sec.166Allowing minors to take part in keno gaming

sec.166 Allowing minors to take part in keno gaming

A person involved in the conduct of an approved keno game (an involved person ) must not— accept a completed entry form or subscription for the game from a minor; or issue a keno ticket for the game to a minor; or otherwise allow a minor to take part in keno gaming. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. If an involved person suspects a person attempting to take part in keno gaming is a minor, the involved person may ask the person to give the involved person acceptable evidence of the person’s age. See the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , sections 29AH and 29AI for the use of a digital authority, a digital evidence of age or a digital evidence of identity. If a person is asked to give acceptable evidence of the person’s age, the person must not— further attempt to take part in keno gaming without giving acceptable evidence; or give acceptable evidence that is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) , it is a defence to prove that— the defendant had no reason to believe, and did not believe, that the person whose age is material to the offence was a minor; or at the time of the contravention constituting the offence, the defendant had obtained from the person whose age is material to the offence acceptable evidence of the person’s age indicating the person was an adult. In the application of a defence on the ground mentioned in subsection (4) (a) , the operation of the Criminal Code , section 24 is excluded. In this section, a reference to acceptable evidence of a person’s age is a reference to a document that is acceptable evidence of the person’s age for the Liquor Act 1992 . s 166 amd 2009 No. 41 s 61 ; 2020 No. 21 s 10 (sec.166-ssec.1) A person involved in the conduct of an approved keno game (an involved person ) must not— accept a completed entry form or subscription for the game from a minor; or issue a keno ticket for the game to a minor; or otherwise allow a minor to take part in keno gaming. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.166-ssec.2) If an involved person suspects a person attempting to take part in keno gaming is a minor, the involved person may ask the person to give the involved person acceptable evidence of the person’s age. See the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , sections 29AH and 29AI for the use of a digital authority, a digital evidence of age or a digital evidence of identity. (sec.166-ssec.3) If a person is asked to give acceptable evidence of the person’s age, the person must not— further attempt to take part in keno gaming without giving acceptable evidence; or give acceptable evidence that is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.166-ssec.4) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) , it is a defence to prove that— the defendant had no reason to believe, and did not believe, that the person whose age is material to the offence was a minor; or at the time of the contravention constituting the offence, the defendant had obtained from the person whose age is material to the offence acceptable evidence of the person’s age indicating the person was an adult. (sec.166-ssec.5) In the application of a defence on the ground mentioned in subsection (4) (a) , the operation of the Criminal Code , section 24 is excluded. (sec.166-ssec.6) In this section, a reference to acceptable evidence of a person’s age is a reference to a document that is acceptable evidence of the person’s age for the Liquor Act 1992 .