begins on the       25
                    commencement of this section and ends on 6 March 2097 (being        26
                    the end of the term of the licence held by TAB Limited).            27

[3]    Section 17A Trade Practices exemption                                            28

       Insert after section 17A (1) (e):                                                29
                      (f) the exclusive approval of the holder of a licence             30
                            conducting a betting activity on computer simulated horse   31
                            racing, harness racing or greyhound racing events as        32
                            referred to in section 15AA.                                33




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Schedule 1         Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997 No 45




[4]    Sections 117B and 117C                                                                1
       Insert after section 117A:                                                            2

      117B   Minister may direct changes to racing agreement                                 3

             (1)      The Minister may determine that specified changes to a racing          4
                      agreement are necessary or desirable for ensuring that the             5
                      agreement is in the best interests of racing in New South Wales.       6

             (2)      The Minister may notify the parties to the racing agreement            7
                      concerned of the determination and direct that the changes             8
                      specified in the determination are to have effect. Those changes       9
                      have effect for all purposes as if the agreement had been amended     10
                      by the agreement of the parties.                                      11

             (3)      This section does not limit or otherwise affect the ability of the    12
                      parties to a racing agreement to agree to make changes to the         13
                      agreement.                                                            14

             (4)      In this section, racing agreement means the following:                15
                       (a) the agreement titled "Racing Distribution Agreement"             16
                             dated 11 December 1997 between the NSW Totalizator             17
                             Agency Board, NSW Racing Pty Limited, the NSW                  18
                             Thoroughbred Racing Board, Harness Racing New South            19
                             Wales and the Greyhound Racing Authority (NSW), as in          20
                             force from time to time,                                       21
                      (b) the agreement titled "Intra-Code Deed" dated                      22
                             3 March 1998 between the NSW Thoroughbred Racing               23
                             Board, AJC, Sydney Turf Club, Provincial Association of        24
                             New South Wales and NSW Country Racing Council, as             25
                             in force from time to time.                                    26

             (5)      The Minister may not make a determination under this section          27
                      after 31 January 2011.                                                28

      117C   Compensation for loss of entitlement to revenue                                29

             (1)      If, as a consequence of any agreements or arrangements entered        30
                      into relating to the conduct of an approved betting activity or the   31
                      distribution of revenue derived from that activity, the Provincial    32
                      Association of New South Wales or Racing NSW Country                  33
                      Limited lose an entitlement to revenue derived from that activity,    34
                      Racing NSW is to compensate the body or bodies concerned for          35
                      that loss of revenue.                                                 36

             (2)      In this section:                                                      37
                      approved betting activity means a betting activity conducted by a     38
                      licensee on computer simulated horse racing, harness racing or        39




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Amendment of Totalizator Act 1997 No 45                            Schedule 1




                    greyhound racing events in accordance with an approval under   1
                    section 13.                                                    2

[5]   Schedule 2 Savings, transitional and other provisions                        3

      Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):                                           4
                    Totalizator Amendment Act 2010                                 5




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Schedule 2           Amendment of other Acts




Schedule 2                 Amendment of other Acts                                           1


2.1 Betting Tax Act 2001 No 43                                                               2

[1]   Section 10 Betting tax on approved betting activities                                  3

      Insert after section 10 (4):                                                           4

              (4A)      No betting tax is payable on net earnings in connection with the     5
                        first $255 million of the total amount of computer simulated         6
                        racing event bets placed with a totalizator licensee in any          7
                        financial year.                                                      8

              (4B)      Subsection (4A) ceases to have effect at the end of 30 June 2034.    9

[2]   Section 10 (5)                                                                        10

      Insert in alphabetical order:                                                         11
                    computer simulated racing event bet means a bet in respect of an        12
                    approved betting activity conducted on a computer simulated             13
                    horse racing, harness racing or greyhound racing event.                 14
                    financial year means a year ending on 30 June.                          15

2.2 Gaming Machines Act 2001 No 127                                                         16

      Schedule 1 Savings, transitional and other provisions                                 17

      Insert after Part 11:                                                                 18


      Part 12 Provision consequent on enactment of                                          19
              Totalizator Amendment Act 2010                                                20

         48    Existing multi-terminal gaming machine approval revoked                      21

                        The approval under this Act granted on 24 September 2002 in         22
                        respect of the multi-terminal gaming machine known as               23
                        "Trackside" is revoked.                                             24




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