Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
regulations made under section 37, the Commission may give directions to
a casino licensee with respect to the system of internal controls and
administrative and accounting procedures that apply to the gaming operations
of the casino licensee.
(1a) A direction may
be amended from time to time by the Commission as the Commission thinks fit.
(1b) A direction or an
amendment of a direction has effect when written notice of it is given to the
casino licensee concerned or on a later date specified in the notice.
(1c) The controls and
procedures referred to in directions, or in amendments of directions, may be
described in words or represented diagrammatically, or by a combination of
both methods.
(2) The Commission may
give a direction to a casino licensee to adopt, vary, cease or refrain from
any practice in respect of the conduct of the gaming operations of the casino
licensee or the playing of any game in the licensed casino.
(3) A casino licensee
shall ensure that any direction given in accordance with this section is
brought to the notice of, and is not contravened by, any person who is
responsible for the organization or management of gaming operations at the
casino complex concerned or any other person or body, corporate or
unincorporate, acting in relation to those gaming operations as an employee,
agent or otherwise on behalf of, or subject to the control of, the casino
licensee.
(4) Where a direction
given by the Commission so provides, any power of approval or other function
specified in that direction may be exercised or carried out by a person or
body to whom it has been delegated by the Commission pursuant to
section 16 of the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 , and for
the purposes of that direction the giving of an approval or the imposition of
a prohibition by such a delegate shall be as effective as if given or imposed
by the Commission.
(5) It is a condition
of a casino gaming licence that the casino licensee complies with any
direction given to the casino licensee under this section.
[Section 24 amended by No. 10 of 1985
s. 34; No. 74 of 1987 s. 28; No. 24 of 1998 s. 19; No. 35
of 2003 s. 171(3).]