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GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 10.5.16

False or misleading information

    (1)     A person must not—

        (a)     in, or in relation to, an application for a licence, permit, approval or other authorisation under a gaming Act, or an application for listing on the Roll; or

        (b)     in purported compliance with the requirements of a notice under a gaming Act or gaming regulations; or

        (c)     in answer to a question asked by an inspector in the exercise of the functions of an inspector; or

S.10.5.16(1)(d) amended by No. 54/2021 s. 33(a).

        (d)     in purporting to provide information that the person has been authorised to provide; or

S.10.5.16(1)(e) inserted by No. 54/2021 s. 33(b).

        (e)     in a notice given under section 27A of the Casino Control Act 1991

give information that is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

    (2)     It is a defence to a prosecution of a person for an offence under subsection (1) if it is proved that, at the time the information was given, the person believed, on reasonable grounds—

        (a)     in the case of false information—that the information was true; or

        (b)     in the case of misleading information—that the information was not misleading.



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