Bill
Interactive Gambling Amendment (National Self-exclusion Register) Bill 2019
passed, as at 2019-12-12. Social Services portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Social Services
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-11-27
- second reading — 2019-11-27
- second reading — 2019-12-03
- second reading — 2019-12-03
- third reading — 2019-12-03
- introduced — 2019-12-05
- second reading — 2019-12-05
- second reading — 2019-12-05
- second reading — 2019-12-05
- third reading — 2019-12-05
- passed — 2019-12-05
- royal assent — 2019-12-12
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-11-27.
This bill would set up a national register that lets people block themselves from online wagering services across all licensed Australian providers and cuts how much marketing they receive.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority would arrange for a company to run the register, while the authority itself would oversee that company and enforce the rules.
Providers licensed in Australia would be barred from offering wagering or marketing to anyone on the register, and the bill includes a levy so the authority can recover its costs.
- Establishes the National Self-exclusion Register under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.
- Requires licensed interactive wagering service providers to refuse services and direct marketing to registered individuals.
- Arranges for ACMA to contract a company to manage the register, with ACMA handling compliance and enforcement.
- Introduces a cost-recovery levy for ACMA's register-related expenses.
Individuals at risk of or experiencing gambling-related harm from online wagering, and all licensed interactive wagering service providers in Australia.
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