Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
administrator means administrator appointed under
section 21E(1) or (2);
authorised game means game declared by the
Commission under section 22 to be an authorised game for the purposes of
this Act;
books includes any register or other record of
information and accounts or accounting records, however compiled, recorded or
stored, and also any document;
casino means area in which games are conducted and
played and in which money counting, surveillance, storage and other activities
related to the conduct and playing of games are carried on, in accordance with
a casino gaming licence granted under section 21;
casino complex , subject to any order made under
section 21F(1b), means area —
(a) in
which a casino and an hotel and other amenities or premises are established,
or intended to be established, to an international standard; and
(b)
which is the subject of a casino complex agreement,
and includes any casino or hotel or other
amenities or premises established in that area;
casino complex agreement means agreement entered
into by the Minister with a public company under section 19(1);
casino employee means person employed or working
in a licensed casino whose duties or responsibilities relate to or are in
support of the licensed casino, but does not include —
(a)
casino key employee; or
(b)
person or member of a class of persons prescribed for the purpose of this
paragraph;
casino gaming licence means casino gaming licence
granted under section 21;
casino key employee means
person —
(a)
employed or working in a licensed casino in a managerial capacity or empowered
to make decisions, involving the exercise of his discretion, that regulate the
operation of a licensed casino; or
(b) who
the Commission determines in the public interest by reason of his influence,
remuneration or function, should be designated as such;
casino licensee means holder, or person deemed to
be the holder, of a casino gaming licence;
Commission means the Gaming and Wagering
Commission established under the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987
;
common gaming house has the meaning attributed by
section 41 of the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 ;
game means —
(a) game
of chance or pretended game of chance; or
(b) game
or pretended game which includes a degree of chance,
whether or not combined with a skill or degree of
skill and whether or not played manually or by means of —
(c) any
electrical, electronic or mechanical contrivance or machine that is
constructed or adapted for use in a game or pretended game referred to in
paragraph (a) or (b); or
(d) any
other instrument of gaming;
gaming operations , in relation to a casino, means
—
(a) the
conduct and playing of games in the casino;
(b) the
management, supervision or surveillance of the conduct and playing of games in
the casino;
(c)
money counting, accounting or advertising in relation to the conduct and
playing of games in the casino;
(d) the
use of storage areas in relation to the conduct and playing of games in the
casino; or
(e)
any other activities incidental to or connected with —
(i)
the conduct and playing of games; or
(ii)
the provision of facilities or services in relation to
the conduct and playing of games,
in the casino;
government inspector means a government inspector
appointed for the purposes of section 9(1);
licensed casino means casino in respect of which a
casino gaming licence is, or is deemed to be, in force;
mortgagee means person in whose favour a mortgage,
charge or other encumbrance is created under section 21F(1);
public company means public company within the
meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
public interest means public interest having
regard to the creation and maintenance of public confidence and trust in the
credibility, integrity and stability of licensed casino gaming operations;
the Chief Casino Officer means the Chief Casino
Officer appointed within the meaning of section 9(1).
(2) In this Act the
terms condition , conduct , gaming , gaming equipment , instruments of gaming
, machine , possession , token and winnings shall be given the respective
meanings assigned to those terms in the Gaming and Wagering Commission
Act 1987 .
(3) A reference in
this Act to an officer of the Commission shall be deemed to include a
reference to the Chief Casino Officer, any government inspector or other
officer appointed pursuant to section 9, and any other authorised officer
within the meaning of the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 .
(4) This Act and
subsidiary legislation under this Act are, for the purposes of the
Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 , a written law relating to
gaming.
[Section 3 amended by No. 10 of 1985
s. 23; No. 29 of 1985 s. 8; No. 64 of 1985 s. 2; No. 44 of 1987
s. 11; No. 74 of 1987 s. 12; No. 57 of 1997 s. 28(1); No. 24 of
1998 s. 4; No. 10 of 2001 s. 220; No. 35 of 2003 s. 171(2)
and (3).]
[ 4. Deleted by No. 24 of 1998 s. 5.]
[ 4A-8. Deleted by No. 74 of 1987 s. 14.]