Gaming and Wagering Commission Amendment Regulations 2011 (WA)

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Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987

Gaming and Wagering Commission Amendment

Regulations 2011

(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.

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Gaming and Wagering Commission
Amendment Regulations 2011.

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

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3.            Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Gaming and Wagering
Commission Regulations 1988.

4.            Regulation 4A inserted After regulation 3 insert:

4A.	Notes in the text
A note included in these regulations (other than in a Form in Schedule 3) is explanatory and is not part of these regulations.

5.            Regulation 8A inserted

At the beginning of Part 4 Division 1 insert:

8A. Gaming on cruise ships

(1) In this regulation -

baseline Crimes at Sea cruise ship means any vessel that -

has the meaning given in the

(a)	has a minimum capacity of 100 passengers; and
(b)	is conducting a scheduled deep water cruise; and
(c)	is transiting through Western Australian ports from and to locations overseas or interstate.

(2) For the purposes of section 46(2A), gaming on a cruise

ship outside a distance of 12 nautical miles from the

Western Australian baseline is prescribed.

6.            Regulation 18C inserted

At the end of Part 4 Division 4 insert:

18C. Possession of certain gaming machines on cruise
ships

(1) In this regulation -

cruise ship means any vessel that -

(a)	has a minimum capacity of 100 passengers; and
(b)	is conducting a scheduled deep water cruise.

(2) For the purposes of section 85(6A), on board a cruise

ship in waters in an area to which section 85(4) applies
is a prescribed circumstance.

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Note: The substantive criminal law of the State applies throughout the inner

adjacent area for the State under the Crimes at Sea Act 2000

(Western the Crimes at Sea Act 2000 (Commonwealth).

7.	Schedule 2 amended In Schedule 2 after the item relating to section 95(4) insert:
Regulation Description of offence Modified penalty

By Command of the Governor,

G. MOORE, Clerk of the Executive Council.