Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) Section 102(3), penalty--
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'Maximum penalty--
(a) for a casino operator--100 penalty units; or
(b) for an employee or agent of a casino operator--40 penalty units.'.
(2) Section 102--
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'(3A) An adult must not aid or enable a person under 18 years to enter or remain in a casino during the hours of operation of the casino.
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
'(3B) A casino operator or an employee or agent of a casino operator employed in or acting in connection with the casino must not allow a person under 18 years to gamble or attempt to gamble in the casino.
Maximum penalty--
(a) for a casino operator--200 penalty units; or
(b) for an employee or agent of a casino operator--40 penalty units.
'(3C) A casino operator or an employee or agent of a casino operator employed in or acting in connection with the casino who finds a person under 18 years gambling or attempting to gamble in the casino must immediately prevent the person from gambling or attempting to gamble.
Maximum penalty--
(a) for a casino operator--200 penalty units; or
(b) for an employee or agent of a casino operator--40 penalty units.
'(3D) Subsection (3E) applies for the purpose of prosecuting a casino operator or an employee or agent of a casino operator for--
(a) allowing a person under 18 years to attempt to gamble in a casino; or
(b) if the operator, employee or agent finds a person under 18 years attempting to gamble in a casino--not immediately preventing the person from attempting to gamble.
'(3E) For deciding whether a person under 18 years attempted to gamble in a casino, the Criminal Code, section 4, applies as if gambling by a person under 18 years in a casino were an offence committed by the person against this Act.'.
(3) Section 102(5), 'subsection (3) to establish'--
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'subsection (3), (3A), (3B) or (3C) to establish'.
(4) Section 102(5)(b)--
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'(b) that at the time of the offence, the defendant had obtained from the person in question a certificate mentioned in subsection (4), or acceptable evidence of age, indicating that the person was 18 years or more.'.