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for the purposes of Schedule 8 to the Act.

9 Play
(1)           For the purposes of these rules, play means the period of actual play or active progress of the sporting event and includes:
           (a)           stoppages for injuries;
           (b)           stoppages for adjudication of matters concerning play by game officials or other parties; and
           (c)           time outs and substitutions.
(2)           For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding the use of multiple streams by an online content service provider to deliver live coverage of a particular sporting event, play:
           (a)           commences at the formal start of the first match, game, race or similar of a sporting event on each day of play; and
           (b)          concludes at the formal end of the final match, game, race or similar of a sporting event on each day of play.
Note: The commencement or conclusion of play, depending on the sport involved, may be ascertained by reference to a siren or whistle indicating that play should commence or cease.

10 Scheduled start of a sporting event

       For the purposes of these rules, the scheduled start of a sporting event to be provided on an online content service is:
           (a)           the specified time of commencement of the live coverage of play of the sporting event, which must be earlier than or at the commencement of actual play, as published or notified in a manner that is clear and prominent to potential end-users of the online content service at least 24 hours before the commencement of the coverage; or
           (b)           otherwise, the time the live coverage of the sporting event commences.

Note 1: Paragraph (a) may be satisfied, for example, by including the specified time on the webpage where end-users are likely to access the online content service, by including it in an electronic program guide (if one is available to end-users), or by sending an email or push notification to end-users.

Note 2: For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of paragraph (b), any content that is part of the coverage of the sporting event, including, without limitation, content that:
               -             is hosted at, or takes place at the venue of the live sporting event;
               -             contains commentary or analysis on the live sporting event;
               -             contains highlights or replay coverage of the live sporting event; or
               -             involves or profiles participants in the live sporting event;
which is provided on the service before play has commenced, or during play, is content that consists of live coverage of the sporting event.

Part 3 — Prohibition on gambling promotional content - 5:00 am to 8:30 pm

11 Prohibition of gambling promotional content that consists of commentator betting odds promotions or representative venue-based promotions
An online content service