Gaming Machine Act 2004
152External signs
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152 External signs (1) A licensee commits an offence if the licensee displays an external sign advertising gaming machines or promoting a gambling activity on the licensee’s authorised premises. (2) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence. advertising, a gaming machine, includes having an image of, or text mentioning, a gaming machine on a sign advertising or promoting an activity, whether or not the activity is related to a gambling activity. external sign, for authorised premises, means a sign that can be seen from outside the authorised premises, but does not include— (a) an advertisement on television (other than closed-circuit television) or on the internet; or (b) a sign consisting mainly of a registered business name; or (c) a sign consisting mainly of a business logo that does not advertise gaming machines or promote a gambling activity. a written, electronic or physical display, picture or symbol gambling activity— (a) means an activity that requires approval under a gaming law; but (b) does not include an exempt lottery under the Lotteries Act 1964, section 6 or a lottery approved under that Act, section 7. registered business name means a business name registered under the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth).