Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where the amount
of any bet (other than a fixed odds bet) is, in the first instance, received
by RWWA or one of its agencies —
(a) RWWA
shall deduct therefrom, by way of commission, the amount prescribed as the
commission for a bet of that kind or if another amount is determined by RWWA
under this section, that amount; and
(b) any
amount so deducted by RWWA shall for all purposes belong to RWWA and form part
of the general funds of RWWA.
(2) RWWA may, if it
considers it necessary, determine a lower amount than that prescribed as the
amount of commission to be deducted under subsection (1) from
bets —
(a) of a
specified kind; and
(b)
received by RWWA or one of its agencies for inclusion in a totalisator pool
operated by RWWA under the RWWA Act section 50(1)(b),
during a specified
period.
(3) RWWA may, if it
considers it necessary, determine an amount other than that prescribed as the
amount of commission to be deducted under subsection (1) from
bets —
(a) of a
specified kind; and
(b)
received by RWWA or one of its agencies for inclusion in a combined
totalisator pool scheme of a kind referred to in the RWWA Act section 59,
during a specified
period.
(4) RWWA must provide
the Commission with written notice of a determination under
subsection (2) or (3).
[Section 17E inserted by No. 63 of 1995
s. 57; amended by No. 40 of 1999 s. 32; No. 35 of 2003
s. 86 and 103; No. 8 of 2007 s. 6.]