Queensland Consolidated Acts

CASINO CONTROL ACT 1982 - SECT 100B

100B Obligation to prevent persons from entering or remaining in casino

(1) This section applies to a casino operator, or an employee or an agent of the casino operator, if the casino operator, employee or agent knows that a person is prohibited from entering or remaining in the casino under—

(a) a self-exclusion order; or

(b) an exclusion direction; or

(c) a direction under section 92 or 94 .

(2) The casino operator, employee or agent must take reasonable steps to prevent the person from entering or remaining in the casino.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a casino operator—250 penalty units; or

(b) for another person—40 penalty units.

(3) It is lawful for the casino operator, employee or agent to use necessary and reasonable force to prevent the person from entering or remaining in the casino.

(4) The force that may be used does not include force that is likely to cause bodily harm to the person.

(5) Subsection (2) must not be construed as requiring a casino operator, an employee or an agent to use reasonable force to prevent a person from entering or remaining in the casino.

(6) In this section—

"bodily harm" means any bodily injury that interferes with health or comfort.