44Special employees to be licensed and hold certificate of competency

#### 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. > > > (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. > > > > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. > > > (3) A casino operator must not— > > > > > (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 > > > > > (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, > > > > unless the person is authorised by a licence to exercise the function concerned. > > > > Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units. > > > (4) Despite subsections (1)–(3), a special employee is not required to hold a licence if the employee holds a close associate approval. > > **s 44:** Subst 2010 No 16, Sch 1 \[5\]. Am 2022 No 36, Sch 1\[43\] \[44\].