Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

GAMING MACHINE ACT 2004 (NO. 34 OF 2004) - SECT 128

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person does any of the following in relation to a licensed gaming machine on licensed premises:

        (a)     opens the machine;

        (b)     checks money in the machine;

        (c)     places money into the machine (other than to play the machine);

        (d)     removes money from the machine (other than money won or credited).

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to the following people:

        (a)     an authorised officer;

        (b)     an approved supplier;

        (c)     an approved technician;

        (d)     an approved attendant.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person maintains a licensed gaming machine on licensed premises; and

        (b)     the person is not an approved supplier or approved technician.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (4)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.