25Prohibitions on dealings with cheques

#### 25 Prohibitions on dealings with cheques 25 Prohibitions on dealings with cheques > > (1) If a hotelier or registered club is authorised to keep approved gaming machines, the hotelier or club must not— > > > > > (a) exchange a cheque for cash unless the cheque is made out to— > > > > > > > (i) the hotelier or the hotel owner, or > > > > > > > (ii) the club, or > > > > > (b) exchange a cheque for more than $400 in cash, or > > > > > (c) exchange more than one cheque for the same person on a single day for cash, or > > > > > (d) exchange a cheque for cash if a cheque previously exchanged for the person who tendered the cheque has not been met on presentation (unless the amount of the cheque not met was subsequently paid to the hotelier or club). > > > > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. > > > (2) If a hotelier or registered club is authorised to keep approved gaming machines, the hotelier or club must bank any cheque that the hotelier or club has exchanged for cash within 2 working days after the day on which the cheque is accepted. > > > > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. > > > (3) For the purposes of this clause, a cheque is considered to be made out to a hotelier or a hotel owner only if the hotelier or the hotel owner is the person specified in the cheque (originally and not by endorsement) as payee, whether by name or by indication by use of a name under which the business authorised by the hotel licence is conducted. > > > (4) In this clause— > > > > cash includes credits that can be used to play an approved gaming machine. > > > > cheque has the same meaning as it has in the [Cheques Act 1986](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth, but does not include a traveller’s cheque. > > > > hotel owner means a person who owns (whether or not together with, or on behalf of, any other person) the business conducted under the authority of the hotel licence concerned.