(1)  A person must not –

(a) be in possession of any device made or adapted, or intended by the person to be used, for interfering with the normal operation of gaming equipment; or

(b) do any act or thing calculated, or likely, to interfere with the normal operation of gaming equipment; or

(c) insert, or cause to be inserted, in a gaming machine or FATG machine any thing other than a gaming token of the denomination or type displayed on the gaming machine or FATG machine as a gaming token to be used in order to operate or gain credit on the gaming machine or FATG machine.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or both.

(2)  If a police officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person has committed an offence under subsection (1) , the police officer may search the person for any device or thing that the police officer suspects was used in the commission of the offence.

(3)  Subsection (1) does not prohibit the possession in an approved venue of any thing referred to in subsection (1) (a) by a casino operator or a venue operator, an agent of the casino operator or the venue operator, a special employee, an inspector or a police officer if the thing has been seized by any of those persons from another person for use as evidence in proceedings for an offence under that subsection.

(4)  On the conviction of a person for an offence under subsection (1) , any device used or intended to be used for interfering with the normal operation of gaming equipment is forfeited to the Crown.