Online Casino Gambling Bill - Amendment paper No 530
Online Casino Gambling Bill - Amendment paper No 530
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Online Casino Gambling Bill - Amendment paper No 530
No 530
House of Representatives
Amendment Paper
Online Casino Gambling Bill
Proposed amendments
Hon Brooke van Velden, in Committee, to move the following amendments:
Clause 80A
In clause 80A, replace “Sections 80B and 80C amend”
(page 47, line 20) with “Section 80B amends”
.
Clauses 80C to 80F
Replace clauses 80C to 80F (page 47, line 23 to page 48, line 8) with:
80C Principal Act
Sections 80D to 80F amend the Gambling Act 2003.
80D Section 4 amended (Interpretation)
In section 4(1), insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:
online gambling duty funding, for a financial year, means an amount that—
(a)
is expressly authorised to be incurred for the purposes of section 286(4) in that financial year by an appropriation, or other authority, by or under an Act; and
(b)
is calculated as a percentage of the online gambling duty that is paid, or is estimated to have been paid, to the Crown under section 12U of the Gaming Duties Act 1971 in the previous financial year
80E Section 274 amended (Function of Board)
In section 274, after “profits of New Zealand lotteries”
, insert “and online gambling duty funding”
.
80F Section 286 amended (Bank accounts)
After section 286(3), insert:
(4)
The Secretary must, on the day or days determined by the Secretary in each financial year, pay the online gambling duty funding for that financial year, out of public money, into an account that is opened under subsection (1) for the purposes of this subpart.
Schedule 2
In Schedule 2, delete the item relating to section 277(7) of the Gambling Act 2003 (page 52, lines 33 and 34).
In Schedule 2, in the items relating to sections 276 to 293 of the Gambling Act 2003 (page 52, line 27 to page 53, line 30), replace “ring-fenced online gambling duty”
with “online gambling duty funding”
in each place.
Explanatory note
This Amendment Paper amends the Online Casino Gambling Bill to provide that the Secretary of Internal Affairs must pay, into an account opened under section 286 of the Gambling Act 2003, an amount that is appropriated or otherwise authorised by an Act and that is calculated as a percentage of the online gambling duty that is paid, or is estimated to have been paid, to the Crown under section 12U of the Gaming Duties Act 1971 in the previous financial year. The amount would then be available for allocation and distribution for community purposes under subpart 3 of Part 3 of the Gambling Act 2003, in the same way as the profits of New Zealand lotteries. This would replace the existing requirement in the Bill for the Commissioner of Inland Revenue to pay 25% of online gambling duty into an account opened under section 286 of the Gambling Act 2003.
Departmental disclosure statement
The Department of Internal Affairs is required to prepare a disclosure statement to assist with the scrutiny of this Amendment Paper. The disclosure statement provides access to information about any material policy changes to the Bill and identifies any new significant or unusual legislative features of the Bill as amended.
A copy of the statement can be found at http://legislation.govt.nz/disclosure.aspx?type=ap&subtype=government&year=2026&no=530&
Regulatory impact assessment
A supplementary analysis report (SAR) has been prepared for this Amendment Paper instead of a regulatory impact statement. The Department of Internal Affairs produced the SAR on 7 November 2025 to help inform the main policy decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this Amendment Paper.
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