Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Commission may
by arrangement with the relevant employing authority make use, either
full-time or part-time, of the services of any officer or employee —
(a) in
the Public Service; or
(b) in a
State agency or instrumentality; or
(c)
otherwise in the service of the Crown in right of the State.
(1a) The Commission
may by arrangement with —
(a) a
department of the Public Service; or
(b) a
State agency or instrumentality,
make use of any
facilities of the department, agency or instrumentality.
(2) An arrangement
under subsection (1) or (1a) is to be made on such terms as are agreed to by
the parties.
(2a) In subsections
(1) and (1a) —
employing authority , Public Service and other
expressions used in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 have the same
meanings as they have in that Act.
(3) The Commission may
engage, under contract for services, such consultants as may be necessary to
enable the Commission to carry out effectively its functions under this Act,
the RWWA Act and the Betting Control Act 1954 , and may enter into
arrangements with statutory authorities, educational establishments, or other
bodies or persons, whether in the State or elsewhere, with respect to the
conduct of any research, study, inquiry or investigation or to any
professional, technical or other assistance that may be necessary or expedient
for the purposes of this Act, the RWWA Act or the Betting Control Act 1954 .
(4) On the request of
the Commission the Commissioner of Police may cause inquiry or investigations
to be made as to —
(a) any
testimonial, books or other information supplied by or on behalf of a person
who is the holder of, or an applicant for, any permit, approval or certificate
under this Act or any licence or other authorisation conferred pursuant to the
Betting Control Act 1954 , the RWWA Act or any other written law that relates
to gambling; and
(b) the
character or reputation of any such person, including as to whether or not,
and the extent to which, that person acts or is reputed to be accustomed to
act in accordance with the directions or interests of any other person; and
(c) the
suitability of such a person to conduct or be concerned in the conduct of
permitted gaming, and where the case requires as to the suitability of any
individual appointed as a nominee on behalf of such a person, or of a person
for whom another acts as nominee; and
(ca) the
suitability of —
(i)
such a person to conduct, or to be concerned in the
conduct of, wagering under the Betting Control Act 1954 or the RWWA Act; or
(ii)
any individual appointed on behalf of such a person,
whether as a nominee or otherwise; or
(iii)
a person for whom another acts, whether as a nominee or
otherwise;
and
(cb) the
character, reputation, and antecedents of any person who occupies or seeks to
occupy a position of authority in a body corporate or is or wishes to become a
member of a partnership that is the holder of, or an applicant for, a
bookmaker’s licence under the Betting Control Act 1954 , and of any
associate or suspected associate of that person, including as to whether or
not, and the extent to which, that person acts or is reputed to be accustomed
to act in accordance with the directions or interests of any other person; and
(d) any
premises, facilities, gaming or other equipment, instruments of gaming,
machine, accounting procedures, advertising or inducements, used or suspected
of being used in connection with gambling or suspected gambling, or intended
to be so used; and
(e) any
matter concerning a licensed casino; and
(f) the
conduct or suspected conduct of any gambling, or suspected gambling; and
(g)
allegations, representations or objections made in respect of any such
matters,
and shall report
thereon to the Commission, and if the Commission so requests to a court.
[Section 18 amended: No. 32 of 1994 s. 19; No. 24
of 1998 s. 38; No. 35 of 2003 s. 132 and 166.]