TOTALISATOR LICENSING AND REGULATION REGULATIONS 2000

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 -- 1 of 9 -- -- 2 of 9 -- 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; -- 3 of 9 -- Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Regulations 2000 2 (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; -- 4 of 9 -- Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Regulations 2000 3 (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. -- 5 of 9 -- Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Regulations 2000 4 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; -- 6 of 9 -- Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Regulations 2000 5 (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%. -- 7 of 9 -- ENDNOTES Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Regulations 2000 6 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) -- 8 of 9 -- ENDNOTES Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Regulations 2000 7 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 -- 9 of 9 --