Betting Control Amendment Regulations 2013 (WA)

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Betting Control Act 1954

Betting Control Amendment Regulations 2013

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Betting Control Amendment
Regulations 2013.

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2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these

regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Betting Control Regulations 1978.

4.             Regulation 3 amended

In regulation 3(1) insert in alphabetical order:

bet back means a bet made by, or on behalf of, a

bookmaker —

(a)	on a runner or, in the context of a sporting event, on a competitor or contingency; and
(b)	for the purpose of reducing the bookmaker’s
liability for bets already accepted by the bookmaker against that runner, competitor or contingency;

5.             Regulation 63 amended

(1) Before regulation 63(1) insert:

(1A)	In this regulation —
totalisator includes a totalisator (however described) operated in another State or a Territory.

(2)	Delete regulation 63(3).
(3)	In regulation 63(4):

(a) delete “another bookmaker —” and insert:

a domestic betting operator —

(b) in paragraph (a) delete “the bookmaker receiving” and

insert:

if the domestic betting operator is another bookmaker, the bookmaker receiving
(c)	in paragraph (b) delete “a “bet back”,” and insert:

a bet back,

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(d) in paragraph (b)(ii) delete “a “bet back”; and” and insert:

a bet back; and

(4) In regulation 63(5):

(a) delete “a “bet back” is” and insert:

a bet back is

(b) delete “a “bet back” on” and insert:

a bet back on

(5)	Delete regulation 63(6) and insert:
(6) A bookmaker who makes a bet back, or on whose behalf a bet back is made, with a domestic betting operator or a totalisator is not permitted to deduct the amount of the bet back from the total of the bets the

bookmaker has received —

(a)	for the race, race meeting or sporting event to which the bet relates; or
(b)	for any other races, race meetings or sporting events in relation to which the bookmaker has accepted bets.

Note:	The heading to amended regulation 63 is to read:
Bets with domestic betting operators and totalisators

6.             Regulation 64 inserted

After regulation 63 insert:

64.           Bet back by means of a betting exchange

(1)	This regulation applies if a bet back is made by means of a betting exchange.
(2)	The bookmaker who makes the bet back, or on whose
behalf the bet back is made, must record —

(a)	the details of the bet; and
(b)	the bet as a bet back; and
(c)	the number of the betting ticket.

(3)	The bookmaker who makes the bet back, or on whose behalf the bet back is made, is not permitted to deduct the amount of the bet back from the total of the bets the
bookmaker has received —

(a) for the race, race meeting or sporting event to which the bet relates; or

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(b) for any other races, race meetings or sporting events in relation to which the bookmaker has accepted bets.

7.             Regulation 73 amended

Delete regulation 73(2) and insert:

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a bet back.

8.             Schedule 1 Form 1 amended

In Schedule 1 Form 1:

(a) delete “complaint” and insert:

application

(b) delete “complainant” and insert:

applicant

By Command of the Governor,

G. MOORE, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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