Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHARITABLE AND NON-PROFIT GAMING ACT 1999 - SECT 155

155 Notice of damage

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an inspector damages something when exercising or purporting to exercise a power; or

(b) a person (the
"other person" ) acting under the direction of an inspector damages something.

(2) The inspector must immediately give notice of particulars of the damage to the person who appears to the inspector to be the thing’s owner.

(3) If the inspector believes the damage was caused by a latent defect in the thing or circumstances beyond the inspector’s or other person’s control, the inspector may state the belief in the notice.

(4) If, for any reason, it is impracticable to comply with subsection (2) , the inspector must leave the notice in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way where the damage happened.

(5) This section does not apply to damage the inspector reasonably believes is trivial.

(6) In this section—

"owner" , of a thing, includes the person in possession or control of it.