Western Australian Consolidated Acts

BETTING CONTROL ACT 1954 - SECT 4A

4A .         Application of this Act to certain sporting events other than races

        (1)         This Act applies to and in relation to a designated sporting event conducted by a permittee at a registered place as though — 

            (a)         the designated sporting event were a race;

            (b)         the permittee were a racing club; and

            (c)         the registered place were a race course.

        (2)         A person who desires to conduct a designated sporting event at a registered place shall — 

            (a)         apply to the Commission in a form approved by the Commission for the grant of a permit; and

            (b)         indicate in that application the place at which the designated sporting event is to be conducted under the permit by that person.

        (3)         An application under subsection (2) shall be accompanied by such information as is prescribed, and the applicant shall furnish the Commission with such additional information as the Commission directs.

        (4)         The Commission may — 

            (a)         grant a permit applied for under subsection (2) and, if the place at which the designated sporting event is to be conducted under the permit by the applicant is not already registered under this subsection in respect of designated sporting events of the class to which the designated sporting event belongs, register that place in respect of designated sporting events of that class;

            (b)         refuse to grant a permit applied for under subsection (2); or

            (c)         defer consideration of an application under subsection (2),

                as the Commission thinks fit.

        (5)         The Commission may, with respect to a permit, impose conditions, restrictions and prohibitions in relation to the permittee or the registered place or both.

        (6)         A permittee or other person shall not contravene any condition, restriction or prohibition imposed under subsection (5).

        Penalty: $500.

        (7)         The Commission may, whether or not a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (6), cancel or suspend a permit if the Commission is satisfied that any condition, restriction or prohibition imposed under subsection (5) with respect to the permit has not been complied with.

        (8)         In this section — 

        permit means permit granted under subsection (4).

        [Section 4A inserted by No. 17 of 1998 s. 5(1); amended by No. 13 of 2002 s. 5; No. 35 of 2003 s. 102.]