Bookmakers Betting Levy Act 1954

 

Bookmakers Betting Levy Act 1954

Contents

1.Short title1

2.Bookmakers’ betting levy1

Notes

Compilation table2

Defined terms

 

Bookmakers Betting Levy Act 1954

An Act to impose a levy on money paid or promised as the consideration for bets made by or on behalf of bookmakers.

[Long title amended by No. 63 of 1995 s. 88.]

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the Bookmakers Betting Levy Act 1954 1.

[Section 1 amended by No. 63 of 1995 s. 89.]

2.Bookmakers’ betting levy

(1)The rate of bookmakers’ betting levy imposed by this Act and payable under the Betting Control Act 1954 is —

(a)in respect of a bookmaker’s turnover from betting on a sporting event or contingency approved under section 4B of the Betting Control Act 1954, the rate of 0.5%; and

(b)in respect of a bookmaker’s turnover from betting on a designated sporting event approved under the Betting Control Act 1954 section 4A, the rate of 1.5%.

(2)In this section —

turnover has the meaning given in section 14(1) of the Betting Control Act 1954.

[Section 2 inserted by No. 28 of 1998 s. 3; amended by No. 28 of 2009 s. 4 and 5.]

 

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Bookmakers Betting Levy Act 1954 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any previous reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Bookmakers Betting Tax Act 1954 2

62 of 1954

30 Dec 1954

30 Dec 1954

Bookmakers Betting Tax Act Amendment Act 1956

49 of 1956

18 Dec 1956

18 Dec 1956

Bookmakers Betting Tax Act Amendment Act 1959

77 of 1959

14 Dec 1959

14 Dec 1959

Bookmakers Betting Tax Act Amendment Act 1970

74 of 1970

17 Nov 1970

1 Jan 1971 (see s. 2)

Reprint of the Bookmakers Betting Tax Act 1954 approved 24 Mar 1971
(includes amendments listed above)

Bookmakers Betting Tax Amendment Act 1990

59 of 1990

17 Dec 1990

1 Aug 1989 (see s. 2)

Acts Amendment (Racing and Betting Legislation) Act 1995 Pt. 4

63 of 1995

27 Dec 1995

28 Jun 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Jun 1996 p. 2901)

Acts Amendment (Betting Tax) Act 1995 Pt. 2

64 of 1995

27 Dec 1995

28 Jun 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Jun 1996 p. 2901)

Bookmakers Betting Levy Amendment Act 1998

28 of 1998

30 Jun 1998

30 Jun 1998 (see s. 2)

Reprint of the Bookmakers Betting Levy Act 1954 as at 6 Sep 2002
(includes amendments listed above)

Bookmakers Betting Levy Amendment Act 2009

28 of 2009

23 Nov 2009

s. 1 and 2: 23 Nov 2009 (see s. 2(a));
s. 3 and 4: 1 Sep 2008 (see s. 2(c));

s. 5: 24 Nov 2009 (see s. 2(b))

2Now known as the Bookmakers Betting Levy Act 1954; short title changed (see note under s. 1).

 

 

Defined terms

 

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined termProvision(s)

turnover2(2)