48Unclaimed prizes where authority required

48 Unclaimed prizes where authority required

48 Unclaimed prizes where authority required

(1) This clause applies to a gaming activity for which an authority is required.

(2) For the purposes of this clause, a prize is taken to be unclaimed if the person or body conducting the gaming activity cannot, after making all reasonable inquiries, award the prize to the prize winner because the prize winner cannot be located or because of other special circumstances.

Note.

Section 13 of the Act provides that the prize winner must be awarded the prize but provides for a defence where the prize winner cannot be located.

(3) The prize winner may be redetermined in the time specified in the rules of the gaming activity or, if no time is specified, at least 3 months after the prize winner was previously determined.

(4) An unclaimed prize that is perishable may be sold or otherwise disposed of by or on behalf of the person or body conducting the gaming activity.