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Casino Control Act 1992
44Special employees to be licensed and hold certificate of competency
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#### 44 Special employees to be licensed and hold certificate of competency
44 Special employees to be licensed and hold certificate of competency
> > (1) A special employee must hold both a licence and a certificate of competency for the functions that the special employee exercises. A licence authorises the holder of the licence to exercise in or in relation to a casino the functions for which the licensee holds a certificate of competency, subject to the functions being exercised in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the conditions of the licence.
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> > (2) A person must not exercise in or in relation to a casino any of the functions of a special employee except in accordance with the authority conferred on the person by a licence.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (3) A casino operator must not—
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> > > (a) employ or use the services of a person to exercise any function of a special employee in or in relation to the casino, or
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> > > (b) allocate or permit or suffer to be allocated to a person the exercise of any function of a special employee in or in relation to the casino,
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> > unless the person is authorised by a licence to exercise the function concerned.
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> > Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.
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> > (4) Despite subsections (1)–(3), a special employee is not required to hold a licence if the employee holds a close associate approval.
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> **s 44:** Subst 2010 No 16, Sch 1 \[5\]. Am 2022 No 36, Sch 1\[43\] \[44\].