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Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Classes of gambling - Overview

21: Secretary may categorise gambling

You could also call this:

"The Government can choose which games are allowed or not allowed as gambling."

The Secretary can decide which games or types of gambling are included or excluded from a class of gambling. You need to know that the Secretary will make this decision if they think it helps achieve the purpose of the Gambling Act 2003 and if the level of risk associated with the game justifies the decision. The Secretary will do this by giving a notice, which is a type of secondary legislation, and you can learn more about publication requirements for secondary legislation by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. The Secretary's notice will explain their decision about which games or types of gambling are included or excluded. This decision is an important part of how the Secretary oversees gambling in New Zealand.

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Part 2Gambling
Classes of gambling: Overview

21Secretary may categorise gambling

  1. The Secretary may, by notice, categorise any game, or category or class of game, or form of gambling, as being included in or excluded from a class of gambling if the Secretary considers that—

  2. the categorisation contributes to achieving the purpose of this Act; and
    1. the level of risk associated with the game, or category or class of game, or form of gambling justifies the categorisation.

      1. A notice under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

      Notes
      • Section 21(1): replaced, on , by section 12 of the Gambling Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 3).
      • Section 21(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
      • Section 21(2): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).