Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Where any report
is required pursuant to this Act that report shall be given due consideration,
but the Commission, or any magistrate, shall not be bound to give effect to
any recommendation therein contained.
(2) The contents of
any report made to the Commission by a committee of the Commission, an
authorised officer, a member of the Police Force or any other person required
under this Act to furnish such a report are absolutely privileged —
(a) from
production; and
(b) in
relation to any proceedings for defamation in any court of law,
unless the Commission
or a judge otherwise directs.
(3) A person shall
not, either directly or indirectly, except in the performance of a function or
duty under or in connection with this Act, the RWWA Act or the
Betting Control Act 1954 —
(a) make
a record of, or divulge or communicate to any other person, any information
concerning the affairs of another person acquired by him by reason of his
office, employment or engagement under or for the purposes of this Act or any
other written law relating to gambling; or
(b)
produce to any person any report, books or other thing relating to the affairs
of another person furnished for the purposes of this Act or any other written
law relating to gambling.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $50 000.
[Section 20 amended: No. 35 of 2003 s. 134 and
166; No. 50 of 2003 s. 66(2); No. 41 of 2018 s. 25(1); No. 53 of 2024 s. 71.]
[Heading inserted: No. 73 of 2006 s. 113.]