(1) The Commission must cause an identification number to be issued for each gaming machine.
(2) The Commission may, at any time after the issue of an identification number for a gaming machine, cause the issue of a new identification number for that gaming machine.
S. 3.5.8(3) amended by Nos 29/2009 s. 27(9), 28/2022 s. 36.
(3) An entitlement holder must not possess a gaming machine unless there is securely affixed on one internal and one external surface of the cabinet of the gaming machine a label showing—
(a) the identification number issued under subsection (1) or (2); and
(b) any other particulars that the Commission considers appropriate.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) A person must not service, maintain or repair a gaming machine that does not have affixed to it an identification number issued under subsection (1) or (2).
Penalty: 250 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months or both.
(5) A function of the Commission under this section may be performed by any commissioner.
(6) This section does not apply to a gaming machine in a casino.