7Gaming on standard interstate ferry services

7 Gaming on standard interstate ferry services

(1)  A gaming licence authorizes gaming to take place on the ship in respect of which the licence is issued when the ship is being used to provide a standard interstate ferry service.

(2)  *[Section 7 Subsection (2) amended by No. 109 of 1993, s. 6 ]*For the purposes of subsection (1) –

(a) the licensee may set aside permanently an approved area on the ship for use as a gaming area; and

(b) the operator, subject to and in accordance with this Act and the licence, may do all or any of the following:

(i) [Section 7 Subsection (2) amended by No. 31 of 2021, s. 183, Applied:01 Jul 2023] install and maintain approved gaming equipment and approved gaming machines in the permanent gaming area;

(ii) conduct gaming operations in the permanent gaming area;

(iii) [Section 7 Subsection (2) amended by No. 31 of 2000, s. 5, Applied:16 Jun 2000] sell keno tickets, in approved keno outstations, for keno games;

(iv) [Section 7 Subsection (2) amended by No. 31 of 2000, s. 5, Applied:16 Jun 2000] display the results of keno games on keno draw display boards located in approved keno outstations and at other approved places on the ship.

(3)  For the purposes of this section, a ship is taken to be providing a standard interstate ferry service during any time when it is –

(a) in port embarking passengers for that service; or

(b) at sea on that service.