Western Australian Current Regulations

GAMING AND WAGERING COMMISSION REGULATIONS 1988 - REG 9

9 .         Gaming permits, application for

        (1)         An organization which, or an individual who, desires to apply to the Commission for approval as a person eligible to hold a gaming permit, or a permit in relation to a particular kind of permitted gaming, permitted lottery, or permitted provision of amusements with prizes, shall furnish to the Commission such information as it may require and in particular —

            (a)         details of relevant experience in the conduct of gaming;

            (b)         details of any gaming equipment or other apparatus that may be proposed to be used, and from what source it is to be obtained;

            (c)         details of any person who, pursuant to a service agreement, is to perform any operation to which section 91 applies or is likely to apply;

            (d)         as to the facilities proposed to be made available, including a description of the premises which are to be used for, or the use of which will be ancillary to, the gaming;

            (e)         as to any arrangement or circumstances whereby the benefit arising from the holding of the permit may accrue to any other person;

            (f)         where the applicant is an organization, the manner of appointment of an individual who (if the Commission approves the individual as nominee permit holder) is to be responsible for the conduct of the gaming, and the written consent of that person to the appointment.

        (2)         An applicant for a gaming permit shall furnish to the Commission, or to a magistrate  ¹ acting in respect of a function permit on behalf of the Commission, at the time the application is made —

            (a)         the name and address of the applicant, and if the applicant is an organization the name and address of the proposed nominee permit holder; and

            (b)         the address of the premises where the gaming (not being a lottery) is to be conducted; and

            (c)         if the applicant, the nominee permit holder or the premises have been approved by the Commission previously, particulars sufficient to identify the relevant entry in the register; and

            (d)         the type of permit required, the nature of the gaming to be conducted, and the nature and value of any prizes to be offered; and

            (e)         the period for which the permit is required, and if the application is for a function permit the nature and duration of the function; and

            (f)         particulars of the object, or the activity, for the benefit of which the moneys raised by the proposed gaming are to be used, and of the intended manner of that use; and

            (g)         particulars of any charges to be made for participation in, or otherwise relating to, the gaming.

        (3)         An application for a function permit if made —

            (a)         by or on behalf of a person or organization approved as eligible to hold a gaming permit in relation to gaming of the kind specified, or an approved nominee of such an organization; and

            (b)         in respect of premises approved, in relation to gaming of the kind specified,

                may, unless the Commission otherwise directs, be made informally but otherwise should be made to the Commission or the magistrate not later than 7 days before the proposed gaming in writing on a form supplied by the Commission, unless the Commission or the magistrate agrees to give the application expedited consideration.

        (4)         An application for a gaming permit of a continuing nature shall be made in writing on a form supplied, or otherwise in a manner approved, by the Commission not later than 7 days before the proposed gaming, unless the Commission agrees to give the application expedited consideration.

        (5)         In addition to the amount prescribed in Schedule 1 as the fee payable on the issue of a gaming permit, the Commission may require an applicant to pay such charges as the Commission determines to be reasonable in relation to the inquiries and work involved to determine whether or not the applicant is a person to whom or which a permit should be granted, but where an entry relating to a person appears in the current part of the register in relation to a specific kind of gaming as a person approved as eligible to hold a permit in respect of gaming of that kind no charge under this subregulation is payable in respect of any further application by that person for a permit in respect of gaming of that kind.

        [Regulation 9 amended: Gazette 30 Jan 2004 p. 415; 18 May 2004 p. 1572.]