When refunds of wagers are payable
43 When refunds of wagers are payable
Subject to subregulation (2) and the rules of wagering, where a runner (or one of the runners) on which a wager other than —
a favourite numbers wager; or
a sweepstakes wager,
has been placed with RWWA is scratched before the start of its race or declared a non‑starter, a person who placed a wager on (or involving) that runner with RWWA is entitled to a refund of that wager.
Where a refund is payable under subregulation (1) due to a scratching, and the person entitled to the refund wishes to obtain that refund prior to the running of the race, that person may, on request, obtain a refund of —
the wager; or
if the wager is on one of 2 or more wagers recorded on the same ticket, and none of the wagers have been decided — the total value of that ticket,
prior to the running of the race, if the request is made before the close of wagering for each and every race to which the ticket relates.
If a race meeting or a race at a race meeting is postponed from one day to another or is abandoned, RWWA is to refund all of the amounts of wagers made in respect of races that were to be but were not held on that day at that race meeting other than —
double event wagers in respect to which the first leg of the double event has already been run; and
sweepstakes wagers; and
favourite number wagers; and
quaddie wagers, where a race nominated as part of that quaddie has already been successfully run or remains to be run.
Subject to these regulations and the rules of wagering, where a sporting event, or any match comprising part of a sporting event, does not occur or is abandoned or does not run its full course or is postponed from one day to another, all of the amounts of wagers made in respect of that sporting event or match, as the case may be, are to be refunded by RWWA.
Refunds of wagers accepted may also be made by RWWA in other circumstances provided for in these regulations, including cancellation of the ticket or wager under regulation 40 or 59, and in circumstances provided for in the rules of wagering.
Refunds of moneys may also be made by RWWA in other circumstances provided for in these regulations and in circumstances provided for in the rules of wagering.
[Regulation 43 inserted: Gazette 30 Jan 2004 p. 373‑5; amended: Gazette 5 May 2006 p. 1740.]
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