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Gaming Machine Act 1991
sec.238Licensees or employees not to extend credit
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### sec.238 Licensees or employees not to extend credit
A licensee must not make a loan or extend credit in any form, to any person to enable that person or any other person to play a gaming machine on the licensee’s licensed premises.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
An employee of a licensee must not, in the course of the employee’s employment, make a loan or extend credit in any form to any person, including the employee, to enable the person or another person to play a gaming machine on the licensee’s licensed premises.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
If a cash advance is made to a person in circumstances where a licensee or an employee of a licensee knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the person intends to use the cash advance for gaming, the licensee or employee must not represent that the cash advance was made for some other purpose.
Maximum penalty for subsection (3) —200 penalty units.
s 238 amd 1992 No. 35 sch; 1999 No. 8 s 79 ; 1999 No. 77 s 155 ; 2000 No. 51 s 61
(sec.238-ssec.1) A licensee must not make a loan or extend credit in any form, to any person to enable that person or any other person to play a gaming machine on the licensee’s licensed premises. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.238-ssec.2) An employee of a licensee must not, in the course of the employee’s employment, make a loan or extend credit in any form to any person, including the employee, to enable the person or another person to play a gaming machine on the licensee’s licensed premises. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.238-ssec.3) If a cash advance is made to a person in circumstances where a licensee or an employee of a licensee knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the person intends to use the cash advance for gaming, the licensee or employee must not represent that the cash advance was made for some other purpose. Maximum penalty for subsection (3) —200 penalty units.