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INTERACTIVE GAMBLING ACT 2001 - SECT 3

Simplified outline

                   The following is a simplified outline of this Act:

•       This Act regulates interactive gambling services by:

               (a)     prohibiting interactive gambling services from being provided to customers in Australia; and

             (aa)     prohibiting Australian‑based interactive gambling services from being provided to customers in designated countries; and

               (b)     establishing a complaints‑based system to deal with Internet gambling services where the relevant content ( prohibited Internet gambling content ) is available for access by customers in Australia.

•       A person may complain to the ACMA about prohibited Internet gambling content .

•       If prohibited Internet gambling content is hosted in Australia and the ACMA considers that the complaint should be referred to an Australian police force, the ACMA must refer the complaint to a member of an Australian police force.

•       If prohibited Internet gambling content is hosted outside Australia , the ACMA must:

               (a)     if the ACMA considers that the content should be referred to a law enforcement agency--notify the content to a member of an Australian police force; and

               (b)     notify the content to Internet service providers so that the providers can deal with the content in accordance with procedures specified in an industry code or industry standard (for example, procedures relating to the provision of regularly updated Internet content filtering software to subscribers).

•       Bodies and associations that represent Internet service providers may develop an industry code.

•       The ACMA has a reserve power to make an industry standard if there is no industry code or if an industry code is deficient.

•       This Act prohibits the advertising of interactive gambling services.



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