TT-Line Gaming Amendment Act 2000
An Act to amend the TT-Line Gaming Act 1993
[Royal Assent 16 June 2000]
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
This Act may be cited as the TT-Line Gaming Amendment Act 2000 .
This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
In this Act, the TT-Line Gaming Act 1993 is referred to as the Principal Act.
4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by inserting "and, in respect of keno, whether the game is conducted in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1993 or this Act" after "otherwise" in the definition of gaming ;(b) by omitting the definition of gaming area and substituting the following definition:gaming area means an area on a ship within which, under a gaming licence, the following may take place:(a) a keno game;(b) other gaming and gaming operations;(c) by omitting "bet" from paragraph (b) of the definition of gaming machine and substituting "wager";(d) by inserting ", including a keno game" after "gaming" in paragraph (a) of the definition of gaming operations ;(e) by omitting the definition of keno and substituting the following definition:keno game means a game conducted in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1993 or this Act in which a person wagers –(a) that certain numbers selected by that person will be among a group of numbers randomly selected from a total pool of 80 numbers; or(b) on the outcome of the numbers randomly selected from a total pool of 80 numbers;(f) by omitting "conducted in a gaming area on that ship" from the definition of keno outstation .
5. Section 7 amended (Gaming on standard interstate ferry services)
Section 7(2)(b) of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by omitting from subparagraph (iii) "conducted in the permanent gaming area";(b) by omitting from subparagraph (iv) "that have been conducted in the permanent gaming area".
6. Section 8 amended (Gaming on special interstate ferry services and cruises)
Section 8(2)(b) of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by omitting from subparagraph (iii) "conducted in a gaming area";(b) by omitting from subparagraph (iv) "that have been conducted in a gaming area".
7. Section 9 amended (Legalization of onboard gaming, &c.)
Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by inserting in subsection (1) "or, in the case of a keno game conducted in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1993 , in accordance with that Act" after "this Act";(b) by inserting in subsection (2) "or, in the case of a keno game conducted in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1993 , in accordance with that Act" after "this Act";(c) by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:(3) The following are not public or private nuisances if they are conducted on a ship under a gaming licence:(a) a keno game that is conducted in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1993 or this Act;(b) other gaming operations.
8. Section 16 amended (Application of certain provisions of Gaming Control Act 1993 )
Section 16(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by omitting " sections 79 , 91 , 92 and 96 " and substituting " section 79(4) , (5) and (7) and sections 91 , 92 and 96 ";(b) by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (a) :(ab) a reference in section 79(2) and (3) of that Act to a licensed premises gaming operator were a reference to an operator under this Act; and(ac) a reference in section 79(6) of that Act to a gaming operator were a reference to an operator under this Act; and
[Second reading presentation speech made in:
House of Assembly on 24 MAY 2000
Legislative Council on 1 JUNE 2000]