GAMING MACHINES ACT 2001 - SECT 77
Protection of sensitive areas of gaming machines
GAMING MACHINES ACT 2001 - SECT 77
Protection of sensitive areas of gaming machines
77 Protection of sensitive areas of gaming machines
(1) It is an offence for a person (other than an authorised person) to do any
of the following-- (a) break a seal securing a computer cabinet or gain access
to anything within a computer cabinet,
(b) affix a seal to a
computer cabinet,
(c) remove, replace or in any way affect or interfere with
the operation of a computer cabinet or anything within a computer cabinet,
(d) break a seal protecting the integrity of the game program of an
approved gaming machine,
(e) remove, or interfere with, any security device
on an approved gaming machine,
(f) remove, or interfere with, the housing
protecting the meters of an approved gaming machine,
(g) remove, disconnect
or interfere with a meter of an approved gaming machine,
(h) interfere with
information received, stored or transmitted electronically by an
approved gaming machine,
(i) remove, or interfere with, any mark or seal
affixed to an approved gaming machine to preserve the integrity of operation
of the machine.
: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.
(2) An
authorised person must, if the person breaks any seal in doing anything
referred to in subsection (1), replace the seal. : Maximum penalty--100
penalty units.
(2A) If an authorised person, in doing anything referred to in
subsection (1), breaks any seal on or in relation to an
approved gaming machine kept in a hotel or on the premises of a club, the
hotelier or club must ensure that the seal is replaced by the
authorised person in accordance with subsection (2). : Maximum penalty--10
penalty units.
(2B) The hotelier or club does not commit an offence under
subsection (2A) if the authorised person has, before the gaming machine is
operated for the purposes of gambling-- (a) certified, in the form approved by
the Secretary, that the seal has been replaced by the person, and
(b) given a
copy of the certificate to the hotelier or club.
(2C) If a copy of any such
certificate is given to the hotelier or club, the hotelier or club must-- (a)
keep the copy in the hotel or on the premises of the club, and
(b) if
requested to do so by an inspector, produce the copy for inspection by the
inspector.
: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.
(2D) An authorised person
must not make any statement in a certificate under subsection (2B) that the
person knows is false or misleading. : Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.
(3) A person (including an authorised person) who removes, alters or otherwise
interferes with the compliance plate on an approved gaming machine is guilty
of an offence. : Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.
(4) Subsection (3) does
not prevent a technician from doing any of the following things in relation to
the compliance plate on an approved gaming machine (so long as the
gaming machine is not operated at any time when the compliance plate is not
attached to the machine)-- (a) moving the compliance plate to another part of
the gaming machine,
(b) removing the compliance plate if it is damaged, and
replacing it with a new compliance plate,
(c) destroying any such damaged
compliance plate,
(d) temporarily removing the compliance plate in order to
enable work to be done to the facade of the gaming machine,
(e) temporarily
removing the compliance plate in order to update or correct the particulars
shown on the plate.
(5) A person who authorises or permits another person to
act in a way that is an offence under subsection (1) or (3) is also guilty of
an offence. : Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.
(6) In this section--
"authorised person" means an inspector or a technician.
"compliance plate" has the same meaning as in section 121.
"computer cabinet" means the sealable part of an approved gaming machine that
contains the game program storage medium and the random access memory.
