Victorian Current Acts

GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 7.5.7

    (1)     A licensed provider must not—

        (a)     evade the payment of an amount payable by the licensed provider under section 7.5.2 or  7.5.3; or

        (b)     give the Commission a return containing information the licensed provider knows to be false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular.

Penalty:     For a first offence, 600 penalty units;

For a second or subsequent offence, 600 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both.

    (2)     Subsection (1)(b) does not apply to a licensed provider if the licensed provider—

        (a)     when giving the return, informs the Commission in writing, to the best of the licensed provider's ability, how the return is false, misleading or incomplete; and

        (b)     subsequently gives the correct information to the Commission as soon as the licensed provider has, or can reasonably obtain, it.

S. 7.5.7(3) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 62.13).

    (3)     It is sufficient for a charge for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the accused knew that the document was false, misleading or incomplete.

Part 6—Compliance requirements

Division 1—Directions