Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

GAMBLING AND RACING CONTROL ACT 1999 - SECT 18

    (1)     A regulation may prescribe 1 or more codes of practice to apply to specified classes of people who are licensed or otherwise authorised to do things under a gaming law.

    (2)     A code of practice may include, but is not limited to, guidelines about the following:

        (a)     advertising, promotional practices and the offering of inducements;

        (b)     providing objective and accurate information about losing and winning;

        (c)     limiting facilities that make it easy for a gambler to spend more than the gambler originally intended, such as automatic teller machines, credit facilities and allowing people to pay by cheque or credit card;

        (d)     providing mechanisms to allow problem gamblers to exclude themselves using a licensee's facilities for gambling;

        (e)     training staff to recognise and deal appropriately with people who are problem gamblers or are at risk;

        (f)     developing methods of dealing with staff or clients who are problem gamblers or are at risk.

    (3)     The commission must, for each licence under a gaming law that permits the licensee to conduct gambling, develop and review a code of practice to apply to the licensees and make recommendations to the Minister for appropriate regulations.