Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Where the
Commission is satisfied that it is not to be conducted for the purposes of
private gain or any commercial undertaking, a permit authorising the conduct
of bingo may be issued —
(a) to
have effect for a period of 6 months from the date of issue, without
specifying the dates on which play may take place, where the bingo is
conducted by or on behalf of an approved bingo club; or
(b) as a
permit of a continuing nature, subject to the condition that play takes place
on the days and at the times authorised by that permit and not otherwise; or
(c) as a
function permit.
(2) A permit to which
subsection (1)(a) applies shall not be issued unless the Commission is
satisfied that —
(a) the
club seeking the issue of the permit is comprised wholly or mainly of persons
who are senior citizens or pensioners, and guests participating in the play
will be persons of a like kind; or
(b) the
club constitutes, or will conduct the bingo on behalf of, a charitable
organisation.
(3) A permit under
this Division issued to an approved nominee on behalf of a club shall, unless
the Commission otherwise specifies, be issued subject to the implied condition
(which need not be specified in the permit or entered in the register) that no
person shall participate in the gaming unless either —
(a) he
is a member of the club and there has been an interval of at least 48 hours
between the time when he applied or was nominated for membership of the club
and the time when he begins to take part in the gaming; or
(b) he
is a bona fide guest of a person who is a member of the club,
and for the purposes
of paragraph (b) a person shall be taken not to be a bona fide guest if he
himself makes any payment required for enabling him to obtain access to the
premises, or to a part of them which is a part in which the gaming takes
place, or if (apart from any stakes hazarded and the payment of any losses
incurred by him in the gaming) he makes any payment in money or money’s
worth in respect of the gaming.
(4) A person shall not
participate in the gaming under this Division —
(a) if,
unless section 96(1) or 97(1) applies or a permit otherwise provides, he is
not present on the premises at the time when the gaming takes place there; or
(b) on
behalf of another person who is not present on the premises at that time.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
[Section 95 amended: No. 24 of 1998 s. 59; No. 41
of 2018 s. 25(1); No. 53 of 2024 s. 71.]