Queensland Consolidated Acts

CASINO CONTROL ACT 1982 - SECT 112

112 Certain officers of the department not to gamble etc.

(1) If the chief executive of the department directs, an officer of the department (the
"directed officer" ) must not gamble in a casino except to the extent necessary for the officer to perform the officer’s duties as an officer of the department.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(1A) A directed officer must not—

(a) accept or solicit employment from a licensee under this Act; or

(b) be an employee, in any capacity, of a licensee under this Act; or

(c) knowingly have, directly or indirectly, a business or financial association with, or a business or financial interest in something together with, a licensee under this Act.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(1B) A person who was a directed officer must not, for 1 year after the person ceases to be a directed officer, without the chief executive’s approval—

(a) accept or solicit employment from a licensee under this Act; or

(b) be an employee, in any capacity, of a licensee under this Act; or

(c) knowingly have, directly or indirectly, a business or financial association with, or a business or financial interest in something together with, a licensee under this Act.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) A licensee under this Act must not—

(a) employ in any capacity or have as an employee a person who is a directed officer; or

(b) without the approval of the chief executive, employ in any capacity or have as an employee or business or financial associate a person who was a directed officer within a period of 1 year after that person ceased to be a directed officer.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) A directed officer who knowingly has, directly or indirectly—

(a) any business or financial association with; or

(b) any business or financial interest in any matter in conjunction with;

a person who becomes an applicant for a licence under this Act shall, immediately upon becoming aware that such person has become an applicant—

(c) notify the chief executive of such association or interest; and

(d) if directed by the chief executive, terminate the association or relinquish the interest within a time specified by the chief executive.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

"licensee under this Act" includes a lessee under a casino lease and a casino operator under a casino management agreement.