Western Australian Consolidated Acts

BETTING CONTROL ACT 1954 - SECT 28G

28G .         Penalty for accepting bets after closing time

        (1)         Any manager, secretary, officer, employee or agent of RWWA, or any employee of the agent, who receives or permits to be received any bets in respect of any race or sporting event after the time, as notified by the race club or other body conducting the race or sporting event, for the starting of that race or sporting event, commits an offence.

        Penalty: $2 500.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to a bet received after the start of a sporting event but before the end of that event if —

            (a)         the event has been, or is of a class of event that has been, approved in writing by the Commission for the purpose of this subsection; or

            (b)         the bet is received in the course of the participation by RWWA in —

                  (i)         a combined totalisator pool scheme under the Racing and Wagering Western Australia Act 2003 section 59; or

                  (ii)         a jointly operated fixed odds wagering system under the Racing and Wagering Western Australia Act 2003 section 61.

        [Section 28G inserted by No. 63 of 1995 s. 81; amended by No. 35 of 2003 s. 103; No. 29 of 2009 s. 17.]