Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
Commission representative means —
(a) a
member of the Commission;
(b) a
person authorised by the Commission or the Minister;
(c) an
authorised officer; or
(d) a
police officer.
(2) A Commission
representative may at any time enter without charge and inspect —
(a) a
race course;
(b)
premises to which section 5(2) applies;
(c)
premises or a vehicle or vessel from or on which a bookmaker carries on
business;
(d) a
venue at which a sporting event on which betting takes place is being held; or
(e) a
totalisator, totalisator agency or other premises of RWWA.
(3) An inspection may
be carried out under this section for any or all of the following
purposes —
(a) to
ascertain whether a liability to pay a levy or fee under this Act has been
met;
(b) to
gather information relevant to ascertaining the amount of a levy or fee under
this Act;
(c) to
gather any information relevant to making a decision under this Act;
(d) to
audit records required to be kept under —
(i)
this Act; or
(ii)
the RWWA Act in relation to gambling;
(e) to
gather evidence of a suspected contravention of —
(i)
this Act;
(ii)
a condition of a licence, permit or approval under this
Act; or
(iii)
the RWWA Act in relation to gambling;
(f) any
other purpose relevant to the administration of —
(i)
this Act; or
(ii)
the RWWA Act in relation to gambling.
(4) A Commission
representative who is an authorised officer shall, on first encountering a
person apparently in a position of authority on the premises, and also on the
reasonable request of any other person on the premises, display his or her
certificate of appointment to the person.
[Section 20 inserted by No. 35 of 2003
s. 87; amended by No. 8 of 2009 s. 25.]