STATUTES AMENDMENT (GAMBLING REFORM) ACT 2013 (NO 37 OF 2013) - SECT 89

STATUTES AMENDMENT (GAMBLING REFORM) ACT 2013 (NO 37 OF 2013) - SECT 89

89—Amendment of section 49—Offences related to carrying out duties in gaming areas

        (1)         Section 49(a)—delete "an approved gaming machine" and substitute:

a gaming

        (2)         Section 49(b)—delete "an approved gaming machine" and substitute:

a gaming

        (3)         Section 49—after its present contents (now to be designated as subsection (1)) insert:

        (2)         If prescribed duties are carried out in connection with the gaming operations conducted on licensed premises by a person in contravention of a notice given to the person under section 44AA(2), the person is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $35 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (3)         A licensee who causes or permits a person to carry out prescribed duties in contravention of a notice given to the licensee under section 44AA(2) is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $35 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (4)         If prescribed duties are carried out in connection with the gaming operations conducted on licensed premises by a person who is an employee of the holder of a gaming machine dealer's licence, the person is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $35 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (5)         A licensee who knowingly causes or permits a person who is an employee of the holder of a gaming machine dealer's licence to carry out prescribed duties in connection with the gaming operations conducted on licensed premises is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $35 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.