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testing procedures on athletes using these facilities. Such tests would be undertaken in conformity with the rules of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission. The Office of Sport, Recreation and Racing is liaising with the Australian Sports Drug Agency on arrangements for carrying out random drug testing procedures in the ACT.
An anti-drugs register is also being established for ACT athletes to publicly declare that they oppose the use of banned substances in sport and that they will not use any prohibited doping practices. The policy does not require any person to disclose information about an athlete which was obtained in a situation of professional confidentiality. The ACT Government will rely on the controlling bodies of sport to enforce doping provisions. Decisions to cease assistance or to bar a person from receiving assistance will usually be consistent with penalties imposed by those bodies.
I present the following paper:
Drugs in Sport - Government Policy - Ministerial statement, 27 September 1989.
I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
Debate (on motion by Mr Stefaniak) adjourned.
GAMING MACHINE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989
MS FOLLETT (Attorney-General) (5.27): I present the Gaming Machine (Amendment) Bill 1989. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
The Bill amends the Gaming Machine Act 1987 to allow for varied rates of tax to be levied on the gross revenue derived from gaming machine operations. The Gaming Machine Act 1987 provides for the licensing of gaming machine operators and regulates the operation of gaming machines in the ACT. Gaming machine licensees pay monthly to the ACT Gaming and Liquor Authority a prescribed percentage of their gross revenue. Current provisions provide only for a single prescribed percentage to be levied.
The Bill provides for different prescribed percentages to be applied to different ranges of gross revenue derived from gaming machine operations. This allows for prescribed percentages to be increased as gross revenue for a licensee reaches higher levels. The effect of this is to enable gaming machine revenue policy to be applied more flexibly and equitably than has hitherto been possible.
I present the explanatory memorandum to this Bill.
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