Acts Amendment (Gaming and related provisions) Act 1985 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ACTS AMENDMENT (GAMING AND RELATED PROVISIONS).

No. 29 of 1985.

AN ACT to clarify the effect in the State of, and to repeal, certain provisions of the Statutes of the Realm and Acts relating to gaming and wagering and matters incidental thereto, and to amend the Gaining Act 1835 (Imperial Act), the Police Act 1892, the Betting Control Act 1954, the Casino Control Act 1984, and the Liquor Act 1970.

[Assented to 24 April 1985.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

PART I--PRELIMINARY.

1. This Act may be cited as the Acts Amendment Short title.

(Gaming and related provisions) Act 1985.

No. 29. Acts Amendment (Gaming [1985.

and related provisions).

Commence-

ment.	2. The provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day or days as is or are respectively fixed by proclamation.
PART II—CERTAIN STATUTES NOT TO HAVE EFFECT.
Statutes not

to have	3. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby enacted
eft est in

the State.

that the Statutes of the Realm hereinafter referred

to, that is to say

(a) an Act of Parliament passed in the sixteenth year of the reign of His late Majesty King Charles the Second, intituled

16 Car An Act against deceitful,

11   disorderly, and excessive

Cap. 7 gaming. ; and

(b) an Act of Parliament passed in the ninth year of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled

9 Anne An Act for the better prevent-

Cap.	ing excessive and deceitful
14	gaming. ,

do not have effect in the State.

PART III—GAMING ACT 1835 (Imperial Act).

The Gaming

Act 1835	4. In so far as an Act of the Parliament of the
(Imperial

Act), as	State passed in the seventh year of Her late
adopted by
7 Vic. No. 13	Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled
repealed.

7 Vic. An Act for adopting certain Acts

No. 13	of Parliament passed in the
(Imperial	third and fourth, the fourth
Acts	and fifth, the fifth and sixth
Adopting	and sixth and seventh years

Act, of the reign of His late 1844.) Majesty King William the

Fourth; and also certain Acts of Parliament passed in the first and second, the second and third, and the fifth and

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and related provisions).

sixth years of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, respectively, and applying the same in the Administration of Justice in Western Australia in like manner as the other Laws of England are applied therein. ,

adopted and directed to be applied in the State the Statute of the Realm passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled

5            An Act to amend the law relating to

and

Securities given for Considerations

6

arising out of Gaming, Usurious,

Will

and certain other illegal transac-

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tions. ,

Cap.

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that Act is repealed as to the Statute of the Realm so intituled and that Statute (sometimes referred to as the Gaming Act 1835) shall cease to have effect in the State.

PART IV-POLICE ACT 1892.

Section 84 I

Section 84 I of the Police Act 1892 and the heading preceding it are repealed.

and

preceding

heading repealed. Reprinted as

approved

18 April 1983

and

amended by

Acts Nos. 21

and 30 of

1983, 22

and 23 of

1984 and 10

5.

PART V-BETTING CONTROL ACT 1954.	of 1985.
Section 5

6. Section 5 of the Betting Control Act 1954 is amended. Reprinted as

amended by repealing subsection (2).

approved

1 June 1979

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PART VI-CASINO CONTROL ACT 1984.

Principal

Act.	7. In this Part the Casino Control Act 1984 is
Act No. 34

of 1984 as

referred to as the principal Act.

amended by

Act No. 10

of 1985.

Section 3

amended. 8. Section 3 of the principal Act is amended in

subsection (1)—

(a) by deleting "the premises of" in paragraph (a) of the definition of "casino complex" and substituting the following-

" any premises in "; and

(b) by inserting after "holder" in the definition of "casino licensee" the following-

" , or person deemed to be the holder,

Section 9A

amended. 9. Section 4A of the principal Act is amended

in subsection (2) by deleting

(a)

"on the recommendation" and substituting

the following-

" with the approval, or on the

recommendation, ";

and

(b)

"making the necessary recommendation"

and substituting the following-

" giving or making the necessary

approval or recommendation ".

Section 20B

amended. 10. Section 20B of the principal Act is amended in subsection (2) by deleting "Committee" and substituting the following-

" Treasurer ".

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Section 21

11. Section 21 of the principal Act is amended

in subsection (5) by deleting "or surrendered under

section 210" and substituting the following-

amended.

" or 210 or surrendered under section 21D ".

12. Section 21E of the principal Act is amended.1E

amended

(a) in subsection (4) by deleting "this section" in paragraph (a) and substituting the following-

" section 21B (3) (a) or 21C "; and

(b) in subsection (6)-

(i)  by inserting after "this Act" in paragraph (a) the following-

" or any other Act "; and

(ii)  by deleting "subsection (3)" in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) and substituting the following-

" subsection (2)

PART VII-LIQUOR ACT 1970.

13. In this Part the Liquor Act 1970 is referred ripal

Reprinted as

to as the principal Act.

approved

27 July 1984.

and

amended by

Act No. 10

of 1985.

14. Section 25 of the principal Act is amended 2=er

in subsection (3) by deleting "the premises of a

licensed casino" and substituting the following-

" any premises referred to in subsection

(2) (b) (i) ".

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Section 50A

amended. 15. Section 50A of the principal Act is

amended

(a) in subsection (2) by deleting "endorse on an" and substituting the following-

" endorse on a notice of "; and

(b) in subsection (6) by deleting "ceases to be a casino licensee, the" and substituting the following-

" granted under subsection (3) ceases

to be a casino licensee, that ".

Section 87

amended.

16. Section 87 of the principal Act is amended

in subsection (1) by deleting "the premises within

a casino complex" and substituting the following-

" any premises within a casino complex ".