50Minors prohibited from operating gaming machines in hotels or clubs

50 Minors prohibited from operating gaming machines in hotels or clubs

50 Minors prohibited from operating gaming machines in hotels or clubs

(1) A person under the age of 18 years must not operate an approved gaming machine in a hotel or on the premises of a club.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if it is proved that the minor who operated the approved gaming machine did so under the supervision of a technician for the purpose only of receiving training and instruction in respect of the servicing, repair or maintenance of approved gaming machines.

s 50: Am 2007 No 92, Sch 3 [8]; 2008 No 99, Sch 1 [53]; 2011 No 72, Sch 3 [1]; 2018 No 7, Sch 1.6 [5].