Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A casino licensee
and any other person concerned in the organization or management of the gaming
operations of the licensed casino concerned shall ensure that no person under
the age of 18 years is permitted to enter or remain in that casino,
unless subsection (4) applies.
Penalty: $5 000.
(1a) A casino licensee
and any other person concerned in the organization or management of the gaming
operations of the licensed casino concerned shall ensure that no person under
the age of 18 years is permitted to participate in gaming in that casino.
Penalty: $5 000.
(2) It is a defence in
any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) or (1a) to establish
that the accused had reasonable grounds for believing that the person alleged
to be under the age of 18 years and entering or remaining in the licensed
casino concerned, or participating in gaming in that casino, as the case
requires, was over that age.
(3) A person under the
age of 18 years who is not a person to whom subsection (4) applies
shall not enter or remain in a licensed casino.
Penalty: For a first offence, $500; for a second
or subsequent offence, $1 000.
(3a) A person under
the age of 18 years shall not participate in gaming in a licensed casino.
Penalty: $1 000.
(3b) If a court
convicts a person of an offence under subsection (3a), the court shall,
on the application of the prosecutor and in addition to any other penalty
imposed under that subsection, order the forfeiture to the Crown of any
winnings paid to the person as a result of the commission of the offence.
(4) This subsection
applies to a person under the age of 18 years who enters or remains in
the licensed casino concerned for the purposes only of —
(a)
employment in connection with the provision of amenities ancillary to the
gaming therein; or
(b)
obtaining a meal, if that person is accompanied by another person who is over
the age of 18 years and is —
(i)
the spouse or parent of;
(ii)
a person in loco parentis to; or
(iii)
the guardian of,
the person under the
age of 18 years,
and the person under
the age of 18 years does not participate in gaming in that licensed
casino.
[Section 27 amended by No. 10 of 1985
s. 37; No. 44 of 1987 s. 14; No. 78 of 1995 s. 147; No. 24 of
1998 s. 24; No. 84 of 2004 s. 80 and 82.]