sec.291Unlawful interference with gaming equipment

### sec.291 Unlawful interference with gaming equipment Subject to subsection (2) , a person must not— have possession of any device or computer software made or adapted, or intended by the person to be used, for interfering with the normal operation of gaming equipment on licensed premises; or do any act or thing calculated, or likely, to interfere with the normal operation of gaming equipment on licensed premises; or except as provided in section 287 , do any act or thing calculated to interfere with gaming equipment under which the return to a player for a result obtained on a gaming machine on licensed premises is different to the return provided for that result by the approved game; or do any act or thing calculated to render a gaming machine on licensed premises, either temporarily or otherwise, incapable of producing a winning combination; or insert, or cause to be inserted, in a gaming machine on licensed premises anything other than a gaming token of the denomination or type displayed on the gaming machine as a gaming token to be used in order to operate or gain credit on the gaming machine. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. Subsection (1) does not apply to any act or thing done in good faith in connection with— the installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair of gaming equipment by a licensed monitoring operator or licensed repairer; or the carrying out of any installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair prescribed for the purposes of section 187 (3) ; or an alteration to a gaming machine to effect a change of game directed by the commissioner under section 80 (1) ; or the performance by an inspector of functions under this Act. A person must not knowingly, because of fraudulent computer programming, gain for that person or another person any advantage in the operation of gaming equipment. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. A person who dishonestly, or because of gross negligence, during the design, manufacture or assembly of gaming equipment, makes provision to subsequently gain for that person or another person any advantage in the operation of the gaming equipment commits an offence against this Act. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. s 291 amd 1992 No. 35 sch; 1993 No. 63 s 2 sch ; 1997 No. 24 s 61 sch ; 1999 No. 8 s 93 ; 1999 No. 77 s 116 ; 2012 No. 25 s 109 (1) (sec.291-ssec.1) Subject to subsection (2) , a person must not— have possession of any device or computer software made or adapted, or intended by the person to be used, for interfering with the normal operation of gaming equipment on licensed premises; or do any act or thing calculated, or likely, to interfere with the normal operation of gaming equipment on licensed premises; or except as provided in section 287 , do any act or thing calculated to interfere with gaming equipment under which the return to a player for a result obtained on a gaming machine on licensed premises is different to the return provided for that result by the approved game; or do any act or thing calculated to render a gaming machine on licensed premises, either temporarily or otherwise, incapable of producing a winning combination; or insert, or cause to be inserted, in a gaming machine on licensed premises anything other than a gaming token of the denomination or type displayed on the gaming machine as a gaming token to be used in order to operate or gain credit on the gaming machine. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. (sec.291-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any act or thing done in good faith in connection with— the installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair of gaming equipment by a licensed monitoring operator or licensed repairer; or the carrying out of any installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair prescribed for the purposes of section 187 (3) ; or an alteration to a gaming machine to effect a change of game directed by the commissioner under section 80 (1) ; or the performance by an inspector of functions under this Act. (sec.291-ssec.3) A person must not knowingly, because of fraudulent computer programming, gain for that person or another person any advantage in the operation of gaming equipment. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. (sec.291-ssec.4) A person who dishonestly, or because of gross negligence, during the design, manufacture or assembly of gaming equipment, makes provision to subsequently gain for that person or another person any advantage in the operation of the gaming equipment commits an offence against this Act. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. - (a) have possession of any device or computer software made or adapted, or intended by the person to be used, for interfering with the normal operation of gaming equipment on licensed premises; or - (b) do any act or thing calculated, or likely, to interfere with the normal operation of gaming equipment on licensed premises; or - (c) except as provided in section 287 , do any act or thing calculated to interfere with gaming equipment under which the return to a player for a result obtained on a gaming machine on licensed premises is different to the return provided for that result by the approved game; or - (d) do any act or thing calculated to render a gaming machine on licensed premises, either temporarily or otherwise, incapable of producing a winning combination; or - (e) insert, or cause to be inserted, in a gaming machine on licensed premises anything other than a gaming token of the denomination or type displayed on the gaming machine as a gaming token to be used in order to operate or gain credit on the gaming machine. - (a) the installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair of gaming equipment by a licensed monitoring operator or licensed repairer; or - (b) the carrying out of any installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair prescribed for the purposes of section 187 (3) ; or - (c) an alteration to a gaming machine to effect a change of game directed by the commissioner under section 80 (1) ; or - (d) the performance by an inspector of functions under this Act.