Betting Control Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2002 (WA)

17 December 2002 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5923

RACING, GAMING AND LIQUOR

RG301*

Betting Control Act 1954

Betting Control Amendment Regulations

(No. 2) 2002

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Betting Control
Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2002.

2.             The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Betting Control
Regulations 1978*.

[* Reprinted 6 April 2001.

For amendments to 7 November 2002 see 2001 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 30, and Gazette

20 September 2002.]

3.	Regulation 3A inserted After regulation 3 the following regulation is inserted —
“

3A.	Other functions of the Board
The Board has the function of auditing the accounts and records of the betting transactions of the TAB and totalisator agencies to ascertain the extent of compliance of the TAB and those agencies with the Betting Control Act 1954 and the Totalisator Agency Board Betting Act 1960.

”.

4. Regulation 18 amended
Regulation 18(1) is amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph (a) by deleting “$50 000” and inserting “ $100 000 ”;

(b)

in paragraph (b) by deleting “$30 000” and inserting “ $40 000 ”;

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(c)

in paragraph (c) by deleting “$20 000” and inserting “ $25 000 ”;

(d)

in paragraph (d) by deleting “$20 000” and inserting “ $25 000 ”.

5.             Regulation 63 amended

Regulation 63(4)(b) is deleted and the following paragraph is inserted instead —

“

(b) if the bet is a “bet back”, the bookmaker who makes the bet or on whose behalf the bet is made shall record —

(i)      the details of the bet;

(ii)      the bet as a “bet back”; and

(iii)      the number of the betting ticket.

”.

6.             Regulation 73 amended

(1) Regulation 73 is amended as follows:

(a)	by inserting before “For” the subregulation designation “(1)”;
(b)	by deleting “, other than a bet made by telephone under regulation 71 or 72,”.

(2) At the end of regulation 73 the following subregulation and note
are inserted —

“

(2)	Subregulation (1) does not apply to a bet back within the meaning of regulation 63(3).
Note:	The requirement to write and deliver to the bettor a betting ticket does not apply to bets made by telephone in accordance with the regulations, see section 31(1)(b)(iii) of the Act.

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By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.