Lotteries Commission Amendment Ordinance 2005 (No. 1) (Cth)

Territory of Christmas Island

Lotteries Commission Amendment Ordinance 2005 (No. 1)1

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance under the Christmas Island Act 1958. Dated 25 May 2005

P. M. JEFFERY Governor-General By His Excellency's Command

JAMES ERIC LLOYD Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads

An Ordinance to amend the Lotteries Commission Act 1990 (WA) (CI) to change the method of calculating the levy on lotteries and for related purposes

1 Name of Ordinance

This Ordinance is the Lotteries Commission Amendment Ordinance 2005 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

This Ordinance commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Amendment of Lotteries Commission Act 1990 (WA) (CI)

Schedule 1 amends the Lotteries Commission Act 1990 (WA) (CI). Schedule 1 Amendments (section 3)

[1] Subsection 3 (1), definition of lottery

substitute lottery includes a game of lotto, an instant lottery or another scheme in which the success or otherwise of participants is at least partly dependent on: (a) a draw or other event involving randomness or chance; or (b) the result of a sporting event.

[2] Subsection 3 (1), after definition of permit

insert player loss, in relation to a lottery, means the total subscriptions paid by all participants to enter the lottery, less: (a) the sum of all prizes payable from the total amount of subscriptions (other than prizes payable from a jackpot prize pool) and any refunds made to players from the total amount; and (b) the sum of amounts determined under the rules of the lottery for payment from the total amount to a jackpot prize pool.

[3] After section 3A

insert in Part 1

3B Meaning of in the Territory

For this Act, a lottery is conducted in the Territory if participants in the lottery are in the Territory when they obtain tickets, even if they obtain the tickets using the Internet.