New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAMING MACHINES ACT 2001 - SECT 46

46 Provision of problem gambling counselling services

(1) If a hotelier or club is authorised to keep approved gaming machines, the hotelier or club must, in accordance with the regulations, enter into arrangements for problem gambling counselling services to be made available to the patrons of the hotel or club premises.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.

(2) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following--

(a) the persons or bodies who are to provide the counselling services,

(b) the nature of the arrangements to be made with those persons or bodies,

(c) the nature of the counselling services that are to be made available,

(d) the manner in which those services are to be provided.

(3) A hotelier or club must provide an inspector with written evidence of the arrangements entered into by the hotelier or club under this section if requested to do so by an inspector.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.