47AProhibition on accepting transfer of prize winning cheques

#### 47A Prohibition on accepting transfer of prize winning cheques 47A Prohibition on accepting transfer of prize winning cheques > > (1) A person (other than a financial institution) must not accept the transfer of a cheque that the person knows, or could reasonably be expected to know, is a prize winning cheque. > > > > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. > > > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person who accepts the transfer of a prize winning cheque in, or within 500 metres of, a hotel or the premises of a club is taken to know that the cheque is a prize winning cheque unless the contrary is proven. > > > (3) In this section and section 47B— > > > > prize winning cheque means a crossed cheque (as referred to in section 53 of the [Cheques Act 1986](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth) that is paid by a hotelier or club as prize money to a person as a result of the person winning money or accumulating credits on an approved gaming machine. > > **s 47A:** Ins 2002 No 18, Sch 1 \[36\]. Am 2002 No 112, Sch 2.6; 2007 No 92, Sch 3 \[26\]; 2008 No 99, Sch 1 \[49\]; 2011 No 72, Sch 3 \[1\].