Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (2), if a prize in a lottery conducted by the Commission is
not claimed within 12 months after the date on which the result of that
lottery was publicly declared on behalf of the Commission, the
participant’s right to recover, and the Commission’s liability to
pay or deliver that prize, are extinguished.
(2) If a prize in an
instant lottery conducted by the Commission is not claimed within the period
of 12 months next following the date when the last ticket or tickets in
each lot of tickets were issued by the Commission to any person in respect of
that particular series of instant lottery, the right to recover, and the
liability of the Commission to pay or deliver, that prize are extinguished.
[(3) deleted]
(4) For the purposes
of this section, where a cheque has been issued by the Commission in payment
of a prize in a lottery, the prize shall not be regarded as having been
claimed if the cheque has not been presented for payment.
[Section 16 amended by No. 32 of 1992
s. 3; No. 9 of 1993 s. 5; No. 26 of 1998 s. 14.]