Casino Control (Burswood Island) (Licensing of Employees) Regulations 1985

[Heading inserted: SL 2025/35 r. 13.]

3. Unlicensed persons not to be casino key employees or casino employees

Neither the holder of the Casino Gaming Licence, nor the Operator, shall employ a person, or permit a person to be employed or to work, in the Casino —

as a casino key employee, if that person is not the current holder of a casino key employee licence; or

as a casino employee, if that person is not the current holder of a casino employee licence,

or if that person is not of or above the age of 18 years.

Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $50 000.

A person who is employed or works in the Casino —

as a casino key employee, not being the current holder of a casino key employee licence; or

as a casino employee, not being the current holder of a casino employee licence; or

being a person who is not of or above the age of 18 years,

commits an offence.

Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.

For the purpose of paragraph (b) of the definition of casino employee in section 3 of the Act, a person shall not be taken to be employed, or to work, as a casino employee under these regulations by reason only that the person —

serves, dispenses or mixes drinks or food; or

is an entertainer, or is associated with an entertainer by way of supporting facilities or maintenance work or as director, producer or other support personnel; or

carries out building or other maintenance work, or cleaning, or is engaged in the installation, servicing or removal of facilities not directly related to gaming operations,

at the Casino.

The Commission may define the types of work in the Casino which may be carried out by a person who is the holder of a licence under these regulations, and may by restrictions imposed in relation to a licence require that the holder of the licence be employed or permitted to carry out a specified type or types of such work and not otherwise.

[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 4 May 1990 p. 2238; SL 2025/35 r. 18.]

4. Application for licence as employee

A person who desires to be employed, or to work, at the Casino as a casino key employee or a casino employee must, in person, lodge with the Chief Casino Officer an application in writing that substantially —

is in a form approved by the Commission; and

complies with the requirements of that form and any other requirement made known to the applicant by the Chief Casino Officer.

The application shall be accompanied by —

the appropriate licence fee prescribed in regulation 6; and

[(b) deleted]

the original, or a certified copy, of the applicant’s full birth certificate, or the applicant’s current passport, or where any other documents are approved by the Chief Casino Officer as sufficient forms of identification, one of those documents; and

a letter from the Operator with which the applicant desires to be employed addressed to the Chief Casino Officer stating that the applicant (subject, in an appropriate case, to the successful completion by the applicant of a training course approved by the Commission) will be considered for employment in the Casino in the capacity or in one of the capacities specified in that letter; and

if the applicant does not seek employment as such, but desires to be permitted to work at the Casino, a letter from the Operator stating the nature of the permission which is being sought; and

evidence that —

the applicant is qualified by experience which the applicant considers to be relevant; or

unless subregulation (3) applies, the applicant has successfully completed a training course approved by the Commission.

Where the applicant has not completed a training course approved by the Commission at the time of the making of the application and the successful completion of a training course is to be relied upon by the applicant as the evidence of relevant experience, the applicant may, if the Chief Casino Officer permits, forward the evidence referred to in subregulation (2)(f)(ii) to the Chief Casino Officer after completing such a training course.

The Chief Casino Officer may require a person who is —

an applicant for a casino key employee licence or a casino employee licence, as a prerequisite to the application for the licence being considered; or

the holder of a licence under these regulations, whenever so directed,

to permit fingerprints, palm prints and such other means of identifying that person as may be appropriate to the type of employment or work to be carried out to be taken and recorded by an officer of the Police Force for the purposes of an investigation under regulation 5.

The Chief Casino Officer shall not issue a casino key employee licence unless (if the Chief Casino Officer so requires) fingerprints, palm prints and such other means of identifying the applicant as are appropriate to the type of employment or work to be carried out have been taken.

[Regulation 4 amended: Gazette 29 May 1987 p. 2217; 4 May 1990 p. 2238; 8 Feb 1991 p. 650; 7 Sep 2004 p. 3882; 14 Oct 2005 p. 4558; 4 Oct 2016 p. 4241.]

5. Investigation by police

The Chief Casino Officer may submit particulars of any application for a casino key employee licence or casino employee licence, and may submit particulars of, and any information or inquiry as to, the holder of any such licence, to the Commissioner of Police who shall cause an investigation to be made, in the State and elsewhere as he may think fit, as to the character of the applicant or holder, the suitability of the applicant to hold or of the holder to continue to hold such a licence, and as to such other matters as the Chief Casino Officer may require.

An investigation under subsection (1) may, if the Commissioner of Police thinks fit, include an investigation of the financial standing of the person concerned.

The Commissioner of Police may report to the Chief Casino Officer the result of any investigation made, including any record of the conviction of a person concerned for any offence and as to any known or suspected associates of that person or as to any antecedents or circumstances giving cause for suspicion that the person may be concerned in any crime that has been or may have been committed or may be likely to be committed, and shall report his opinion of the suitability of the applicant for the employment or work in question.

Upon the completion or discontinuance of an investigation under this regulation the Commissioner of Police shall return any fingerprints or palm prints which may have been taken and recorded, and retained for the purposes of that investigation, to the Chief Casino Officer for destruction.

The Chief Casino Officer shall, as soon as practicable, upon the return of any fingerprints or palm prints cause their destruction.

[Regulation 5 amended: Gazette 8 Feb 1991 p. 650; 7 Sep 2004 p. 3882; 12 Apr 2011 p. 1325.]