Western Australian Consolidated Acts

BETTING CONTROL ACT 1954 - SECT 12A

12A .         Temporary bookmakers’ employees’ licences

        (1)         A bookmaker may apply in a form approved by the Commission to a steward in charge of a race meeting for a temporary bookmaker’s employee’s licence to be granted to a person nominated by the bookmaker in respect of the day, or one of the days, of the race meeting.

        (1a)         A bookmaker may apply in a form approved by the Commission to a steward for a temporary bookmaker’s employee’s licence to be granted to a person nominated by the bookmaker in respect of a day on which a bookmaker may bet or carry on business as such on the race course under section 12(3).

        (2)         A steward to whom an application is made under subsection (1) or (1a) may —

            (a)         if that steward is satisfied that the applicant —

                  (i)         has no licensed employees, or insufficient licensed employees, to enable the applicant to conduct the applicant’s business at the race meeting or race course on the day in question; and

                  (ii)         has taken all reasonable steps to obtain the services of a licensed employee or an additional licensed employee, but to no avail,

                grant the temporary licence applied for, subject to such terms and conditions as that steward imposes on that temporary licence; or

            (b)         refuse the application,

                but may before doing so require the applicant to furnish to that steward such information additional to that provided in a form approved by the Commission as appears to that steward to be necessary for the proper consideration of the application.

        (3)         In making a decision under subsection (2), a steward shall apply such principles as are from time to time communicated to racing clubs by the Commission for the purposes of this section.

        (4)         A steward is not required to specify any reason for a refusal made by the steward under subsection (2)(b).

        (5)         A steward —

            (a)         who has granted one or more temporary licences under subsection (1) in respect of a race meeting; and

            (b)         who does not, within 3 days of the conclusion of the race meeting, communicate to the Commission such details of the applications for those temporary licences, and of the persons to whom those temporary licences have been granted, as are prescribed,

                commits an offence.

        (5a)         A steward —

            (a)         who has granted one or more temporary licences under subsection (1a); and

            (b)         who does not, within 3 days of the day in respect of which the temporary licence was granted, communicate to the Commission such details of the applications for those temporary licences, and of the persons to whom those temporary licences have been granted, as are prescribed,

                commits an offence.

        (6)         A temporary licence remains current until the conclusion of the day in respect of which it was granted.

        (7)         A person to whom a temporary licence is granted is deemed to be the holder of a bookmaker’s employee’s licence in relation to the day to which the temporary licence relates.

        (8)         In this section —

        temporary licence means temporary bookmaker’s employee’s licence referred to in subsection (1) or (1a).

        [Section 12A inserted by No. 17 of 1998 s. 13; amended by No. 13 of 2002 s. 9; No. 35 of 2003 s. 82 and 102.]