Lotteries Commission Amendment Act 2012
CONTENTS
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Act amended 2
4. Section 6 amended 2
5. Section 7A inserted 3
7A. Exemptions from s. 6(4) 3
6. Section 15 amended 4
Lotteries Commission Amendment Act 2012
No. 21 of 2012
An Act to amend the Lotteries Commission Act 1990.
[Assented to 29 August 2012]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This is the Lotteries Commission Amendment Act 2012.
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation as follows —
(a) sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;
(b) the rest of the Act — on the day after that day.
3. Act amended
This Act amends the Lotteries Commission Act 1990.
4. Section 6 amended
(1) In section 6(2) delete “functions.” and insert:
functions, including the facilitation of syndicate entries to any games of lotto.
(2) After section 6(2) insert:
(3A) For the purpose of facilitating syndicate entries to games of lotto, the Commission may purchase entries into games of lotto and make portions of those entries available for sale as syndicate shares.
(3) In section 6(3):
(a) in paragraph (b) delete “subsection.” and insert:
subsection; and
(b) after paragraph (b) insert:
(c) enter into a contract or arrangement with a person or body (including a local government or a department of the Public Service, or other agency or instrumentality, of the State or the Commonwealth) to provide consultancy or advisory services to that person or body, whether for a fee or not.
(4) After section 6(3) insert:
(4) A contract or arrangement under subsection (3)(c) can only be made with the Treasurer’s concurrence and is void and unenforceable without it.
5. Section 7A inserted
After section 6 insert:
7A. Exemptions from s. 6(4)
(1) The Minister, with the Treasurer’s concurrence, may by order exempt a contract or arrangement, or class of contracts or arrangements, from the operation of section 6(4) either unconditionally or on specified conditions.
(2) An order under subsection (1) is to show sufficient particulars of the contract or arrangement, or class of contracts or arrangements, to which it relates to enable the contract or arrangement, or class, to be identified.
(3) The Minister must, within 6 sitting days after an order under subsection (1) is made, cause it to be laid before each House of Parliament.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), an order made under subsection (1) is not subsidiary legislation for the purposes of the Interpretation Act 1984.
(5) The Interpretation Act 1984 sections 43 (other than subsection (6)) and 44 and Part VIII apply to an order made under subsection (1) as if it were subsidiary legislation.
6. Section 15 amended
After section 15(3) insert:
(4) If, as a result of holding unsold syndicate shares at the time of a lotto draw, the Commission is the holder of a winning entry in that game of lotto, the prize allocated to that winning entry is to be treated as if it were an unclaimed prize under section 16, and the moneys credited to the relevant Account without the requirement to wait 12 months.
