Terms and conditions

1. Parties to the agreement

These terms and conditions (Terms) govern your use of the ACT Revenue Office Portal.

2. Definitions

Unless the context otherwise requires:

“Act” means the Betting Operations Tax Act 2018 (ACT).

"ACT Revenue Office" means the business unit known as the “ACT Revenue Office” within the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate, an administrative unit of the Australian Capital Territory, the body politic established by section 7 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (C'th).

“ACTRO Portal” means the ACT Revenue Office Portal operated by ACT Revenue Office for the Intended Purposes and includes all services, software and data provided or accessed by way of the portal.

“Administrator” means the person nominated by a Betting Operator to administer the ACTRO Portal account on its behalf and use the Portal for the Intended Purposes.

“Betting Operator” means a person required to register as a betting operator under the Act and includes the Administrator.

“Betting Operations Returns” means the return to be lodged by a Betting Operator pursuant to the Act.

“Betting Operations Tax” means the tax to be paid by a Betting Operator pursuant to the Act.

"Database" means the database held by the ACT Revenue Office in relation to the Betting Operations Tax.

“Intended Purposes” means the lodgement of Betting Operations Returns and the payment of Betting Operations Tax.

“Terms” means these terms and conditions in relation to the use of the ACTRO Portal.

“User” means a person nominated by the Administrator to use the ACTRO Portal on behalf of the Betting Operator for the Intended Purposes.

"we" or "us" means the ACT Revenue Office.

"you" means the Betting Operator who has registered to use the ACTRO Portal and includes its Administrator and Users and “your” has a corresponding meaning.

3. Access to ACTRO Portal

In consideration for your acceptance of these Terms, the ACT Revenue Office will provide you with access to the ACTRO Portal in accordance with these Terms.

4. Betting Operator Obligations

You must:

  1. only use the ACTRO Portal for its Intended Purposes;
  2. only enter information into the ACTRO Portal which is true and correct and meets the requirements of the Act;
  3. ensure every person who you provide access to the ACTRO Portal is duly authorised to use the ACTRO Portal on behalf of the Betting Operator, is aware of these Terms and only uses the ACTRO Portal in accordance with these Terms; and
  4. maintain the currency of your online profile contact details.
5. Administrator
  1. The Administrator must be, and warrants that they are:
  1. the Betting Operator; or
  2. authorised by the Betting Operator to bind the Betting Operator to these Terms and to provide all relevant information and conduct all transactions through the ACTRO Portal on behalf of the Betting Operator.
  3. The Administrator must only nominate Users who are authorised by the Betting Operator to input information into the ACTRO Portal and use the ACTRO Portal for its Intended Purposes.
  4. The Administrator is bound by these Terms to the same extent and in the same manner as the Betting Operator.
6. Security

You must:

  1. ensure that only Administrators have access to the ACTRO Portal and ensure the confidentiality of your username and password is maintained;
  2. report any suspicious or unauthorised use of the ACTRO Portal to us immediately after becoming aware of it;
  3. comply with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) in respect of any personal information input into or accessed by way of the ACTRO Portal;
  4. not attempt to access the Database or any other information held on the ACTRO Portal which is not intended for you;
  5. notify us immediately if you obtain access to, or inadvertently receive, any information by way of the ACTRO Portal which is not intended for you; and
  6. not attempt to decompile or reverse engineer the software used in the ACTRO Portal or otherwise use it in a manner which is inconsistent with these Terms.
7. Variation

We may change or discontinue any feature on, or accessible through, the ACTRO Portal at any time, including site content, hours of availability, equipment required for access and these Terms, which may affect your ability to conduct transactions through the ACTRO Portal. Any changes will be notified on the ACT Revenue Website and/or the ACTRO Portal.

8. Interruption to service

We will use our reasonable endeavours to provide you with access to the ACTRO Portal during normal business hours. However, the ACTRO Portal (including any function within the portal) may be unavailable at times and your access may be interrupted. Where this is due to an unplanned incident, we will endeavour to reinstate the function or access (as applicable) at the earliest opportunity.  Where this is due to scheduled maintenance, we will endeavour to provide advance notification of periods of scheduled outages on the ACT Revenue Office website and the ACTRO Portal.

9. Risk and Liability

You acknowledge that you use the ACTRO Portal solely at your own risk.

To the extent permitted by law, we will not be liable to you or third parties for any loss, damage or injury (including data loss) arising from or in connection with:

  1. your use or attempted use of the ACTRO Portal;
  2. any interruption in your access to the ACTRO Portal;
  3. any fault or defect in the functions of the ACTRO Portal; and
  4. any security breach or unauthorised access to the ACTRO Portal or Database.
10. Access outside Australia

We do not represent that material or services on the ACT Revenue website, or access to the ACTRO Portal, is appropriate or available for use in countries outside Australia. If you choose to access this ACTRO Portal or the ACT Revenue Office website from outside Australia, you are responsible for compliance with foreign and local laws.

11. Termination or suspension of access to the ACTRO Portal

We may terminate or suspend your access to the ACTRO Portal at any time and for any reason, including where we consider that you have used the ACTRO Portal in a way that is not authorised under these Terms.

If we terminate or suspend your account we will provide you with notice of any termination or suspension as soon as possible after the termination or suspension. If your account has been suspended or terminated, and you are required by the Act to undertake an action which would usually be done by way of the ACTRO Portal, you must contact us within 1 business day on (02) 6207 0028 or alternatively email bettingtax@act.gov.au, and we will provide instructions in relation to alternative arrangements.

12. Intellectual property and copyright

We own the copyright in the material contained on the ACT Revenue Website, or accessed through the ACTRO Portal (‘ACTRO Material’). You may download, display, print and copy, any ACTRO Material in unaltered form only, for non-commercial purposes.

Except as permitted above, or by the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), you do not acquire any intellectual property rights in the ACTRO Material and you must not reproduce, adapt, publish, communicate or commercialise any ACTRO Material without our permission.

13. Governing law

These Terms are governed by and will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

14. Entire agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of the ACTRO Portal, and supersedes all prior representations, agreements, statements and understandings, whether verbal or in writing.

15. Waiver

A waiver of these Term will only be effective and binding where waived in writing by the ACT Revenue Office.