Victorian Consolidated Regulations

GAMBLING REGULATIONS 2015 - REG 69

    (1)     It is a condition of bingo conducted under Chapter 8 of the Act (except section 8.2.4A) that a community or charitable organisation must, before 1 October in each year that bingo is conducted, give the Commission a return setting out, in respect of the year or part year ending on the preceding 30 June, for each month—

        (a)     the gross receipts; and

        (b)     the total expenses (including catering and the fees paid to the holder of a bingo centre operator's licence); and

        (c)     the serial numbers of unsold tickets, if any; and

        (d)     the prizes paid; and

        (e)     the net proceeds of bingo; and

        (f)     the balance of each jackpot pool, if any, at the end of that month.

    (2)     A return under this regulation—

        (a)     must be signed by—

              (i)     the responsible person; and

              (ii)     the president, secretary, treasurer or a director of the community or charitable organisation; and

        (b)     subject to subregulation (4), must contain or be accompanied by a certificate addressed to the Commission from a person referred to in subregulation (3) setting out the person's opinion as to the truth and accuracy of the return.

    (3)     A person may provide a certificate required by subregulation (2)(b) if the person—

        (a)     not being a member of the governing body of the community or charitable organisation, has been appointed by the governing body with the same authority as the auditor of a public company; and

        (b)     is—

              (i)     a registered company auditor; or

              (ii)     a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, CPA Australia or the Institute of Public Accountants; or

              (iii)     the manager of a branch of a financial institution.

    (4)     Subregulation (2)(b) does not apply if—

        (a)     the gross receipts for the year of the return do not exceed $50 000; and

        (b)     the running sheets and all bank records for the conduct of bingo have been reviewed by—

              (i)     the responsible person; and

              (ii)     the president, secretary or treasurer or a director of the community or charitable organisation; and

        (c)     the return contains or is accompanied by a certificate given by each person who has undertaken a review under paragraph (b) setting out the person's opinion as to the truth and accuracy of the running sheets and bank records.

    (5)     A person must not give a certificate under subregulation (4)(c) that the person knows, or could reasonably be expected to know, is false.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (6)     It is a condition of bingo conducted under Chapter 8 of the Act (except section 8.2.4A) that if the authority to conduct sessions of bingo is suspended under section 8.4.18 of the Act, subject to subregulation (7), the community or charitable organisation must give to the Commission, within 3 months of that suspension, a return in respect of the period starting on the preceding 1 July and ending on the last day of the authorised conduct of bingo.

    (7)     Subregulation (6) does not apply if the suspension referred to in subregulation (6) is lifted within 3 months, in which case the community or charitable organisation may provide a return for the past year before the suspension with its return for the period after the suspension.