New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAMING MACHINES ACT 2001 - SECT 76A

76A Causing defects in gaming machines

(1) A technician must not, in carrying out any work on an approved gaming machine, do anything that causes, or is likely to cause, the gaming machine to function in a manner other than the manner in which it was designed and approved by the Authority to function.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.

(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) if it is proved--

(a) that the operation of the approved gaming machine was for testing or maintenance purposes, or

(b) that the technician--

(i) took all reasonable precautions to ensure that the approved gaming machine was functioning properly, and

(ii) at the time of the alleged offence did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the machine was not functioning properly.