Western Australian Consolidated Acts

BETTING CONTROL ACT 1954 - SECT 16A

16A .         Books of account, records etc.

        (1)         A bookmaker or, in the case of a bookmaker which is a partnership or body corporate, the licensed manager of the bookmaker shall — 

            (a)         prepare and keep in the English language a true, complete, accurate and legible written record — 

                  (i)         setting out the financial position of the business carried on, in such a way as will enable the accounts to be conveniently inspected and properly audited; and

                  (ii)         showing full particulars and details of each betting transaction made by or on behalf of that bookmaker and the betting turnover resulting,

                in such manner as is required by or under this Act, or by the Commission;

            (b)         prepare and deliver correctly the returns, forms or other records required by or under this Act, entering accurately and in a manner approved by the Commission full particulars and details of each betting transaction and the betting turnover resulting;

            (c)         for the purpose of recording bets — 

                  (i)         use such a form and such a method of recording as may be required by or under this Act and is approved by the Commission;

                  (ii)         make the required entries in numerical sequence; and

                  (iii)         ensure that the requirements of the regulations as to the use of tickets are complied with;

            (d)         ensure that no alteration, erasure or obliteration in respect of an entry of a bet or in any record is made in such a manner as to prevent its legibility;

            (e)         where an error is made in the recording of a bet a person making any alteration to that record shall, if the record is handwritten — 

                  (i)         rule through the incorrect entry, preserving its legibility; and

                  (ii)         make the correct entry immediately under it,

                and if the record was made using a computer — 

                  (iii)         cause the word “CANCELLED” to be endorsed adjacent to such details of the incorrect entry as will enable the reference to be identified; and

                  (iv)         make the correct entry immediately thereafter;

            (f)         not remove, or permit to be removed, any part of any book of forms or of any form or other record, except for the purpose of delivering it to a racing club or to the Commission as required by or under this Act;

            (g)         ensure that any duplicate of a form or other record required by or under this Act is clearly legible and an exact copy of the original;

            (h)         retain such of the records and betting material relating to the business carried on by or on behalf of that bookmaker as the Commission may from time to time in writing require for 5 years or such longer period after the completion of the transaction to which they relate as may be so required; and

            (j)         on being required to do so by the Commission or some other person authorised by or under this Act so to require — 
                  (i)         notify the Commission, where any betting material, form or other record may be inspected; and

                  (ii)         furnish, deliver or produce any such betting material, form or other record to the Commission or to a person authorised for the purpose under the Act, as may be required.

        (2)         If default is made in complying with a provision of subsection (1), any licensed employee or licensed manager who is in default and any bookmaker who failed to take all reasonable steps to secure compliance with the provision commits an offence.

        [Section 16A inserted by No. 11 of 1992 s. 38; amended by No. 63 of 1995 s. 53; No. 13 of 2002 s. 13; No. 35 of 2003 s. 102.]

[ 16B, 16C.         Deleted by No. 49 of 1960 s. 11.]