Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00070
Timestamp: 2019-11-22 08:29:49
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Details: C2019C00070
- C2019C00070
Act No. 84 of 2001 as amended, taking into account amendments up to Interactive Gambling Amendment (Lottery Betting) Act 2018
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Lottery Betting) Act 2018 - C2018A00073
Registered 22 Jan 2019
C2019C00070
11A Credit
Part 2B—Credit not to be provided to customers of certain interactive wagering services
Compilation date: 9 January 2019
Includes amendments up to: Act No. 73, 2018
Registered: 22 January 2019
This is a compilation of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 9 January 2019 (the compilation date).
5............ Prohibited interactive gambling services............................................. 8
8AA...... Telephone betting service.................................................................... 9
8A......... Excluded wagering service................................................................ 11
8B......... Excluded gaming service................................................................... 12
8BA...... Place‑based betting service................................................................ 13
8BB....... Trade promotion gambling service.................................................... 14
8C......... Designated broadcasting link and designated datacasting link........... 14
8D......... Excluded lottery service.................................................................... 15
8E.......... Regulated interactive gambling service.............................................. 16
8F.......... Prohibited internet gambling content................................................. 17
9A......... Designated country........................................................................... 17
9B......... Designated country‑customer link..................................................... 18
10.......... Exempt services................................................................................ 18
10A....... Sporting event................................................................................... 19
10B....... In‑play betting service....................................................................... 19
11.......... Extended meaning of use.................................................................. 20
11A....... Credit................................................................................................ 20
12.......... Crown to be bound........................................................................... 20
13.......... Extension to external Territories........................................................ 20
14.......... Extra‑territorial application................................................................ 21
Part 2—Designated interactive gambling services not to be provided to customers in Australia 22
15.......... Prohibited interactive gambling services not to be provided to customers in Australia 22
15AA.... Unlicensed regulated interactive gambling services not to be provided to customers in Australia 23
Part 2A—Australian‑based prohibited interactive gambling services not to be provided to customers in designated countries 26
15A....... Australian‑based prohibited interactive gambling services not to be provided to customers in designated countries.......................................................................................................... 26
Part 2B—Credit not to be provided to customers of certain interactive wagering services 29
15B....... Simplified outline of this Part............................................................ 29
15C....... Credit not to be provided to customers of certain interactive wagering services 29
15D....... Exception—provider’s annual wagering turnover less than $30 million 31
15E........ Exception—customer is a gambling service provider........................ 33
15F........ Acquisition of property..................................................................... 34
15G....... Review of operation of this Part........................................................ 34
Part 3—Complaints system: gambling services etc. 35
Division 1—Making of complaints to the ACMA 35
16.......... Complaints in relation to gambling services etc................................. 35
17.......... Complaints about breaches of online provider rules etc.................... 35
18.......... Form of complaint............................................................................. 35
19.......... Residency etc. of complainant........................................................... 35
Division 2—Investigations by the ACMA 37
21.......... ACMA may investigate matters........................................................ 37
22.......... Conduct of investigations.................................................................. 38
23.......... Protection from civil proceedings...................................................... 38
Division 3—Action to be taken in relation to prohibited internet gambling content 39
24.......... Action to be taken in relation to prohibited internet gambling content 39
25.......... Deferral of action in order to avoid prejudicing a criminal investigation.. 40
26.......... Anti‑avoidance—notified internet content......................................... 40
29.......... Notification of internet content.......................................................... 41
Part 4—Complaints system: industry code and industry standard 42
Division 1—Simplified outline 42
32.......... Simplified outline.............................................................................. 42
Division 2—Interpretation 43
33.......... Industry code.................................................................................... 43
34.......... Industry standard.............................................................................. 43
35.......... Designated internet gambling matters................................................ 43
Division 3—General principles relating to industry code and industry standard 44
36.......... Statement of regulatory policy........................................................... 44
37.......... Matters that must be dealt with by industry code and industry standard.. 44
Division 4—Industry code 47
38.......... Registration of industry code............................................................ 47
39.......... ACMA may request code................................................................. 48
40.......... Publication of notice where no body or association represents internet service providers 49
41.......... Replacement of industry code........................................................... 49
42.......... Compliance with industry code......................................................... 49
43.......... Formal warnings—breach of industry code...................................... 50
Division 5—Industry standard 51
44.......... ACMA may determine an industry standard if a request for an industry code is not complied with 51
45.......... ACMA may determine industry standard where no industry body or association formed 51
46.......... ACMA may determine industry standard—total failure of industry code 52
47.......... ACMA may determine industry standard—partial failure of industry code 53
48.......... Compliance with industry standard................................................... 55
49.......... Formal warnings—breach of industry standard................................ 55
50.......... Variation of industry standard........................................................... 55
51.......... Revocation of industry standard........................................................ 55
Division 6—Industry code and industry standard to be included on a Register 56
53.......... Industry code and industry standard to be included on a Register..... 56
Part 5—Complaints system: online provider rules 57
54.......... Online provider rules........................................................................ 57
55.......... Compliance with online provider rules.............................................. 57
56.......... Remedial directions—breach of online provider rules....................... 57
57.......... Continuing offences.......................................................................... 58
57A....... Continuing contravention of civil penalty provisions........................ 58
58.......... Formal warnings—breach of online provider rules........................... 59
59.......... Federal Court may order a person to cease supplying internet carriage services 59
Part 6—Complaints system: protection from civil proceedings 60
60.......... Protection from civil proceedings...................................................... 60
Part 7—Complaints system: review of decisions 61
61.......... Review of decisions.......................................................................... 61
Part 7A—Prohibition of advertising of designated interactive gambling services 62
Division 1—Interpretation: definitions 62
61AA.... Definitions........................................................................................ 62
Division 2—Interpretation: designated interactive gambling service advertisement 65
61BA.... Basic meaning of designated interactive gambling service advertisement 65
61BB..... Exception—political communication................................................. 65
61BC..... Exception—Websites etc. and business documents.......................... 66
61BD.... Exception—premises of providers.................................................... 66
61BE..... Exceptions—management advertisements etc................................... 67
61BF..... Exception—products or services having the same name as a designated interactive gambling service 67
61BG.... Exception—anti‑gambling advertisements........................................ 68
61BGA. Exception—advertisements of a kind specified in the regulations..... 69
61BH.... Definition.......................................................................................... 69
Division 3—Interpretation: publication of designated interactive gambling service advertisements 70
61CA.... Basic meaning of publish a designated interactive gambling service advertisement 70
61CB..... Publish does not include broadcast or datacast.................................. 71
61CC..... Exception—trade communications.................................................... 71
61CD.... Exception—advertisements in telephone directories.......................... 71
61CE..... Exception—ordinary activities of exempt libraries............................ 72
61CF..... Exception—acknowledgments of assistance or support.................... 72
Division 4—Broadcasting or datacasting of designated interactive gambling service advertisements in Australia 73
61DA.... Designated interactive gambling service advertisements not to be broadcast or datacast in Australia 73
61DB.... Accidental or incidental broadcast or datacast permitted.................... 74
61DC.... Broadcast or datacast of advertisements during flights of aircraft..... 74
Division 5—Publication of designated interactive gambling service advertisements in Australia 75
61EA..... Designated interactive gambling service advertisements not to be published in Australia 75
61EB..... Periodicals distributed outside Australia—acts of publication permitted 76
61ED..... Accidental or incidental publication permitted................................... 76
61EE..... Publication by person not receiving any benefit permitted................ 77
61EF..... Publication of advertisements during flights of aircraft..................... 77
Division 6—Miscellaneous 78
61FA..... Failure to broadcast, datacast or publish advertisement not actionable if this Part would be contravened 78
61FD..... Additional conditions for licences under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 78
Part 8—Miscellaneous 80
62.......... Application of Criminal Code........................................................... 80
63.......... Conduct by directors, employees and agents..................................... 80
64.......... Service of summons or process on foreign corporations—criminal proceedings 82
64A....... Civil penalty provisions—formal warnings...................................... 83
64B....... Civil penalty provisions—enforcement............................................. 83
64C....... Civil penalty provisions—infringement notices................................ 84
64D....... Civil penalty provisions—injunctions............................................... 85
65.......... Service of notices.............................................................................. 86
66.......... Application of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.......................... 86
67.......... Additional ACMA function—monitoring compliance with codes and standards 87
68.......... Register............................................................................................. 87
69.......... Operation of State and Territory laws............................................... 88
69A....... Regulations about unenforceability of agreements relating to illegal interactive gambling services 88
70.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 89
(ca) credit must not be provided to customers of certain interactive wagering services;
related company group means a group of 2 or more bodies corporate, where each member of the group is related to each other member of the group. For this purpose, the question whether a body corporate is related to another body corporate is to be determined in the same manner as that question is determined under the Corporations Act 2001.
wagering service means a service covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of gambling service.
wagering service provider means a person who provides a wagering service.
wagering turnover of a person for a financial year means so much of the turnover of the person for the financial year as is attributable to the provision of wagering services.
For the purposes of this Act, credit is provided by a person (the creditor) to another person (the debtor) if, under a contract, arrangement or understanding:
(a) payment of a debt owed by the debtor to the creditor is deferred; or
(b) the debtor incurs a deferred debt to the creditor.
15B Simplified outline of this Part
• Credit must not be provided to customers of certain interactive wagering services.
• The ACMA must conduct a review of the operation of this Part.
15C Credit not to be provided to customers of certain interactive wagering services
(a) the person intentionally provides a regulated interactive gambling service that is a wagering service; and
(i) the person provides, or offers to provide, credit in connection with the service to a customer, or prospective customer, of the service who is physically present in Australia; or
(ii) the person facilitates or promotes the provision of credit (other than by way of an independently‑issued credit card), by a third person, in connection with the service to a customer, or prospective customer, of the service who is physically present in Australia.
(3) A person who provides a regulated interactive gambling service that is a wagering service must not:
(a) provide, or offer to provide, credit in connection with the service to a customer, or prospective customer, of the service who is physically present in Australia; or
(b) facilitate or promote the provision of credit (other than by way of an independently‑issued credit card), by a third person, in connection with the service to a customer, or prospective customer, of the service who is physically present in Australia.
Civil penalty: 750 penalty units.
that the customer, or prospective customer, as the case may be, was physically present in Australia.
Note: In the case of proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), the defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5), in determining whether the person could, with reasonable diligence, have ascertained that the customer, or prospective customer, as the case may be, was physically present in Australia, the following matters are to be taken into account:
(a) whether the customer, or prospective customer, as the case may be, was informed that Australian law prohibits the provision of credit to customers, or prospective customers, who are physically present in Australia;
(b) whether the person required customers to provide personal details and, if so, whether those details suggested that the customer was not physically present in Australia;
(c) whether the person has network data that indicates that customers were physically present outside Australia:
(7) For the purposes of the application of subsections (1) and (3) to a person who provides a regulated interactive gambling service, independently‑issued credit card means:
(a) if the person is not a member of a related company group—a credit card issued by another person; or
(b) if the person is a member of a related company group—a credit card issued by another person who is not a member of the related company group.
(8) Section 15.4 of the Criminal Code (extended geographical jurisdiction—category D) applies to an offence against subsection (1).
15D Exception—provider’s annual wagering turnover less than $30 million
(1) Subsections 15C(1) and (3) do not apply to conduct engaged in by a person at a particular time (the relevant time) in a financial year (the current financial year) in relation to a regulated interactive gambling service if:
(a) the service is a telephone betting service; and
(i) the conduct involves providing, or offering to provide, credit in connection with the service to a customer, or prospective customer, of the service; and
(ii) dealings with the customer, or prospective customer, as the case may be, in relation to providing, or offering to provide that credit are wholly by way of one or more voice calls; and
(i) the person is not a member of a related company group at the relevant time; and
(ii) the person was a wagering service provider throughout the last financial year that ended before the relevant time;
the wagering turnover of the person for that financial year was less than $30 million; and
(ii) the person was not a wagering service provider throughout the last financial year that ended before the relevant time;
it is reasonably likely that the wagering turnover of the person for the current financial year will be less than $30 million; and
(i) the person is a member of a related company group at the relevant time; and
the total wagering turnover of the members of the group for that financial year was less than $30 million; and
it is reasonably likely that the total wagering turnover of the members of the group for the current financial year will be less than $30 million; and
(g) in a case where, during the whole or a part of the last financial year that ended before the relevant time, the person had one or more employees whose duties involved the provision of wagering services—during the whole or a part of that financial year, at least one of those employees performed those duties at a racecourse in Australia; and
(i) the person is an individual; and
(ii) the person did not, at any time during the last financial year that ended before the relevant time, have any employees whose duties involved the provision of wagering services;
during the whole or a part of that financial year, the person provided wagering services at a racecourse in Australia; and
(i) the other conditions (if any) determined under subsection (2) have been satisfied.
Note: In the case of proceedings for an offence against subsection 15C(1), the defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
(2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine one or more conditions for the purposes of paragraph (1)(i).
(3) For the purposes of this section, voice call means a voice call (within the meaning of section 8AA) that is made using a carriage service.
15E Exception—customer is a gambling service provider
(1) Subsections 15C(1) and (3) do not apply if:
(a) the customer, or prospective customer, of the regulated interactive gambling service is the provider of a gambling service; and
(b) the other conditions (if any) determined under subsection (2) have been satisfied.
15F Acquisition of property
(1) Section 15C has no effect to the extent (if any) to which its operation would result in an acquisition of property (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution) from a person otherwise than on just terms (within the meaning of that paragraph).
(2) Section 15C does not prevent a person from recovering a debt that was deferred or incurred before the commencement of that section.
15G Review of operation of this Part
(1) After the end of the 3‑year period beginning at the commencement of this section, the ACMA must conduct a review of the operation of:
(b) the remaining provisions of this Act, so far as they relate to this Part.
(2) A review under subsection (1) must make provision for public consultation.
(3) The ACMA must:
(a) give the Minister a report of the review within 6 months after the end of the 3‑year period mentioned in subsection (1); and
(b) as soon as practicable after giving the report to the Minister, publish the report on the ACMA’s website.
(4) The Minister must cause copies of a report under subsection (3) to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the Minister receives the report.
(ba) Part 2B; or
(iia) Part 2B; or
(ca) subsection 15C(3); or
(ca) subsection 15C(3);
Sch 2 (items 177–181): 17 Oct 2014 (s 2(1) item 2)
73, 2018
Sch 1: 9 Jan 2019 (s 2(1) item 2)
am No 55, 2001; No 123, 2001; No 45, 2005; No 8, 2010; No 46, 2011; No 85, 2017; No 73, 2018
am No 73, 2018
am No 45, 2005; No 8, 2010; No 109, 2014; No 85, 2017