Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (4), a person, other than an inspector, shall not:
(a) break a seal securing a computer cabinet or gain access to anything within the computer cabinet;
(b) affix a seal to a computer cabinet;
(c) break a seal protecting the integrity of the game program of a gaming machine;
(d) remove, replace or in any way affect or interfere with the operation of a computer cabinet or anything within the computer cabinet;
(e) remove or interfere with a security device of a gaming machine;
(f) interfere with the normal operation of the components of a gaming machine;
(g) interfere with information stored or transmitted electronically by a gaming machine, linked jackpot arrangement or electronic monitoring system;
(h) affix a mark or seal to gaming equipment to preserve the integrity of operation of the gaming equipment;
(j) remove or interfere with a mark or seal affixed to gaming equipment to preserve the integrity of operation of the gaming equipment;
(k) remove, alter or otherwise interfere with the manufacturer's identification plate or the manufacturer's serial number of a gaming machine;
(m) remove, alter or otherwise interfere with an identification label affixed to a gaming machine under section 135; or
(n) affix anything capable of being taken as a label referred to in section 135 to a gaming machine or a device capable of being taken as a gaming machine.
Maximum penalty: 430 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) A licensed repairer is authorised, to such extent as is necessary, in the performance of his or her duties as a licensed repairer to do a thing referred to in subsection (1)(a) to (f) if:
(a) a conversion report is submitted under subsection (5) or the licensed repairer immediately submits a repairer's report to the Director in the form determined by the Director; and
(b) the licensed repairer does not, without the approval of the Director:
(i) break a seal securing a computer cabinet;
(ii) affix a seal to a computer cabinet;
(iii) remove or interfere with a mark or seal affixed to gaming equipment to preserve the integrity of operation of the gaming equipment; or
(iv) affix a mark or seal to gaming equipment to preserve the integrity of operation of the gaming equipment.
(3) If a licensed repairer breaks a seal securing a computer cabinet, the licensed repairer shall ensure that the gaming machine is not played (other than for testing purposes) until the computer cabinet is again secured with a seal provided by the Director.
Maximum penalty: 430 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years.
(4) The Director may authorise a person to do anything referred to in subsection (1).
(5) A person shall not do anything to a gaming machine to effect a change in the game, gaming token denomination or betting unit of the gaming machine unless:
(a) the alteration is approved, or caused, by the Director under section 40(2); and
(b) the person performing the alteration immediately submits a conversion report to the Director in the form determined by the Director.
Maximum penalty: 430 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years.