New Zealand Legislation: Acts

21 Secretary may categorise gambling

• (1) The Secretary may declare, by notice in the Gazette, that gambling that is ordinarily within a class is gambling of another class if—

  • (a) the gambling does not satisfy the game rules that apply to the class into which the gambling would ordinarily fall; and

  • (b) the Secretary considers that the level of risk associated with the gambling justifies the declaration.

  (2) A notice under subsection (1)—

  • (a) is a regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989; but

  • (b) is not a regulation for the purposes of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.