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BILLIARDS AND BAGATELLE (REPEAL) ACT 1992 No. 37
NEW SOUTH WALES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Explanatory Note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament)
The object of this Bill is to repeal the Billiards and Bagatelle Act 1902 and to amend
the Gaming and Betting Act 1912 consequentially.
The Billiards and Bagatelle Act 1902 requires a person who keeps a billiard-table or
bagatelle-board for hire or profit to hold a licence under the Act. An application for a
licence may be made by the holder of a hotelier's licence or by any other person who
furnishes a certificate signed by "six respectable householders" residing in the
applicant's district.
The Act is to be repealed because its provisions are both outdated (one provision
prohibits an unmarried woman from holding such a licence) and inoperative (there have
been no applications for such a licence for many years).
Clause 1 specifies the short title of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 provides that the proposed Act is to commence on a day to be appointed
by proclamation.
Clause 3 repeals the Billiards and Bagatelle Act 1902.
Clause 4 amends the Gaming and Betting Act 1912 consequentially.