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Gaming Machine Act 1991
sec.286Inducing the acquisition of gaming equipment or ancillary or related equipment
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### sec.286 Inducing the acquisition of gaming equipment or ancillary or related equipment
A person (the offerer ) must not offer another person (the negotiator ), or give to the negotiator, an inducement for the negotiator to induce a third person, who is an acquirer, to acquire equipment or a service.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment.
A negotiator must not accept an inducement for the acquisition by an acquirer of equipment or a service.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment.
A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) or (2) if the inducement consists of only reasonable food or refreshment offered or given by the offerer, or out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the negotiator, in the course of negotiating the acquisition of the equipment or service.
In this section—
acquirer means an approved financier, gaming trainer, licensed monitoring operator, licensed repairer, licensed service contractor or licensee.
equipment means gaming equipment or ancillary or related equipment.
inducement means a direct or indirect payment, benefit or advantage.
a prepaid holiday trip
service includes the provision of any of the following—
finance
adjustment, alteration, installation, maintenance or repair of gaming equipment
linked jackpots
management advice
marketing
training.
s 286 ins 1999 No. 8 s 91
amd 1999 No. 77 s 3 sch 1
(sec.286-ssec.1) A person (the offerer ) must not offer another person (the negotiator ), or give to the negotiator, an inducement for the negotiator to induce a third person, who is an acquirer, to acquire equipment or a service. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment.
(sec.286-ssec.2) A negotiator must not accept an inducement for the acquisition by an acquirer of equipment or a service. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment.
(sec.286-ssec.3) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) or (2) if the inducement consists of only reasonable food or refreshment offered or given by the offerer, or out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the negotiator, in the course of negotiating the acquisition of the equipment or service.
(sec.286-ssec.4) In this section— acquirer means an approved financier, gaming trainer, licensed monitoring operator, licensed repairer, licensed service contractor or licensee. equipment means gaming equipment or ancillary or related equipment. inducement means a direct or indirect payment, benefit or advantage. a prepaid holiday trip service includes the provision of any of the following— finance adjustment, alteration, installation, maintenance or repair of gaming equipment linked jackpots management advice marketing training.
- • finance
- • adjustment, alteration, installation, maintenance or repair of gaming equipment
- • linked jackpots
- • management advice
- • marketing
- • training.