New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAMING MACHINES ACT 2001 - SECT 121

121 Compliance plate for gaming machines

(1) The holder of a dealer's licence is guilty of an offence if a gaming machine leaves the licensee's premises without a compliance plate that complies with this section and is securely attached to the gaming machine in a manner approved by the Authority.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.

(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if it is proved that the defendant had taken all reasonable precautions aimed at ensuring attachment of a compliance plate and, at the time of the offence, did not know, and had no reason to suspect, that a compliance plate was not securely attached to the gaming machine in the manner approved by the Authority.

(3) Exemption from the operation of this section may be granted by the Authority in a particular case or a particular class of cases.

(4) In this section--

"compliance plate" , in relation to a gaming machine, means a plate that--

(a) is made of a substance approved by the Authority, and

(b) is of dimensions not less than dimensions approved by the Authority, and

(c) may readily be seen and inspected, and

(d) shows the name of the dealer, the dealer's licence number, the serial number of the gaming machine and the month and year of the manufacture and assembly of the gaming machine, and

(e) has those particulars incorporated in a manner approved by the Authority and in symbols that are at least of a minimum size approved by the Authority.