(1) In these regulations unless the context requires otherwise ¾

}Chairman~ means the Chairman of the Board;

}concession Bet~ means a bet to win at special odds, the stake being refunded if the runner concerned is placed second or third, subject to the number of starters;

}country~ means any part of the State outside the metropolitan area;

}each way bet~ means a bet comprising 2 equal amounts, one amount being for a win and one for a place and both being taken or laid on the same runner or other competitor or contingency at the same time, at stated odds for a win;

}grandstand enclosure~ means that portion of a racecourse which is set aside as such by the committee or other authority controlling the racecourse, and commonly known as the }grandstand enclosure~

}internet betting~ means a method of making and accepting bets by means of an on-line telecommunications system (commonly known as }the Internet~) using a computer system that is subject to the procedures set out in regulation 76;

}leger~ means that portion of a racecourse which is set aside as such by the committee or other authority controlling the racecourse, and commonly known as }the leger~

}rules~ means, except in the Appendix, the Rules of Racing, the Rules of Trotting, or the Rules of Greyhound Racing;

}runner~ means ¾

(a) in the context of a horse race, a horse running in the race;

(b) in the context of a greyhound race, a greyhound running in the race; or

(c) in the context of a designated sporting event, a competitor competing in the event;

}Secretary~ means the person for the time being appointed to, or acting in, the office of Secretary to the Board;

}sporting event~ does not include a designated sporting event;

(2) Expressions which are defined in, or are to be read as included in a reference by reason of, section 4 or which are expressions defined in the Rules of Betting set out in the Appendix have the same respective meanings for the purposes of these regulations, those Rules, and any approval under section 4B, unless the context otherwise requires.

(3) Notwithstanding that these regulations and the Rules of Betting set out in the Appendix would not otherwise apply, where ¾

(a) in the context of a designated sporting event, a permit under section 4A; or

(b) in the context of a sporting event, an approval under section 4B,

provides that bets of a kind other than those defined in this regulation may be made, these regulations and those Rules of Betting shall be taken to apply to those bets.

[Regulation 3 amended in Gazette 24 June 1988 p. 2003; 14 February 1992 p. 857; 10 July 1992 pp. 3286-7; 21 July 1998 pp.3851, 3854, 3855 and 3856; 26 November 1999 p.5908.]