Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

GAMING MACHINE (CASH FACILITIES) AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 25 OF 2017) - SECT 8

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Part 8A     Restrictions on cash facilities—Act, s 178 (2) (c)

Note     For other restrictions on cash facilities, see the Act

, s 153 and s 153A.

62A     Limits on EFTPOS facility at authorised premises

    (1)     This section applies to authorised premises if the authorisation certificate for the premises authorises the operation of more than 20 gaming machines at the premises.

    (2)     A licensee must have not more than 1 EFTPOS facility that allows a person to withdraw cash at the licensee's authorised premises.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (3)     A person may only withdraw cash from an EFTPOS facility at authorised premises if—

        (a)     the cash withdrawal does not exceed $200; and

        (b)     the person operating the EFTPOS facility is a trained staff member of the premises; and

        (c)     the trained staff member confirms the amount of cash to be withdrawn with the person making the withdrawal before the cash is withdrawn; and

        (d)     the trained staff member hands the cash withdrawn directly to the person making the withdrawal.

    (4)     A licensee commits an offence if—

        (a)     a person withdraws cash from an EFTPOS facility at the licensee's authorised premises; and

        (b)     a requirement for withdrawing cash mentioned in subsection (3) is contravened.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

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

    (6)     In this section:

"approved training program" means a training program about the responsible provision of gambling services approved under the Gambling and Racing Control (Code of Practice) Regulation 2002

, section 9.

"trained staff member", of authorised premises, means a staff member of the premises who has successfully completed an approved training program within the previous 3 years.