Lotteries Commission (Instant Lottery) Rules 1996 (WA)

Western Australia Lotteries Commission Act 1990 Lotteries Commission (Instant Lottery) Rules 1996 Western Australia Lotteries Commission (Instant Lottery) Rules 1996 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Interpretation 1 3. Application 2 Part 2 — Tickets 4. Security code 3 4A. Ticket identification number 3 5. All prizes may be claimed before ticket lot sold 3 5A. Issue of Tickets 4 6. Void tickets 4 7. Tickets voidable at the discretion of the Commission 4 8. Limited liability of Commission for void tickets 5 Part 3 — Instant prizes 9. Claims for instant prizes 6 9AAA. Claims for instant prizes: provisions relating to COVID‑19 pandemic 6 9A. Payment of instant prizes 7 Part 4 — Second stage 9AA. Entries 8 10. Supervision of draw or selection of tickets 8 11. Eligibility for second stage prizes 9 12. Tickets drawn or selected to be checked 9 13. Claims for second stage prizes 10 13A. Claims for second stage prizes: provisions relating to COVID‑19 pandemic 10 13B. Payment of second stage prizes 10 14. Multiple names on ticket 11 Part 5 — Miscellaneous 15. Rules to be made available 12 16. Publication of name and address of prize winners 12 16A. No obligation to release information 12 17. Statutory declarations 13 18. Decisions of Commission final and binding 13 Notes Compilation table 14 Defined terms Lotteries Commission Act 1990 Lotteries Commission (Instant Lottery) Rules 1996

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Citation These rules may be cited as the Lotteries Commission (Instant Lottery) Rules 1996.

2. Interpretation In these rules, unless the contrary intention appears — agent means a person appointed by the Commission as its agent for purposes associated with instant lottery games, and includes any branch or section of the Commission; closure day has the meaning given in section 16A(1) of the Act; computer linked terminal means a computer terminal that is linked to a central processing computer at the Commission, and which allows an agent to verify whether a ticket entitles the holder of that ticket to an instant prize; instant lottery promotion means a second stage draw competition run by the Commission involving one or multiple instant lotteries; instant prize means a prize in the first stage of an instant lottery that is ascertained when the holder of a ticket removes from the surface of the ticket the opaque material covering the amounts, pictures, figures, letters or other symbols (excluding any security code) printed on the ticket; name and address means (as a minimum) the surname, initials, and residential address and postcode of a person; payout period means the period — (a) beginning on the day a ticket in an instant lottery is purchased; and (b) ending on — (i) if the closure day for the instant lottery is in the period from 16 March 2019 to 15 March 2020 — 16 March 2021; and (ii) if the closure day for the instant lottery is in the emergency period — the day which is 24 months after the closure day; and (iii) otherwise — the day which is 12 months after the closure day for the instant lottery; ticket means an instant lottery ticket; ticket identification number has the meaning given in rule 4A; validation period, in relation to an instant prize of $5 000 or more, means the period — (a) beginning at midnight on the day on which the instant prize is claimed in accordance with rule 9 or 9AAA; and (b) ending at 5 pm on the day which is 14 days after the day on which the instant prize is claimed; void, in relation to a ticket, means — (a) void and incapable of winning a prize under rule 6; or (b) determined by the Commission to be void and incapable of winning a prize under rule 7. [Rule 2 amended: Gazette 20 Mar 1998 p. 1533; 7 Jan 2020 p. 11; SL 2020/52 r. 8.]