52Minors not permitted in gaming machine areas

#### 52 Minors not permitted in gaming machine areas 52 Minors not permitted in gaming machine areas > > (1) A person under the age of 18 years must not enter or be in a gaming machine area of a club. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > (2) If a person under the age of 18 years is in a gaming machine area of a club and is not immediately removed from that area, the club and the secretary of the club are each guilty of an offence. > > > > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. > > > (3) If a person under the age of 18 years is on the premises of a club as the guest of a member of the club and is in any gaming machine area of the club, the member is guilty of an offence. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > (4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) or (2) if it is proved that the minor— > > > > > (a) was in the gaming machine area for the purpose only of receiving training and instruction in respect of the servicing, repair or maintenance of approved gaming machines under the supervision of a technician, or > > > > > (b) was in the gaming machine area only for so long as was reasonably necessary to pass through it in order to conveniently gain access to another area of the club that the minor may lawfully enter and was in the company and immediate presence of a responsible adult. > > > (5) In this section— > > > > responsible adult has the same meaning as in the [Liquor Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-090). > > **s 52:** Am 2007 No 92, Sch 3 \[10\] \[18\] \[36\]; 2008 No 99, Sch 1 \[53\]; 2011 No 72, Sch 3 \[1\]; 2018 No 7, Sch 1.6 \[6\].