Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) No person under
the age of 18 years shall —
(a) bet
with a totalisator, or be permitted by a racing club its servants or agents to
participate in the use of, or the facilities afforded by, a totalisator, being
a totalisator to which section 17B applies; or
(b) bet
with a bookmaker, or the employee or the licensed manager of a bookmaker,
licensed under this Act; or
(c)
request any other person to place a bet for him or for her; or
(d)
request any other person to collect payment of a winning bet for him or for
her.
Penalty: $200.
(2) No person under
the age of 18 years shall —
(a)
enter or remain in any totalisator agency while it is open for the lodging or
receiving of bets, except for a purpose referred to in
section 21(3)(c)(ii), but that exception does not authorise employment
contrary to the provisions of section 21(3)(d); or
(b) make
a bet with or through RWWA; or
(c)
request any other person to place such a bet for him or for her; or
(d)
request any other person to collect payment of a winning bet with or through
RWWA for him or for her.
Penalty: $200.
[Section 22 amended by No. 113 of 1965
s. 8(1); No. 46 of 1972 s. 6; No. 11 of 1992 s. 44
and 62; No. 63 of 1995 s. 66; No. 13 of 2002 s. 21;
No. 35 of 2003 s. 103; No. 8 of 2007 s. 9.]