Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person does not
have a right against the owner or occupier of a licensed casino, or a casino
licensee, to enter or remain in the licensed casino, except by the licence of
that occupier, owner or casino licensee.
(1a) A person
authorised by the casino licensee for the purposes of this subsection may,
either orally or in writing, prohibit a person from entering or remaining in
the licensed casino.
(1b) A prohibition
made under subsection (1a) remains in force —
(a) for
a period of 24 hours from the time at which it was so made; or
(b)
until it is revoked by a person authorised within the meaning of that
subsection,
whichever is the
sooner.
(1c) While a
prohibition made under subsection (1a) remains in force, a person
authorised within the meaning of that subsection may with the use of
reasonable force exclude or remove the person who is the subject of that
prohibition from the licensed casino or have him so excluded or removed.
(1d) A person who is
the subject of a prohibition made under subsection (1a) shall not enter
or remain in the licensed casino to which that prohibition relates while that
prohibition remains in force.
Penalty: $500.
(2) The casino
licensee concerned or some person acting under the licensee’s authority
or the Commissioner of Police may give to a person a direction in writing
prohibiting the person from entering or remaining in the licensed casino.
(3) A direction given
under subsection (2) by the Commissioner of Police is of no effect until
notice has been given in writing of that direction to the casino licensee
concerned.
(4) A direction given
under subsection (2) by —
(a) the
casino licensee concerned or a person acting under the licensee’s
authority remains in force until it is revoked —
(i)
by that casino licensee; or
(ii)
by a determination of the Commission under
section 26A(5), notification of which has been given in accordance with
that subsection;
or
(b) the
Commissioner of Police remains in force until it is revoked by him and that
revocation is notified in writing to the casino licensee concerned.
(5) While a direction
given under subsection (2) remains in force, a person authorised by the
casino licensee for the purposes of this subsection may with the use of
reasonable force exclude or remove the person who is the subject of that
direction from the licensed casino or have him so excluded or removed.
(6) A person who is
the subject of a direction given under subsection (2) shall not enter or
remain in the licensed casino to which that direction relates while that
direction remains in force.
Penalty: $1 000.
(7) The casino
licensee of, a person concerned in the organization or management of the
gaming operations in, the casino, shall not knowingly allow any person to
enter or remain in the licensed casino contrary to a prohibition made under
subsection (1a) or a direction given under subsection (2).
Penalty: $5 000.
(8) This section does
not prevent any person from exercising any power conferred on him by this or
any other Act to enter or remain in, or to do any other act in relation to, a
licensed casino.
[Section 26 amended by No. 10 of 1985
s. 36; No. 74 of 1987 s. 30; No. 78 of 1995 s. 147; No. 24 of
1998 s. 22.]