Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Gambling Regulation Act 2003 - SECT 2.5.24.

Offence of permitting premises to be used as or as access to a common gaming house or place

2.5.24. Offence of permitting premises to be used as or as access to a common
gaming house or place



(1) An owner or occupier, or an agent for an owner or occupier, of a house or
place must not permit or allow the house or place-

   (a)  to be a common gaming house or place; or

   (b)  to be used as a means of access to or of exit or escape from a common
        gaming house or place.

Penalty: For a first offence, 15 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months or
both; For a second offence, 25 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months or
both; For a third or subsequent offence, imprisonment for 12 months.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an owner who is not the occupier or to an
agent, if the court is satisfied that the owner or agent-

   (a)  was ignorant of and had no reasonable ground to suspect that the house
        or place was a common gaming house or place or was used for a purpose
        referred to in subsection (1)(b); or

   (b)  had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the house or place being a
        common gaming house or place or being used for a purpose referred to
        in subsection (1)(b).