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GAMING MACHINE ACT 2004 - SECT 171

Community purpose contributions—record keeping by clubs

    (1)     A licensee that is a club commits an offence if the licensee—

        (a)     makes a community purpose contribution; and

        (b)     does not keep a written record of the following information (the contribution information ) for the contribution:

              (i)     the name of the recipient;

              (ii)     the community purpose for which the contribution was made;

              (iii)     the way in which the contribution is intended to be used by the recipient;

              (iv)     the nature of the benefit the recipient will receive by using the contribution in the way recorded for subparagraph (iii);

              (v)     for a contribution of money—

    (A)     the amount of the contribution; and

    (B)     when the contribution was paid;

              (vi)     for a contribution of any other kind—

    (A)     the kind of contribution; and

    (B)     the value of the contribution; and

    (C)     when the contribution was made;

              (vii)     the authorised premises in relation to which the licensee made the contribution.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

Examples—par (b) (ii) and (iii)

1     A contribution of money was used by a community culture group to hold a fundraising market stall. The group used the profit from their market stall to buy traditional dance costumes.

2     A contribution of money was used by a community sports club to book a training venue and buy uniforms.

3     A contribution of room hire was used by a women's sports team to hold an end of year awards night.

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



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