Betting Control Amendment Regulations 1993 (WA)

31 August 19931 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4677

RACING AND GAMING

RA301

BETTING CONTROL ACT 1954
BETTING CONTROL AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1993

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Betting Control Amendment Regulations 1993,

Principal Regulations

2. In these regulations the Betting Control Regulations 1978* are referred to as the

principal regulations.

[*Reprinted as at 10 September 1992.]

Regulation 14 amended

3. Regulation 14 of the principal regulations is amended—

(a) in subregulation (5), by inserting after "in the licence itself' the following—

or by endorsement on the licence "; and

(b) by adding the subregulation following—

(6) A bookmaker's licence which is endorsed to that effect authorizes the licensee to carry on the business of a bookmaker, in relation to sporting events or contingencies approved under section 4B, by means of on-course telephone betting conducted in accordance with regulation 71. "

Regulation 71 added

4. After regulation 70 of the principal regulations the following regulation is added.

" MAephone betting on sporting events

71. (1) When betting on a sporting event, or a contingency, is approved under section 4B of the Act a licensee who is so authorized by endorsement on the licence may carry on business as a bookmaker by means of on-course telephone betting in relation to that sporting event or contingency—

(a) in accordance with the procedures established and approved by the

Board for the conduct of such betting, and not otherwise; and

(b) if the committee or other authority controlling the racecourse so

permits.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1) the Board has established the

following procedures--

(a)	the telephone system to be used shall be of a type approved by the Board;
(b)	all inward and outward telephone lines used for betting purposes shall

have attached securable voice logging equipment of a type approved by

the Board;

(c)	consent to the voice logging of the betting transactions is to be obtained from all telephone bettors;
(d)	all betting transactions by telephone shall be recorded through the voice logging equipment;

(e) the full details of each bet received, including the betting ticket number

By His Excellency's Command, D. G. BLIGHT, Clerk of the Council.

and account number, shall be confirmed with the bettor by the

bookmaker, or an agent or employee of the bookmaker, before the

conclusion of the telephone conservation;

(f)	the tapes used to record betting transactions shall—
(i) be held and distributed by stewards;
(ii) at the end of each race meeting, be collected by the Betting

Steward, together with the duplicate sports betting sheets; and

(iii) be maintained as betting records for inspection or audit by any

authorized person;

and

(g) the voice logging equipment used shall be sealed by, and only accessible by or in conjunction with, a Betting Steward or other authorized person.

(3) The details of all bets received by telephone are to be separately recorded

and, for the purposes of section 15 of the Act, included in the returns to be
delivered under the Act.

(4) Where an offer of a bet by telephone is not confirmed as required by the procedures established by the Board that betting transaction does not consti- tute a valid bet. "