Betting Control Amendment Act (No. 2) 1987 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

BETTING CONTROL AMENDMENT

ACT (No. 2)

No. 78 of 1987

AN ACT to amend the Betting Control Act 1954.

[Assented to 26 November 1987]

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:—

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Betting Control Amendment Act

(No. 2) 1987.

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Commencement

2.    This Act shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by

proclamation.

Principal Act

3. In this Act the Betting Control Act 1954* is referred to as the

principal Act.

[*Reprinted as approved 1 June 1979 and amended by Acts Nos. 29

and 34 of 1985.]

Section 4A inserted

inserted -	4.	After section 4 of the principal Act the following section is
Application of this Act to foot-races
"
4A. (1) This Act applies to and in relation to a foot-race conducted by an approved organization at an approved place as though

(a)	the foot-race were a race;
(b)	the approved organization were a racing club; and
(c)	the approved place were a race course.

(2) A person or organization that desires to become an approved organization shall apply to the Minister in the prescribed form and shall indicate in the application the place or places at which foot- races are to be conducted as approved places under the approval.

(3) An application under subsection (2) shall be accompanied by such information as is prescribed by the regulations and an applicant shall furnish the Minister with such further information as the Minister directs.

(4) The Minister may approve an application made under this

section, refuse to approve an application or defer an application as

the Minister thinks fit.

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(5) An approval granted under subsection (4) is valid for a period of 12 months and may be renewed on application made in accordance with the regulations.

(6)

The Minister may impose conditions, restrictions and prohibitions with respect to an approval granted under this section with respect to an approved organization or an approved place or both.

(7)

A person (which in this context includes an approved

organization) who contravenes any condition, restriction or

prohibition imposed under subsection (6) commits an offence.

Penalty: $500.

(8) The Minister may cancel or suspend any approval granted under this section if the Minister is satisfied that any condition, restriction or prohibition imposed under this section has not been complied with and whether or not a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (7).

(9) In this section

"approved organization" means a person or organization

approved by the Minister under subsection (4);

"approved place" means a place approved by the Minister

under subsection (4). ".

Section 33 amended

5. Section 33 of the principal Act is amended in paragraph (b) by

inserting after subparagraph (xvi) the following-

" (xvia) payment of fees for an application under section 4A; ".