Queensland Consolidated Acts

INTERACTIVE GAMBLING (PLAYER PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 166E

166E Obligation of interactive wagering operator to identify person’s location

(1) An interactive wagering operator must, when receiving a wager placed from an interactive wagering account, take reasonable steps to identify the location of the person placing the wager.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2) For complying with subsection (1) , the interactive wagering operator may rely on either of the following addresses as being the location of the person placing the wager—

(a) for an individual—an address given to the operator by the individual as the individual’s residential address;

(b) for a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act —an address given to the operator by or for the company as the company’s principal place of business.

(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the interactive wagering operator knows, or has reasonable grounds to suspect, that an address mentioned in subsection (2) (a) or (b) is not the location of the person when the wager is placed.