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Queensland
RACING LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
Queensland
RACING LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF RACING AND BETTING ACT 1980
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Amendment of title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6 Amendment of s 6 (Duty of commissioner to collect imposts and
make payments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7 Amendment of s 8 (Officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8 Amendment of s 11A (Functions of Queensland Principal Club) . . . . . . . . 9
9 Amendment of s 11B (Powers of Queensland Principal Club) . . . . . . . . . . 9
10 Amendment of s 14 (Finance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
11 Amendment of s 18 (Dissolution of race club) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
12 Replacement of s 24 (Time at which a race meeting is taken to
commence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
24 Time race meeting taken to commence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
13 Amendment of s 25 (Postponement of whole or part of race meeting) . . . . 10
14 Amendment of s 27 (Betting to continue at postponed or
abandoned meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
15 Amendment of s 28 (Phantom meeting may be held in certain
circumstances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
16 Amendment of s 52 (Functions, powers and duties of Harness
Racing Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
17 Amendment of s 54 (Finance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2
Racing Legislation Amendment
18 Amendment of s 58 (Dissolution of trotting club) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
19 Replacement of s 64 (Time at which a trotting meeting is
deemed to commence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
64 Time trotting meeting taken to commence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
20 Amendment of s 65 (Postponement of whole or part of a trotting
meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
21 Amendment of s 67 (Betting to continue at postponed or
abandoned meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
22 Amendment of s 68 (Phantom meeting may be held in certain
circumstances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
23 Amendment of s 93 (Functions, powers and duties of Greyhound
Authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
24 Amendment of s 95 (Finance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
25 Amendment of s 99 (Dissolution of greyhound club) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
26 Replacement of s 105 (Time at which a greyhound meeting is
deemed to commence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
105 Time greyhound meeting taken to commence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
27 Amendment of s 106 (Postponement of whole or part of a
greyhound meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
28 Amendment of s 108 (Betting to continue at postponed or
abandoned meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
29 Amendment of s 109 (Phantom meeting may be held in certain
circumstances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
30 Omission of pt 3, divs 3AA and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
31 Amendment of s 128 (Restrictions as to meetings on Anzac Day) . . . . . . . 17
32 Amendment of s 134 (Application of receipts and the like of club) . . . . . . 17
33 Omission of pt 5 heading (Regulation of totalisators) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
34 Omission of pt 5, div 1 heading (The Totalisator Administration
Board of Queensland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
35 Omission of s 175 (Constitution of Totalisator Administration
Board of Queensland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
36 Omission of ss 176212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
37 Amendment of s 213 (Application of this part and saving) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
38 Insertion of new s 222A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
222A Offences about totalisators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
39 Amendment of s 230 (Forgery and like offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3
Racing Legislation Amendment
40 Amendment of s 257 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
41 Insertion of division heading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Division 1--Principal clubs
42 Replacement of s 260 (References to Racing Industry Advisory
Committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Division 2--Racing Development Corporation
258 Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
259 Dissolution of the Racing Development Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
260 State is successor in law of corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
261 Corporation's assets and liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
262 Pending legal proceedings by or against corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
263 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
264 State's power to vary the lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
265 Effect of things done under this division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Division 3--Racing Development Fund
266 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
267 Abolition of fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
268 Approved payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Division 4--Racing Industry Coordinating Committee
269 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
270 Dissolution of committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
271 Allocated meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Division 5--Agreements
272 Agreements under s 195 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Division 6--Expiry
273 Expiry of divs 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
43 Omission of sch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF RACING VENUES
DEVELOPMENT ACT 1982
44 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
45 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
46 Amendment of s 4 (Trustees of land acquired by corporation) . . . . . . . . . . 25
47 Amendment of s 6 (Vacation of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4
Racing Legislation Amendment
48 Amendment of s 10 (Register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
49 Amendment of s 14 (Rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
50 Amendment of s 19 (Easements affecting land granted in trust) . . . . . . . . . 27
51 Amendment of s 20 (Power to lease) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
52 Amendment of s 22 (Corporation's approval to be endorsed on lease) . . . . 27
53 Amendment of s 23 (Dealing with leases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
54 Amendment of s 24 (Power to execute and register documents) . . . . . . . . 28
55 Amendment of s 25 (Cancellation of leases by corporation) . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
56 Amendment of s 26 (Revocation of appointment of trustees) . . . . . . . . . . . 29
57 Amendment of s 28 (Occupation or use contrary to trust) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
58 Amendment of s 29 (Mortgage of land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
59 Amendment of s 31 (Application of moneys received) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
60 Omission of s 33 (Tenders called prior to appointment of trustees) . . . . . . 31
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Racing and Betting Act 1980 and the Racing
Venues Development Act 1982
s1 6 s5
Racing Legislation Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Racing Legislation Amendment Act 1998. 4
5
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 6
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF RACING AND BETTING 7
P
ACT 1980 8
amended in pt 2 9
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Racing and Betting Act 1980. 10
of title 11
Amendment
Clause 4. Title, `totalisators,'-- 12
omit. 13
of s 5 (Interpretation) 14
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 5, heading-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Definitions'. 17
(2) Section 5, definition "investment", "net pool", "operating week", 18
"operator", "primary totalisator", "refund", "rules of the totalisator 19
s5 7 s5
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board", "surplus moneys", "tabanza totalisator", "totalisator", 1
"totalisator board", "totalisator pool", "transmit", "unit of 2
investment" and "unpaid moneys from sports totalisators"-- 3
omit. 4
(3) Section 5-- 5
insert-- 6
` "animal racing" means racing, trotting and greyhound racing. 7
"refund" means a bet made with a bookmaker and required to be refunded. 8
"related body corporate" see the Corporations Law, section 9.1 9
1 The Corporations Law, section 9, definition "related body corporate" and
section 50 read as follows--
` "related body corporate", in relation to a body corporate, means a body corporate
that is related to the first-mentioned body corporate by virtue of section 50.'.
`Related bodies corporate
50. Where a body corporate is:
(a) a holding company of another body corporate;
(b) a subsidiary of another body corporate;
(c) a subsidiary of a holding company of another body corporate;
the first-mentioned body and the other body are related to each other.'.
s5 8 s5
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"totalisator" see the Wagering Act 1998, section 8.2 1
"wagering" see the Wagering Act 1998, schedule 2.3 2
"wagering licensee" see the Wagering Act 1998, schedule 2.4'. 3
2 The Wagering Act 1998, section 8 reads as follows--
`Meaning of "totalisator"
8.(1) A "totalisator " is a system used--
(a) to enable persons to invest money on events or contingencies with a view
to successfully predicting specified outcomes of the events or
contingencies; and
(b) to enable the totalisator pool to be divided and distributed among the
persons who successfully predict the outcomes.
(2) A "totalisator" also includes an instrument, machine or device under which
the system mentioned in subsection (1) is operated.
(3) In subsection (1)(b), a reference to the totalisator pool is a reference to the
amount left from the investments after--
(a) making allowances for refunds of investments; and
(b) deducting any amount payable by way of commission for the conduct of
the totalisator.'.
3 The Wagering Act 1998, schedule 2, definition "wagering" reads as follows--
` "wagering" means--
(a) betting conducted by means of a totalisator; or
(b) betting conducted on a fixed odds basis; or
(c) other betting prescribed under a regulation'.
4 The Wagering Act 1998, schedule 2, definition "wagering licensee" reads as
follows--
` "wagering licensee" means a person who holds a wagering licence.'.
s6 9 s9
Racing Legislation Amendment
of s 6 (Duty of commissioner to collect imposts and make 1
Amendment
payments) 2
Clause 6. Section 6, `and all refunds, unpaid dividends, unpaid fractions and 3
surplus moneys'-- 4
omit. 5
of s 8 (Officers) 6
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 8(1), `an inspector of totalisators and'-- 7
omit. 8
of s 11A (Functions of Queensland Principal Club) 9
Amendment
Clause 8. Section 11A(1)(a)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(a) to encourage racing; and 12
(ab) to control, supervise and regulate racing; and'. 13
of s 11B (Powers of Queensland Principal Club) 14
Amendment
Clause 9.(1) Section 11B(2)-- 15
insert-- 16
`(wa)with the other control bodies, establish, take part in establishing, 17
or cause to be established, a corporation whose functions 18
include-- 19
(i) encouraging animal racing; and 20
(ii) coordinating meetings approved under this Act by the 21
various control bodies or their nominees; and 22
(iii) entering into arrangements with-- 23
(A) a wagering licensee about wagering or another activity 24
conducted by the licensee; or 25
(B) a related body corporate of a wagering licensee about an 26
activity conducted by the related body corporate; and'. 27
s 10 10 s 13
Racing Legislation Amendment
(2) Section 11B-- 1
insert-- 2
`(3) A direction under subsection (2)(r) may be about a race club-- 3
(a) establishing, or taking part in establishing, a corporation of a kind 4
mentioned in subsection (2)(wa); or 5
(b) taking part in an arrangement of a kind mentioned in 6
subsection (2)(wa)(iii).'. 7
of s 14 (Finance) 8
Amendment
Clause 10. Section 14(4)-- 9
omit. 10
of s 18 (Dissolution of race club) 11
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 18(5)(c)-- 12
omit. 13
of s 24 (Time at which a race meeting is taken to 14
Replacement
commence) 15
Clause 12. Section 24-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
race meeting taken to commence 18
`Time
`24. A race meeting is taken to commence at the time betting with 19
bookmakers commences under the direction or authority of the steward in 20
control of the meeting.'. 21
of s 25 (Postponement of whole or part of race meeting) 22
Amendment
Clause 13. Section 25(1), from `Racing Industry Coordinating Committee'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`Queensland Principal Club, or its nominee, approves.'. 25
s 14 11 s 16
Racing Legislation Amendment
of s 27 (Betting to continue at postponed or abandoned 1
Amendment
meeting) 2
Clause 14.(1) Section 27(1) and (2), `deemed'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`taken'. 5
(2) Section 27(1) and (2), `or investment on a totalisator'-- 6
omit. 7
(3) Section 27(2), `betting or investment'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`betting'. 10
of s 28 (Phantom meeting may be held in certain 11
Amendment
circumstances) 12
Clause 15.(1) Section 28(1)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`28.(1) Subsection (1A) applies if, before the start of a race meeting 15
allotted by the Queensland Principal Club or its nominee, a race club 16
postpones or abandons the race meeting. 17
`(1A) The race club may, with the approval of the Queensland Principal 18
Club or its nominee, hold a phantom meeting.'. 19
(2) Section 28(3), `and investment on a totalisator'-- 20
omit. 21
of s 52 (Functions, powers and duties of Harness Racing 22
Amendment
Board) 23
Clause 16.(1) Section 52(2)(a)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`(a) to encourage trotting; and 26
(ab) to control, supervise and regulate trotting; and'. 27
s 17 12 s 18
Racing Legislation Amendment
(2) Section 52(3)-- 1
insert-- 2
`(ya)with the other control bodies, establish, take part in establishing, 3
or cause to be established, a corporation whose functions 4
include-- 5
(i) encouraging animal racing; and 6
(ii) coordinating meetings approved under this Act by the 7
various control bodies or their nominees; and 8
(iii) entering into arrangements with-- 9
(A) a wagering licensee about wagering or another activity 10
conducted by the licensee; or 11
(B) a related body corporate of a wagering licensee about an 12
activity conducted by the related body corporate;'. 13
(3) Section 52-- 14
insert-- 15
`(3A) A direction under subsection (3)(t) may be about a trotting club-- 16
(a) establishing, or taking part in establishing, a corporation of a kind 17
mentioned in subsection (3)(ya); or 18
(b) taking part in an arrangement of a kind mentioned in 19
subsection (3)(ya)(iii).'. 20
of s 54 (Finance) 21
Amendment
Clause 17. Section 54(4)-- 22
omit. 23
of s 58 (Dissolution of trotting club) 24
Amendment
Clause 18. Section 58(5)(c)-- 25
omit. 26
s 19 13 s 21
Racing Legislation Amendment
of s 64 (Time at which a trotting meeting is deemed to 1
Replacement
commence) 2
Clause 19. Section 64-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
trotting meeting taken to commence 5
`Time
`64. A trotting meeting is taken to commence at the time betting with 6
bookmakers commences under the direction or authority of the steward in 7
control of the meeting.'. 8
of s 65 (Postponement of whole or part of a trotting 9
Amendment
meeting) 10
Clause 20. Section 65(1), from `Racing Industry Coordinating Committee'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Harness Racing Board, or its nominee, approves.'. 13
of s 67 (Betting to continue at postponed or abandoned 14
Amendment
meeting) 15
Clause 21.(1) Section 67(1) and (2), `deemed'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`taken'. 18
(2) Section 67(1) and (2), `or investment on a totalisator'-- 19
omit. 20
(3) Section 67(2), `betting or investment'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`betting'. 23
s 22 14 s 23
Racing Legislation Amendment
of s 68 (Phantom meeting may be held in certain 1
Amendment
circumstances) 2
Clause 22.(1) Section 68(1)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`68.(1) Subsection (1A) applies if, before the start of a trotting meeting 5
allotted by the Harness Racing Board or its nominee, a trotting club 6
postpones or abandons the trotting meeting. 7
`(1A) The trotting club may, with the approval of the Harness Racing 8
Board or its nominee, hold a phantom meeting.'. 9
(2) Section 68(3), `and investment on a totalisator'-- 10
omit. 11
of s 93 (Functions, powers and duties of Greyhound 12
Amendment
Authority) 13
Clause 23.(1) Section 93(2)(a)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(a) to encourage greyhound racing; and 16
(ab) to control, supervise and regulate greyhound racing; and'. 17
(2) Section 93(3)-- 18
insert-- 19
`(ya)with the other control bodies, establish, take part in establishing, 20
or cause to be established, a corporation whose functions 21
include-- 22
(i) encouraging animal racing; and 23
(ii) coordinating meetings approved under this Act by the 24
various control bodies or their nominees; and 25
(iii) entering into arrangements with-- 26
(A) a wagering licensee about wagering or another activity 27
conducted by the licensee; or 28
s 24 15 s 26
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(B) a related body corporate of a wagering licensee about an 1
activity conducted by the related body corporate;'. 2
(3) Section 93-- 3
insert-- 4
`(3A) A direction under subsection (3)(t) may be about a greyhound 5
club-- 6
(a) establishing, or taking part in establishing, a corporation of a kind 7
mentioned in subsection (3)(ya); or 8
(b) taking part in an arrangement of a kind mentioned in 9
subsection (2)(ya)(iii).'. 10
of s 95 (Finance) 11
Amendment
Clause 24. Section 95(4)-- 12
omit. 13
of s 99 (Dissolution of greyhound club) 14
Amendment
Clause 25. Section 99(5)(c)-- 15
omit. 16
of s 105 (Time at which a greyhound meeting is deemed 17
Replacement
to commence) 18
Clause 26. Section 105-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
greyhound meeting taken to commence 21
`Time
`105. A greyhound meeting is taken to commence at the time betting 22
with bookmakers commences under the direction or authority of the 23
steward in control of the meeting.'. 24
s 27 16 s 29
Racing Legislation Amendment
of s 106 (Postponement of whole or part of a greyhound 1
Amendment
meeting) 2
Clause 27. Section 106(1), from `Racing Industry Coordinating Committee'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Greyhound Authority, or its nominee, approves.'. 5
of s 108 (Betting to continue at postponed or abandoned 6
Amendment
meeting) 7
Clause 28.(1) Section 108(1) and (2), `deemed'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`taken'. 10
(2) Section 108(1) and (2), `or investment on a totalisator'-- 11
omit. 12
(3) Section 108(2), `betting or investment'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`betting'. 15
of s 109 (Phantom meeting may be held in certain 16
Amendment
circumstances) 17
Clause 29.(1) Section 109(1)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`109.(1) Subsection (1A) applies if, before the start of a greyhound 20
meeting allotted by the Greyhound Authority or its nominee, a greyhound 21
club postpones or abandons the greyhound meeting. 22
`(1A) The greyhound club may, with the approval of the Greyhound 23
Authority or its nominee, hold a phantom meeting.'. 24
(2) Section 109(3), `and investment on a totalisator'-- 25
omit. 26
s 30 17 s 34
Racing Legislation Amendment
of pt 3, divs 3AA and 4 1
Omission
Clause 30. Part 3, divisions 3AA and 4-- 2
omit. 3
of s 128 (Restrictions as to meetings on Anzac Day) 4
Amendment
Clause 31. Section 128(2), `or investment on a totalisator'-- 5
omit. 6
of s 134 (Application of receipts and the like of club) 7
Amendment
Clause 32. Section 134(2)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(2) A club must apply its receipts and profits-- 10
(a) for a race club--for encouraging racing in Queensland; and 11
(b) for a trotting club--for encouraging trotting in Queensland; and 12
(c) for a greyhound club--for encouraging greyhound racing in 13
Queensland; and 14
(d) with the approval of the Minister--for a charitable, benevolent, 15
patriotic or special purpose.'. 16
of pt 5 heading (Regulation of totalisators) 17
Omission
Clause 33. Part 5, heading-- 18
omit. 19
of pt 5, div 1 heading (The Totalisator Administration 20
Omission
Board of Queensland) 21
Clause 34. Part 5, division 1, heading-- 22
omit. 23
s 35 18 s 38
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of s 175 (Constitution of Totalisator Administration Board 1
Omission
of Queensland) 2
Clause 35. Section 175-- 3
omit. 4
of ss 176212 5
Omission
Clause 36. Sections 176 to 212-- 6
omit. 7
of s 213 (Application of this part and saving) 8
Amendment
Clause 37.(1) Section 213(1)(a)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(a) wagering lawfully conducted under the Wagering Act 1998; or' 11
(2) Section 213(2)-- 12
insert-- 13
`(ea)the Wagering Act 1998; or'. 14
of new s 222A 15
Insertion
Clause 38. Part 6, after section 222-- 16
insert-- 17
about totalisators 18
`Offences
`222A. A person must not-- 19
(a) operate, or take part in operating, a totalisator other than under the 20
Wagering Act 1998; or 21
(b) bet on a totalisator other than under the Wagering Act 1998; or 22
(c) ask to be another person's agent for betting on a totalisator; or 23
(d) act as agent of another person (the "second person") for betting 24
on a totalisator if that person and the second person agree, 25
expressly or impliedly, that the person acting as agent will receive 26
s 39 19 s 40
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consideration from the second person. 1
Maximum penalty--80 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.' 2
of s 230 (Forgery and like offences) 3
Amendment
Clause 39.(1) Section 230(1)(a) and (b), `or totalisator ticket'-- 4
omit. 5
(2) Section 230(1)(d)-- 6
omit. 7
(3) Section 230(1)(e), `, (c) or (d)'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`or (c)'. 10
of s 257 (Regulations) 11
Amendment
Clause 40.(1) Section 257(2)(a), `inspectors of totalisators,'-- 12
omit. 13
(2) Section 257(2)(c) to (i) and (m)-- 14
omit. 15
(3) Section 257(2)(p)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(p) the regulation and control of the conveyance or communication 18
by any means of information concerning the betting, or betting 19
odds, on any event or contingency relating to a race; and'. 20
(4) Section 257(2)(w)-- 21
omit. 22
(5) Section 257(3)-- 23
omit. 24
s 41 20 s 42
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of division heading 1
Insertion
Clause 41. Before section 257A-- 2
insert-- 3
1--Principal clubs'. 4
`Division
of s 260 (References to Racing Industry Advisory 5
Replacement
Committee) 6
Clause 42. Section 260-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
2--Racing Development Corporation 9
`Division
10
`Definition
`258. In this division-- 11
"corporation" means the Racing Development Corporation established 12
under this Act as in force from time to time before the commencement 13
of the Racing Legislation Amendment Act 1998, section 30. 14
"lease" means the lease, the term of which started on 4 January 1994, 15
granted by the corporation to the lessee under the repealed Willows 16
Sports Complex Act 1993 over property described as lot 2 on 17
RP 740697, and situated in the county of Elphinstone, parish of 18
Coonambelah. 19
"lessee" means the Willow Sports Complex Joint Board. 20
of the Racing Development Corporation 21
`Dissolution
`259. The corporation is dissolved. 22
is successor in law of corporation 23
`State
`260.(1) The State is the successor in law of the corporation. 24
`(2) The following provisions of this division do not limit subsection (1). 25
s 42 21 s 42
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assets and liabilities 1
`Corporation's
`261.(1) The corporation's assets become the State's assets. 2
`(2) The corporation's liabilities are assumed by the State. 3
`(3) In this section-- 4
"assets" of the corporation include the corporation's interest in the lease. 5
legal proceedings by or against corporation 6
`Pending
`262. A legal proceeding by or against the corporation that is not finalised 7
before the commencement of this section may be continued or finished by 8
or against the State. 9
nstruments 10
`I
`263.(1) This section applies to an instrument (including a statutory 11
instrument) in existence immediately before the commencement of this 12
division. 13
`(2) An instrument applying to the corporation is to apply to the State in 14
place of the corporation. 15
`(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the following provisions apply-- 16
(a) an instrument to which, immediately before the commencement 17
of this division, the corporation is a party is taken to be an 18
instrument to which the State is a party; 19
(b) an instrument given to, by or in favour of the corporation is taken 20
to be an instrument given to, by or in favour of the State; 21
(c) an instrument in which a reference is made to the corporation 22
(including, for example, an instrument to which the corporation is 23
a party) is taken to be an instrument in which the reference is 24
made to the State; 25
(d) an instrument under which money is or may become payable, or 26
other property is to be, or may become liable to be, transferred, 27
conveyed or assigned to or by the corporation is taken to be an 28
instrument under which the money is or may become payable, or 29
s 42 22 s 42
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other property is to be, or may become liable to be transferred, 1
conveyed or assigned to or by the State. 2
power to vary the lease 3
`State's
`264.(1) This section applies to the lease. 4
`(2) After the commencement of this division the State may, if asked by 5
the lessee, vary the term of the lease to not more than 50 years. 6
`(3) A request by the lessee under subsection (2) must be made to the 7
Minister. 8
`(4) The State's power under subsection (2) must be exercised by the 9
Minister on the State's behalf. 10
of things done under this division 11
`Effect
`265.(1) Nothing done under this division-- 12
(a) places the corporation or the State in breach of a contract or 13
confidence or otherwise makes it guilty of a civil wrong; or 14
(b) makes the corporation or the State in breach of any instrument, 15
including an instrument prohibiting, restricting or regulating the 16
assignment or transfer of any right or liability or the disclosure of 17
any information; or 18
(c) is taken to fulfil a condition-- 19
(i) that allows a person to terminate an instrument or obligation 20
or modify the operation or effect of an instrument or 21
obligation; or 22
(ii) that requires any money to be paid before its stated maturity; 23
or 24
(d) releases a surety or other obligee (in whole or in part) from an 25
obligation. 26
`(2) If the advice or consent of a person would be necessary under an 27
instrument to give effect to this division, the advice is taken to have been 28
obtained or the consent is taken to have been given. 29
s 42 23 s 42
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`Division 3--Racing Development Fund 1
2
`Definitions
`266. In this division-- 3
"fund" means the Racing Development Fund established under this Act as 4
in force from time to time before the commencement of the Racing 5
Legislation Amendment Act 1998, section 30. 6
of fund 7
`Abolition
`267. The fund is abolished. 8
payments 9
`Approved
`268.(1) This section sets out how the amount standing to credit in the 10
fund immediately before the commencement of section 267 is to be dealt 11
with. 12
`(2) Subsection (3) applies if, before the commencement of 13
section 267-- 14
(a) the Governor in Council approved advances payable, but not paid, 15
out of the fund; or 16
(b) costs and expenses of administering this Act were incurred and 17
payable, but not paid, out of the fund. 18
`(3) The State must pay out of the amount-- 19
(a) the approved advances; and 20
(b) the costs and expenses. 21
`(4) The balance must be paid as provided under a regulation. 22
4--Racing Industry Coordinating Committee 23
`Division
24
`Definitions
`269. In this division-- 25
s 42 24 s 42
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"committee" means the Racing Industry Coordinating Committee 1
established under this Act as in force from time to time before the 2
commencement of the Racing Legislation Amendment Act 1998, 3
section 30. 4
of committee 5
`Dissolution
`270. The committee is dissolved and the members of the committee go 6
out of office. 7
meetings 8
`Allocated
`271.(1) This section applies if, before the commencement of this 9
division, the committee has allotted the days and times when, the places 10
where, and the conditions on which, a club may hold meetings. 11
`(2) A meeting allotted by the committee-- 12
(a) if a race meeting--is taken to have been allotted by the 13
Queensland Principal Club or its nominee; 14
(b) if a trotting meeting--is take to have been allotted by the Harness 15
Racing Board or its nominee; and 16
(c) if a greyhound meeting--is taken to have been allotted by the 17
Greyhound Authority or its nominee. 18
`Division 5--Agreements 19
under s 195 20
`Agreements
`272. A contractual relationship approved by the Minister under 21
section 195 of this Act before the commencement of this section is not 22
affected merely because of the commencement of the Racing Legislation 23
Amendment Act 1998. 24
s 43 25 s 46
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`Division 6--Expiry 1
of divs 26 2
`Expiry
`273. Divisions 2 to 5 and this division expire 2 years after this division 3
commences.'. 4
of sch 2 5
Omission
Clause 43. Schedule 2-- 6
omit. 7
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF RACING VENUES 8
P
DEVELOPMENT ACT 1982 9
amended in pt 3 10
Act
Clause 44. This part amends the Racing Venues Development Act 1982. 11
of s 3 (Definitions) 12
Amendment
Clause 45. Section 3, definitions "corporation" and "fund"-- 13
omit. 14
of s 4 (Trustees of land acquired by corporation) 15
Amendment
Clause 46.(1) Section 4, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Appointment of trustees'. 18
(2) Section 4(1)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`4.(1) This section applies to land held by the State. 21
s 47 26 s 48
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`(1A) This section is subject to another Act providing for the purpose for 1
which land may be used. 2
`(1B) The Governor in Council may appoint trustees to control land for 3
establishing, extending or developing the land as a racing venue, or for 4
another purpose connected with racing decided by the Governor in 5
Council.'. 6
of s 6 (Vacation of office) 7
Amendment
Clause 47. Section 6(c), `corporation'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Minister'. 10
of s 10 (Register) 11
Amendment
Clause 48.(1) Section 10(1), `corporation'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`chief executive'. 14
(2) Section 10(4), `corporation'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`department at Brisbane'. 17
(3) Section 10(6)(a), `the corporation or'-- 18
omit. 19
(4) Section 10(6)(a), `corporation in that behalf,'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`chief executive for the purpose'. 22
(5) Section 10(6)(b), `the corporation or'-- 23
omit. 24
(6) Section 10(6)(b), `corporation in that behalf'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`chief executive for the purpose'. 27
s 49 27 s 52
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of s 14 (Rules) 1
Amendment
Clause 49. Section 14(2)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(2) A rule made by trustees must be signed by them.'. 4
of s 19 (Easements affecting land granted in trust) 5
Amendment
Clause 50. Section 19, `corporation'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Minister'. 8
of s 20 (Power to lease) 9
Amendment
Clause 51.(1) Section 20(1), from `the approval'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`first obtaining the written approval of the Minister.'. 12
(2) Section 20(2), `corporation'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Minister'. 15
(3) Section 20(4), from `The corporation' to `lease is'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`The Minister may refuse to approve the application or, if the Minister is 18
satisfied that the proposed lease is'. 19
(4) Section 20(4), `it'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`the Minister'. 22
of s 22 (Corporation's approval to be endorsed on lease) 23
Amendment
Clause 52.(1) Section 22, heading-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
s 53 28 s 54
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`Minister's approval to be endorsed on lease'. 1
(2) Section 22(1), `corporation'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Minister'. 4
(3) Section 22(1), `its'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`the Minister's'. 7
(4) Section 22(1A), `corporation'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Minister'. 10
(5) Section 22(2), `corporation's'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Minister's'. 13
of s 23 (Dealing with leases) 14
Amendment
Clause 53.(1) Section 23(1) and (1A), `corporation'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Minister'. 17
(2) Section 23(2), `corporation's'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`Minister's'. 20
of s 24 (Power to execute and register documents) 21
Amendment
Clause 54.(1) Section 24(1), `corporation'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`State'. 24
s 55 29 s 58
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(2) Section 24(2), `by the corporation'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`for and on behalf of the State'. 3
of s 25 (Cancellation of leases by corporation) 4
Amendment
Clause 55.(1) Section 25, heading-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Cancellation of leases by Minister'. 7
(2) Section 25(1), (2) and (4), `corporation'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Minister'. 10
of s 26 (Revocation of appointment of trustees) 11
Amendment
Clause 56. Section 26(4)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(4) The improvements constructed on the land by the lessee, become the 14
property of the State unless the Minister permits their removal.'. 15
of s 28 (Occupation or use contrary to trust) 16
Amendment
Clause 57. Section 28(b), `corporation'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Minister'. 19
of s 29 (Mortgage of land) 20
Amendment
Clause 58.(1) Section 29(1), `section 4(1)'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`section 4(1A)'. 23
s 58 30 s 58
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(2) Section 29(2), `corporation'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Minister'. 3
(3) Section 29(3), `corporation'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`State'. 6
(4) Section 29(4), `corporation'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Minister'. 9
(5) Section 29(5)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(5) The Minister may consent in writing to the sale if the mortgagee 12
gives the State security, or an undertaking, for the money owing to the 13
State. 14
`(5A) The security or undertaking under subsection (5) must be 15
satisfactory to the Minister.'. 16
(6) Section 29(6), `corporation'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Minister'. 19
(7) Section 29(8)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(8) If land is sold under this section, the mortgagee must-- 22
(a) give to the Minister a declaration setting out-- 23
(i) the gross amount received from the sale; and 24
(ii) the amount of the debt under the mortgage on the date of the 25
sale; and 26
(iii) details of the expenses of the sale; and 27
(iv) the amount calculated by deducting from the gross amount 28
received from the sale-- 29
s 59 31 s 60
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(A) any amount paid to the State under subsection (3); and 1
(B) the amount mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii); and 2
(C) the expenses of the sale; and 3
(b) pay to the State-- 4
(i) any amount mentioned in paragraph (a)(iv); or 5
(ii) if the mortgagee has given the State security or an 6
undertaking under subsection (5)--the amount by which the 7
value of the security or undertaking exceeds the amount 8
mentioned in paragraph (a)(iv).'. 9
(8) Section 29(9), `corporation'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`Minister'. 12
(9) Section 29(10)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(10) All money received by the person appointed under subsection (9) 15
must be paid to the State.'. 16
of s 31 (Application of moneys received) 17
Amendment
Clause 59. Section 31(2), `fund'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`State'. 20
of s 33 (Tenders called prior to appointment of trustees) 21
Omission
Clause 60. Section 33-- 22
omit. 23
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