Western Australian Consolidated Acts

BETTING CONTROL ACT 1954 - SECT 27

27 .         Penalty on owner or occupier of premises used for unlawful betting

                An owner or occupier of a place shall not open, use, or permit the use of the place for betting by any means, whether in person or by means of an agent, or by post, telephone or other electronic means of communication, unless —

            (a)         the place is —

                  (i)         a race course where a race meeting is being held under a licence issued by RWWA under the RWWA Act or the Racing Restriction Act 2003 ;

                  (ii)         at the time it is opened or used or permitted to be used for betting, a part of a race course where a bookmaker is for the time being permitted under section 12(3) to bet or carry on business as a bookmaker; or

                  (iii)         a registered place;

            (b)         the betting is carried on —

                  (i)         by means of a totalisator authorised to operate under a written law; or

                  (ii)         in accordance with this Act;

            (c)         the provisions of section 5(2) apply;

            (d)         the betting is done in accordance with the provisions of the RWWA Act; or

            (e)         the betting constitutes permitted gaming, or social gambling, as defined in the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 .

        Penalty: $10 000, or 24 months imprisonment, or both.

        [Section 27 inserted by No. 35 of 2003 s. 89.]