Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

GAMING MACHINE ACT 2004 - SECT 103

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person possesses or operates a gaming machine; and

        (b)     the person is not authorised to possess or operate the gaming machine under this Act; and

        (c)     the person is reckless about whether the person is authorised to possess or operate the gaming machine under this Act.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

Note     Under this Act, a person may be authorised to possess or operate a gaming machine by a licence, an approval to repossess the machine or under s (2).

    (2)     The commission may, in writing, authorise a person to possess or operate a gaming machine on stated conditions if—

        (a)     the person is a licensee's external administrator and the licensee is authorised under this Act to possess or operate the gaming machine; or

        (b)     the gaming machine is used only for training purposes; or

        (c)     the gaming machine is being stored; or

        (d)     the gaming machine is being displayed for sale or as a promotion; or

        (e)     the gaming machine is being repaired, tested or evaluated.

    (3)     In this section:

"external administrator", for a licensee—see section 105A.