Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

GAMING MACHINE ACT 2004 - SECT 153A

    (1)     A licensee commits an offence if—

        (a)     there is an automatic teller machine at the licensee's authorised premises; and

        (b)     the automatic teller machine allows a person to withdraw more than a total of $250 from all automatic teller machines at the authorised premises, using a single debit card or credit card, on a gaming day.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     This section does not apply to—

        (a)     a portable ATM that is located temporarily at the Canberra Racing Club on a day on which a race is to be conducted; or

        (b)     authorised premises if the authorisation certificate for the premises authorises the operation of not more than 20 gaming machines at the premises.

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

    (4)     In this section:

"at the licensee's authorised premises" includes in or on an exterior wall of the authorised premises.

"gaming day" means—

        (a)     the period from when the authorised premises opens to the public on a day until it next closes; but

        (b)     if the authorised premises are open to the public for longer than 24 hours continuously—

              (i)     each 24-hour period for which it is open to the public; and

              (ii)     if the last period before it closes is less than 24 hours—that period.