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INTERACTIVE GAMBLING ACT 1998 - SECT 17

Provisional registration of players

    (1)         A person who applies to a licensed provider to be provisionally registered as a player must provide (by electronic or other means)—

        (a)     the person's name and address; and

        (b)     details of the person's account with an approved credit provider; and

        (c)     a statement that the person is at least 18 years old; and

        (d)     a statement that the law of the place where the person is does not prevent or disqualify the person from playing authorised games with the provider.

    (2)         A person must not provide false or misleading information in an application under this section.

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.

    (3)         The licensed provider must not provisionally register the person as a player if—

        (a)     the person is an excluded person or a disqualified person; or

        (b)     the person is not in good standing with the approved credit provider.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (4)         The licensed provider must cease to provisionally register a person—

        (a)     after 30 days; or

        (b)     if the provider registers the person under section 18; or

        (c)     if it comes to the notice of the provider that—

              (i)     the person is an excluded person; or

              (ii)     the person is not in good standing with the approved credit provider;

whichever occurs first.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (5)         In this section:

"approved credit provider" means a provider of credit approved in writing by the commission for this section.



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