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GAMING CONTROL ACT 1993 - SECT 105 Residential requirements for gaming in high-roller casinos

GAMING CONTROL ACT 1993 - SECT 105

Residential requirements for gaming in high-roller casinos

(1)  In this section –
acceptable proof of residence , for a person, means documentary evidence that might reasonably be accepted as applying to the person and as proving that the person’s ordinary place of residence is not in this State.
(2)  The holder of a high-roller casino licence must not permit a person who is a resident of this State to wager, or attempt to wager, on any gaming in any area of the casino that is the subject of the licence.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 2 500 penalty units.
(3)  It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) if the defendant establishes that the person produced to the defendant, or to an agent or employee of the defendant, acceptable proof of residence for the person.
(4)  A person who uses any evidence purporting to be evidence of his or her ordinary place of residence in order to wager on gaming in any area of a high-roller casino is guilty of an offence if the evidence is false in a material particular.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.
(5)  The holder of a high-roller casino licence, an employee of the holder of a high-roller casino licence, an inspector or a police officer may –
(a) require a person wagering in the high-roller casino, or attempting to wager in the high-roller casino, to state his or her name and address if the holder of the licence, employee, inspector or police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that the person is a resident of this State; and
(b) if it is suspected on reasonable grounds that the name or address given in response to the requirement is false, require the person to produce evidence that it is correct.
(6)  A person must comply with a requirement under subsection 5(a) and must not, without reasonable cause, fail to comply with a requirement under subsection 5(b).
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(7)  It is a defence to proceedings for an offence under subsection (6) if the person who made the requirement did not inform the person of whom the requirement was made, at the time it was made, that it is an offence to fail to comply with the requirement.
(8)  If a person contravenes subsection (6), a police officer may arrest the person without warrant and bring the person before a magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
(9)  For the purposes of this section, a person is a resident of this State if the person’s ordinary place of residence is in this State.