GAMBLING REGULATION REGULATIONS 2005 (SR NO 61 OF 2005) - REG 66 Return in respect of bingo permit

GAMBLING REGULATION REGULATIONS 2005 (SR NO 61 OF 2005) - REG 66

    (1)     It is a prescribed condition of a bingo permit that the permit holder must, before 1 October in each year that the bingo permit is in force, 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;

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

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

        (d)     the prizes paid;

        (e)     the net proceeds of bingo;

        (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 permit holder; and

        (b)     except in the circumstances set out in sub-regulation (4), must contain or be accompanied by a certificate addressed to the Commission from a person referred to in sub-regulation (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 sub-regulation (2)(b) if the person—

        (a)     not being a member of the governing body of the permit holder, 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 within the meaning of the Corporations Law; or

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

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

    (4)     Sub-regulation (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 permit holder; 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 sub-regulation (4)(c) that he or she knows, or could reasonably be expected to know, is false.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (6)     It is a prescribed condition of a bingo permit that—

        (a)     if the permit expires or is cancelled or surrendered, and no new permit is issued on its expiry, cancellation or surrender (as the case requires), the permit holder must give to the Commission, within 3 months after the expiry, cancellation or surrender of the permit, a return in respect of the period starting on the preceding 1 July and ending on the last day of the bingo permit; and

        (b)     if the permit expires or is cancelled or surrendered and a new bingo permit is issued, the permit holder must include in its first return under the new bingo permit the period starting on the preceding 1 July and ending on the last day of the bingo permit.