Interactive Gambling Act 1998
17Provisional registration of players
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17 Provisional registration of players (1) A person who applies to a licensed provider to be provisionally registered as a player must provide (by electronic or other means)— (a) the person’s name and address; and
Registration of players Division 2.3 (b) details of the person’s account with an approved credit provider; and (c) a statement that the person is at least 18 years old; and (d) a statement that the law of the place where the person is does not prevent or disqualify the person from playing authorised games with the provider. (2) A person must not provide false or misleading information in an application under this section. Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units. (3) The licensed provider must not provisionally register the person as a player if— (a) the person is an excluded person or a disqualified person; or (b) the person is not in good standing with the approved credit (4) The licensed provider must cease to provisionally register a person— (a) after 30 days; or (b) if the provider registers the person under section 18; or (c) if it comes to the notice of the provider that— (i) the person is an excluded person; or (ii) the person is not in good standing with the approved credit provider; whichever occurs first.
approved credit provider means a provider of credit approved in writing by the commission for this section.