RACECOURSE BETTING (USE OF TOTALISATOR) RULES (useoftotalisator)

RACECOURSE BETTING (USE OF TOTALISATOR)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 78.01

RACECOURSE BETTING (USE OF TOTALISATOR)

RULES

26th February, 1935

GOVERNMENT NOTICE 73 of 1935.

The title of these Rules is Racecourse Betting (Use of

Totalisator) Rules.

The licensee or the person authorized by him shall take all

such steps as are necessary to secure that, so long as the totalisator

is in use, it is in proper working order and is properly operated.

The licensee shall, before receiving any bets in connection

with any race, post in a conspicuous position on the track a notice

showing the minimum stake (hereinafter referred to as the "betting

unit") which will be accepted at the totalisator from persons betting

on that race

Provided that the terms on which the licensee invites

persons to bet by means of the totalisator may include a condition

entitling the licensee to retain any sum payable to a person winning

a bet, unless the money won on the bet is claimed before such time,

not being earlier than forty-eight hours after the conclusion of the

race, or as the case may be, of the last of the races, in connection

with which the bet was made, as may have been specified in the

notice aforesaid.

The Minister responsible for the Police shall appoint a

qualified accountant, who shall be charged with the duty of

examining and certifying the accounts relating to the operation of

the totalisator, and shall appoint also an experienced technician

who shall act as technical adviser to the accountant and shall be

charged with the duty of advising him as to the condition of the

totalisator and all matters connected with the operation thereof.

The totalisator shall not be operated at any time when

neither the accountant nor an employee of the accountant

authorised in that behalf by him in writing is present

Provided that in the case of absence of the accountant or of

the employee of the accountant owing to unforeseen and

unavoidable circumstances, it shall be lawful for the licensee to

operate the totalisator after giving notice to the senior Police

officer on duty at the racecourse, who will report the occurrence to

the Government through the Commissioner of Police.

(1) The accountant and his technical adviser and their

respective employees authorised in that behalf in writing may, at all

reasonable times, enter the premises in which the totalisator is set

up, and examine any part of the mechanism and test and watch the

working thereof, and may require the licensee and any employee of

his to give to them all such information, and to produce to them all

such accounts, books, and other documents, as they deem necessary

RACECOURSE BETTING (USE OF TOTALISATOR)

for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of these

Rules are being complied with.

(2)

Every person who -

(a) obstructs the accountant or his technical adviser or any

duly authorised employee of either of them in the

exercise of any of the powers conferred on him by sub-

rule (1); or

(b) neglects or refuses to give to any such person as

aforesaid any such information, or to produce to him

any such document, as may have been called for by

him in pursuance of sub-rule (1); or

(c) knowingly gives to any such person as aforesaid any

information which is false or misleading,

shall be guilty of an offence against these Rules.

The licensee shall, within seven days after the close of

each month, submit to the accountant for examination by him a

complete statement of accounts for that month in so far as they

refer to the operation of the totalisator, giving all such information

as he may require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the

provisions of these Rules have been complied with.

The accountant shall examine the statements of accounts so

submitted to him and shall, as often as he thinks proper, consult

with his technical adviser and carry out, or cause to be carried out,

such inspections as either of them deem necessary for the purpose

of ascertaining whether the provisions of these Rules are being

complied with, and shall forthwith make a report to the President of

Malta if he has reason to believe that the totalisator no longer

complies with the prescribed conditions, or is not being kept in

proper working order, or is not being properly operated, or if in his

opinion any of the provisions of these Rules are not being complied

with.

Without prejudice to his duties under the preceding rules,

the accountant shall, as soon as may be after the close of each

calendar year, audit the accounts of the licensee for the year in so

far as they refer to the operation of the totalisator, and, if such be

the fact, shall certify thereon that satisfactory statements of

accounts have been submitted to him monthly in accordance with

the provisions of rule 7 and have been examined by him, and that to

the best of his information and belief, formed after consultation

with his technical adviser, the accounts for the year are complete

and accurate and the totalisator complies with the prescribed

conditions and has throughout the year been maintained in proper

working order and properly operated in accordance with the

provisions of these Rules; and the licensee shall forthwith cause the

accounts and certificate to be printed and shall transmit two copies

thereof to the Minister responsible for the Police, who shall cause

one of those copies to be deposited at the offices of the licensee for

inspection at any time during office hours by any member of the

public free of charge.