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INTERACTIVE GAMBLING ACT 2001 - SECT 61GB Definitions

INTERACTIVE GAMBLING ACT 2001 - SECT 61GB

Definitions

    In this Part:

"account" includes:

  (a)   a pre - paid account; and

  (b)   a credit account; and

  (c)   anything that may reasonably be regarded as the equivalent of an account.

It is immaterial whether an account has a nil balance.

"applicable identification procedure" has the meaning ascertained in accordance with the Register rules.

"archived records consent" has the meaning given by subsection   61JL(2).

"benefit" includes any advantage and is not limited to property.

"contracted service provider" :

  (a)   in relation to a licensed interactive wagering service provider--means a person who performs services for or on behalf of the provider, but does not include a person who performs such services in the capacity of an employee of the provider; or

  (b)   in relation to the Register operator--means a person who performs services for or on behalf of the Register operator, but does not include a person who performs such services in the capacity of an employee of the Register operator.

"electronic message" has the meaning given by section   61GE.

"gambling-related lobbying" means lobbying any one or more of the following:

  (a)   a government;

  (b)   a department, agency or authority of a government;

  (c)   a public official;

  (d)   a member of a legislative body;

  (e)   a political party;

  (f)   a candidate in an election;

in relation to:

  (g)   gambling services; or

  (h)   one or more kinds of gambling services; or

  (i)   one or more particular gambling services.

"general practitioner" has the same meaning as in the Health Insurance Act 1973 .

"late payment penalty" has the meaning given by subsection   61PB(2).

"levy" means levy imposed by the National Self - exclusion Register (Cost Recovery Levy) Act 2019 .

"licensed interactive wagering service" means a regulated interactive gambling service that:

  (a)   is a wagering service (see section   4); and

  (b)   has an Australian - customer link (see section   8); and

  (c)   is not provided in contravention of subsection   15AA(3).

"licensed interactive wagering service account" means an account that:

  (a)   an individual has with a licensed interactive wagering service provider; and

  (b)   relates exclusively to the provision, or prospective provision, of one or more licensed interactive wagering services to the individual.

"licensed interactive wagering service provider" means a person who provides a licensed interactive wagering service.

"listed support service" means a support service specified in the Register rules.

"lobby" includes:

  (a)   communicate, in any way, with a person or a group of persons for the purpose of influencing any process, decision or outcome; and

  (b)   represent the interests of a person, in any process.

"make" includes attempt to make.

"message" means information:

  (a)   whether in the form of text; or

  (b)   whether in the form of data; or

  (c)   whether in the form of speech, music or other sounds; or

  (d)   whether in the form of visual images (animated or otherwise); or

  (e)   whether in any other form; or

  (f)   whether in any combination of forms.

"name" , in relation to an individual, means:

  (a)   the individual's full name; or

  (b)   the name by which the individual is commonly known.

"National Self-exclusion Register" means the register kept under section   61HA.

"nominated support person" , in relation to a registered individual, means an individual identified in the National Self - exclusion Register as a nominated support person of the registered individual.

"ownership interest" , in relation to a body corporate:

  (a)   means an interest in the body corporate as a shareholder in the body corporate; and

  (b)   includes such an interest held indirectly through one or more interposed companies, partnerships or trusts.

"proclaimed start day" has the meaning given by section   61GC.

"protected information" has the meaning given by section   61NA.

"public official" includes a person who holds, or performs the duties of, a ministerial office.

"qualified counsellor" means an individual who is a member of:

  (a)   the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia; or

  (b)   the Australian Counselling Association.

"qualified psychologist" means an individual who is registered as a psychologist under:

  (a)   for a State or Territory other than Western Australia--the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law set out in the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 of Queensland, as it applies (with or without modification) as a law of the State or Territory; or

  (b)   for Western Australia--the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 of Western Australia, so far as that Act corresponds to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law set out in the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 of Queensland.

"recognised third-party" identification procedure has the meaning given by the Register rules.

"registered individual" means an individual registered in the National Self - exclusion Register under this Part.

"Register operator" means the body corporate who keeps the National Self - exclusion Register as mentioned in subsection   61HA(1).

"Register rules" means rules made under section   61QH.

"regulated direct marketing material" has the meaning given by section   61GH.

"regulated electronic message" has the meaning given by section   61GF.

"regulated telemarketing call" has the meaning given by section   61GG.

"resolved" , in relation to an outstanding or pending bet, has the meaning given by section   61GD.

"send" includes attempt to send.

"State/Territory wagering licensing or regulatory body" means:

  (a)   a body that is responsible for issuing or granting licences (however described) under a law of a State or Territory that authorises the provision of a particular kind of licensed interactive wagering service in the State or Territory; or

  (b)   a body that is responsible for regulating persons who hold licences covered by paragraph   (a).

"support service" includes a counselling service.

"voice call" means:

  (a)   a voice call within the ordinary meaning of that expression; or

  (b)   a call that involves a recorded or synthetic voice; or

  (c)   if a call covered by paragraph   (a) or (b) is not practical for a particular individual with a disability (for example, because the individual has a hearing impairment)--a call that is equivalent to a call covered by either of those paragraphs.