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GAMING CONTROL ACT 1993 - SECT 112K Removal of excluded persons from gaming premises

GAMING CONTROL ACT 1993 - SECT 112K

Removal of excluded persons from gaming premises

(1)  In this section –
excluded person means a person who is the subject of a self-exclusion notice, section 112C exclusion order or a section 112E exclusion order that is in effect;
excluded premises means premises that an excluded person is prohibited from entering and remaining on under a self-exclusion notice, section 112C exclusion order or section 112E exclusion order that is in effect;
gaming premises means premises where a person may wager with, or otherwise participate in a game or gaming activity conducted by, a specified licence holder;
person-in-charge means –
(a) the person for the time being apparently in charge of excluded premises or gaming premises; and
(b) an employee, agent or associate of a specified licence holder who is of a class approved in writing by the Commission and is on the excluded premises or gaming premises at the relevant time;
(2)  If an employee of a specified licence holder or a person employed on excluded premises or gaming premises knows that an excluded person –
(a) is on the excluded premises, or attempting to gain entrance to the excluded premises, in contravention of the self-exclusion notice, section 112C exclusion order or section 112E exclusion order; or
(b) is wagering or otherwise participating, or is attempting to wager or otherwise participate, in a game or gaming activity on gaming premises –
the employee or employed person must notify a person-in-charge as soon as practicable.
(3)  A person-in-charge who knows or has been notified that an excluded person –
(a) is on the excluded premises, or attempting to gain entrance to the excluded premises, in contravention of the self-exclusion notice, section 112C exclusion order or section 112E exclusion order; or
(b) is wagering or otherwise participating, or is attempting to wager or otherwise participate, in a game or gaming activity on gaming premises in contravention of the self-exclusion notice, section 112C exclusion order or section 112E exclusion order –
must take all reasonable steps to remove the excluded person from the excluded premises or gaming premises.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(4)  It is lawful for a person-in-charge, or a police officer at the request of a person-in-charge, using no more force than is reasonably necessary –
(a) to remove an excluded person –
(i) from excluded premises; and
(ii) from gaming premises if he or she is wagering or otherwise participating, or is attempting to wager or otherwise participate, in a game or gaming activity on the gaming premises in contravention of the self-exclusion notice, section 112C exclusion order or section 112E exclusion order; and
(b) to prevent an excluded person from entering –
(i) excluded premises; and
(ii) gaming premises from which he or she has been removed within the preceding 24 hours under paragraph (a)(ii)