Lotteries Commission Amendment Act 1993 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

LOTTERIES C ISSI N

AMENDMENT ACT 1993

No. 9 of 1993

AN ACT to amend the Lotteries Commission Act 1990.

[Assented to 24 September 1993 .1

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows :

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Lotteries Commission

Amendment Act 1993 .

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Commencement

2. This Act comes into operation on the day on which it

receives the Royal Assent .

Principal Act

3. In this Act the Lotteries Commission Act 1990* is referred to

as the principal Act .

[* Act No. 16 of 1990.

For subsequent amendments see 1992 Index to

Legislation of Western Australia, Table 1, p . 125.1

Section 3A inserted

4.    The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 3 the

following section -

a

Clarification of instructions on instant

lottery tickets

3A. (1) In or on any instant lottery ticket, whether issued under this Act or the Lotteries (Control) Act 1954, and whether issued before or after the commencement of the Lotteries Commission Amendment Act 1993, the phrase -

(a) "match 3 moneyamounts", "match 3 cash amounts", "match 3 identical dollar amounts" or "find 3 identical dollar amounts" means to win a prize the ticket must show three of an identical money amount, and does not include, and has never included, the possibility of matching three money amounts by finding a pair for each of three different money amounts;

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(b)	"match3symbolsthesame","match any 3 symbols", "match 3 symbols", "find 3 identical symbols" or "match 3 identical symbols" means to win a prize the ticket must show three of an identical symbol, and does not include, and has never included, the possibility of matching three symbols by finding a pair for each of three different symbols ;
(c)	"if 3matching numbers appear", "match any 3 numbers", "match 3 numbers", "find 3 identical numbers" or "match 3 identical numbers" means to win a prize the ticket must show three of an identical number, and does not include, and has never included, the possibility of matching three numbers by finding a pair for each of three different numbers ;
(d)	"match 3 amounts", "match the 3 amounts", "match 3 identical amounts", "find 3 identical amounts" or "match any 3 identical amounts" means to win a prize the ticket must show three of an identical amount, and does not include, and i.as never included, the possibility of matching three amounts by finding a pair for each of three different amounts ;
(e)	"match 3 of the same" or "match 3" means to win a prize the ticket must show three of an identical thing, and does not include, and has never included, the possibility of matching three things by finding a pair for each of three different things ;

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(f)	"match 3 words/symbols" means to win a prize the ticket must show three of an identical word, or symbol, as the case may be, and does not include, and has never included, the possibility of matching three words (or symbols) by finding a pair for each of three different words (or symbols) ;
(g)	"find 3 identicalsymbols or numbers" means to win a prize the ticket must show three of an identical symbol, or number, as the case may be, and does not include, and has never included, the possibility of matching three symbols (or numbers) by finding a pair for each of three different symbols (or numbers) .

(2) In this section, the figure "3" includes the

word "three" .

Section 16 amended

by deleting

5.    Section 16 (5) of the principal Act is amended

"lotteries, games" in the 2 places it occurs and substituting in

each place the following -

11

11

lotteries other than instant lotteries, games