Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Unless a casino
complex agreement otherwise provides, all books relating to the accounts of
the gaming operations and the management of the casino complex shall, subject
to subsection (2), be kept at the casino complex in a place approved by
the Commission and the Commission, on giving notice in writing, shall
forthwith be afforded the access and facilities necessary and may exercise in
respect of those books the powers conferred by sections 26 and 27 of the
Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 in relation to its functions
under this Act, any other Act or a casino complex agreement.
(2) The Chief Casino
Officer may by notice in writing —
(a)
exempt a casino licensee, or any other person affected by the requirements of
subsection (1), from compliance with that subsection to such extent, or
in respect of such books, as may be specified in that notice; or
(b)
consent, generally or in a particular case, to books otherwise required to be
kept in a place approved by the Commission being removed temporarily.
(3) Subject to any
other Act or law relating to the retention or destruction of those books, all
books to which subsection (1) applies shall be retained in the possession
or subject to the control of the casino licensee for a period of 7 years
after the completion of the transactions to which they relate unless the
Commission, by notice in writing, otherwise approves —
(a) the
retention of the books in an alternative form or manner; or
(b) the
destruction of any books, the retention of which the Commission does not
consider to be essential.
[Section 25 inserted by No. 74 of 1987
s. 29; amended by No. 24 of 1998 s. 20; No. 35 of 2003
s. 171(3).]