Racing and Wagering Western Australia Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2007 (WA)

7 December 2007 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5985

These regulations are the Racing and Wagering Western
Australia Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2007.

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Racing and Wagering Western Australia Act 2003

Racing and Wagering Western Australia

Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2007

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

5986 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 December 2007

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 ("Gazeftal day");
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after Gazettal day.

3.            The regulations amended

The amendment in these regulations is to the Racing and
Wagering Western Australia Regulations 2003.

4.            Regulation 58A inserted

After regulation 58 the following regulation is inserted —

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58A. Refunds to wagering accounts following scratchings

(1) Subject to subregulation (2) and the rules of wagering,

where a runner (or one of the runners) on which a

wager other than —

(a)	a favourite numbers wager; or
(b)	a sweepstakes wager,

has been placed with RWWA using a wagering
account is scratched before the start of its race or
declared a non-starter, the investor who placed a wager
on (or involving) that runner with RWWA is entitled to
have a refund of the wager amount credited to his or
her wagering account.

(2) Where a refund is payable under subregulation (1) due to a scratching, and the investor entitled to the refund wishes to obtain that refund prior to the running of the

race, the investor may, on request, obtain a refund
of —
(a)	the wager; or
(b)	if the wager is on one of 2 or more wagers for which a single ticket number is generated, and none of the wagers have been decided — the total value of the wagers relating to that ticket number,

prior to the running of the race, if the request is made
before the close of wagering for each and every race to

which the particular ticket number relates.

By Command of the Governor,

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