INTERACTIVE GAMBLING ACT 2001 NO. 84, 2001
Table of Provisions
PART 1--INTRODUCTION
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Simplified outline
- 4 Definitions
- 5 Interactive gambling services
- 6 Prohibited Internet gambling services
- 8 Australian-customer link
- 8A Excluded wagering service
- 8B Excluded gaming service
- 8C Designated broadcasting link and designated datacasting link
- 8D Excluded lottery service
- 9 Contracts exempt under the Corporations Law
- 9A Designated country
- 9B Designated country-customer link
- 10 Exempt services
- 11 Extended meaning of use
- 12 Crown to be bound
- 13 Extension to external Territories
- 14 Extra-territorial application
PART 2--OFFENCE OF PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE GAMBLING SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS IN AUSTRALIA
- 15 Offence of providing an interactive gambling service to customers in Australia
PART 2A--OFFENCE OF PROVIDING AN AUSTRALIAN-BASED INTERACTIVE GAMBLING SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS IN DESIGNATED COUNTRIES
- 15A Offence of providing an Australian-based interactive gambling service to customers in designated countries
PART 3--COMPLAINTS SYSTEM: PROHIBITED INTERNET GAMBLING CONTENT
Division 1--Making of complaints to the ABA
- 16 Complaints about prohibited Internet gambling content
- 17 Complaints about breaches of online provider rules etc.
- 18 Form of complaint
- 19 Residency etc. of complainant
Division 2--Investigations by the ABA
- 20 Investigation of complaints by the ABA
- 21 ABA may investigate matters on its own initiative
- 22 Conduct of investigations
- 23 Protection from civil proceedings
Division 3--Action to be taken in relation to a complaint about prohibited Internet gambling content hosted outside Australia
- 24 Action to be taken in relation to a complaint about prohibited Internet gambling content hosted outside Australia
- 25 Deferral of action in order to avoid prejudicing a criminal investigation
- 26 Anti-avoidancenotified Internet content
- 27 Anti-avoidancespecial access-prevention notice
- 28 Compliance with access-prevention notices
- 29 Notification of Internet content
- 30 Application of notifications under this Division
- 31 ABA may be taken to have issued access-prevention notices
PART 4--COMPLAINTS SYSTEM: INDUSTRY CODE AND INDUSTRY STANDARD
Division 1--Simplified outline
- 32 Simplified outline
Division 2--Interpretation
Division 3--General principles relating to industry code and industry standard
- 36 Statement of regulatory policy
- 37 Matters that must be dealt with by industry code and industry standard
Division 4--Industry code
- 38 Registration of industry code
- 39 ABA may request code
- 40 Publication of notice where no body or association represents Internet service providers
- 41 Replacement of industry code
- 42 Compliance with industry code
- 43 Formal warningsbreach of industry code
Division 5--Industry standard
- 44 ABA may determine an industry standard if a request for an industry code is not complied with
- 45 ABA may determine industry standard where no industry body or association formed
- 46 ABA may determine industry standardtotal failure of industry code
- 47 ABA may determine industry standardpartial failure of industry code
- 48 Compliance with industry standard
- 49 Formal warningsbreach of industry standard
- 50 Variation of industry standard
- 51 Revocation of industry standard
- 52 Public consultation on industry standard
Division 6--Industry code and industry standard to be included on a Register
- 53 Industry code and industry standard to be included on a Register
PART 5--COMPLAINTS SYSTEM: ONLINE PROVIDER RULES
- 54 Online provider rules
- 55 Compliance with online provider rules
- 56 Remedial directionsbreach of online provider rules
- 57 Continuing offences
- 58 Formal warningsbreach of online provider rules
- 59 Federal Court may order a person to cease supplying Internet carriage services
PART 6--COMPLAINTS SYSTEM: PROTECTION FROM CIVIL PROCEEDINGS
- 60 Protection from civil proceedings
PART 7--COMPLAINTS SYSTEM: REVIEW OF DECISIONS
- 61 Review of decisions
PART 7A--PROHIBITION OF ADVERTISING OF INTERACTIVE GAMBLING SERVICES
Division 1--Interpretation: definitions
- 61AA Definitions
Division 2--Interpretation: interactive gambling service advertisement
- 61BA Basic meaning of interactive gambling service advertisement
- 61BB Exceptionpolitical communication
- 61BC ExceptionInternet sites etc. and business documents
- 61BD Exceptionpremises of providers
- 61BE Exceptionsmanagement advertisements etc.
- 61BF Exceptionproducts or services having the same name as an interactive gambling service
- 61BG Exceptionanti-gambling advertisements
- 61BH Definition
Division 3--Interpretation: publication of interactive gambling service advertisement
- 61CA Basic meaning of publish an interactive gambling service advertisement
- 61CB Publish does not include broadcast or datacast
- 61CC Exceptiontrade communications
- 61CD Exceptionadvertisements in telephone directories
- 61CE Exceptionordinary activities of exempt libraries
- 61CF Exceptionacknowledgments of assistance or support
Division 4--Broadcasting or datacasting of interactive gambling service advertisements in Australia
- 61DA Interactive gambling service advertisements not to be broadcast or datacast in Australia
- 61DB Accidental or incidental broadcast or datacast permitted
- 61DC Broadcast or datacast of advertisements during flights of aircraft
Division 5--Publication of interactive gambling service advertisements in Australia
- 61EA Interactive gambling service advertisements not to be published in Australia
- 61EB Periodicals distributed outside Australiaacts of publication permitted
- 61EC Australian sporting and cultural events of international significanceacts of publication permitted
- 61ED Accidental or incidental publication permitted
- 61EE Publication by person not receiving any benefit permitted
- 61EF Publication of advertisements during flights of aircraft
- 61EG Defenceadvertising under existing contracts or arrangements
- 61EH Defencedisplay of signs before 1 July 2003
Division 6--Miscellaneous
- 61FA Failure to broadcast, datacast or publish advertisement not actionable if this Part would be contravened
- 61FB Applications for the purposes of section 61EC
- 61FC Review of decisions
- 61FD Additional conditions for licences under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992
- 61FE Reports to Parliament
PART 8--MISCELLANEOUS
- 62 Application of Criminal Code
- 63 Conduct by directors, employees and agents
- 64 Service of summons or process on foreign corporationscriminal proceedings
- 65 Service of notices
- 66 Application of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992
- 67 Additional ABA functionmonitoring compliance with codes and standards
- 68 Review before 1 July 2003
- 69 Operation of State and Territory laws
- 69A Regulations about unenforceability of agreements relating to illegal interactive gambling services
- 70 Regulations