Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Internet Gaming Advertising), 2006 Leal, Jeff — Bill 60 (38th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 60, 38-2

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Bill 60, Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Internet Gaming Advertising), 2006

Leal, Jeff

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Bill 60 2006

An Act to amend the

Consumer Protection Act, 2002

to regulate the promotion

and advertising of Internet

gaming in Ontario

Note: This Act amends the Consumer Protection Act, 2002 . For the legislative history of the Act, see Public Statutes - Detailed Legislative History

on www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca .

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 1 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2002 is amended by adding the following

definitions:

"Internet gaming business" means a business that offers to accept wagers or bets over the Internet on any game of chance or mixed skill and chance or on any contingency or event that is to take place inside or outside of Canada and, without

restricting the generality of the foregoing, includes a business that offers to accept wagers or bets over the Internet relating to a casino game, card game, horse race, fight, match or sport; ("entreprise de jeux sur Internet")

"Internet gaming business website address" means a Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") or other standardized address name layout that allows an Internet user to locate an Internet gaming business on the World Wide Web, and includes any company or

trade name that would constitute a valid URL of an Internet gaming business with the addition of one or more standard URL components, such as a server prefix, a domain suffix or extension or a country code; ("adresse du site Web d'une entreprise

de jeux sur Internet")

2. The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Restrictions on advertising of certain Internet websites

17.1 No person shall print, publish, distribute, broadcast or telecast an advertisement or representation that includes an Internet gaming business website address unless the person believes in good faith that the

Internet gaming business has been licensed or otherwise granted permission to operate in Ontario or Canada by the appropriate authority and is operated in accordance with the applicable laws of Ontario and Canada.

3. Subclause 116 (1) (b) (ii) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(ii) in respect of

Part III, Unfair Practices, subsection 17 (1) and

section 17.1,

Commencement

4. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

5. The

short title of this Act is the Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Internet Gaming Advertising), 2006 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of the Bill is to prohibit the advertising of website addresses of Internet gaming businesses unless the person doing the advertising believes in good faith that the Internet gaming business

has been properly authorized to operate and is in fact being operated in accordance with Ontario and Canadian law.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

March 2, 2006

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Justice Policy

March 2, 2006

Second Reading

Carried

March 2, 2006

Second Reading

Debate

February 15, 2006

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

February

15, 2006

Second Reading

Debate

March

2, 2006

Mr. Leal, Ms. Scott, Mr. Bisson, Mr. Berardinetti, Mr. Rinaldi,

Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Tascona

March

2, 2006

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Justice

Policy.

Committee

Standing Committee on Justice Policy

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-Laws

Consumer Protection Act, 2002

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 60, 38-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p38 s2 bill 60 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	12a9b20e3f98a9204ce2a7532f315737c2939294

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