Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RACING AND WAGERING WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACT 2003 - SECT 59

59 .         Combined totalisator pool schemes

        (1)         In this section —

        approved means approved by the Minister on the recommendation of the Commission.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), RWWA may participate in a combined totalisator pool scheme with any other approved person in the State or elsewhere.

        (3)         RWWA may only participate in a combined totalisator pool scheme with a person under an approved contractual arrangement.

        (4)         RWWA may, when participating in a combined totalisator pool scheme and despite any provision of the rules of wagering or the regulations —

            (a)         adopt and operate under any rules pertaining to the operation or administration of that scheme; or

            (b)         at the discretion of the board, make other arrangements for the administration of that scheme.

        (5)         In subsection (4) a reference to rules or arrangements includes a reference to rules or arrangements relating to commission deductions and the payment of dividends.

        (6)         RWWA must ensure that a copy of any rules adopted or arrangement made under subsection (4), and any subsequent amendment to those rules or that arrangement, is —

            (a)         delivered to the Commission;

            (b)         made available at RWWA’s head office for perusal on demand; and

            (c)         included in a notice published in the Gazette for public information.

        (7)         A racing club must pay to RWWA any charges imposed by the operator of a combined totalisator pool scheme on RWWA in respect of wagers from the racing club transmitted by RWWA to a totalisator pool operated under a combined totalisator pool scheme.

        [Section 59 amended by No. 29 of 2009 s. 24.]