{"ActName":"GAMING ACT 2009","FootNoteRels":[],"IsFirstSection":"false","act_description":"<p><span id=\"17\">AN ACT TO REFORM THE LAW RELATING TO GAMING</span></p>","act_last_updated":"15 March 2012","section_html":"<section class=\"section\" title=\"[GAM 29] s 29 Offences connected with unlicensed remote interactive gaming\"><div class=\"title\"><h3 class=\"sectiontitle\"><span class=\"edpnum\"><span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP273.GAFJ09.S29\" daya-type=\"ext\"> </span><span id=\"28\">[GAM 29]\u2003</span></span><span id=\"29\">Offences connected with unlicensed remote interactive gaming</span><span class=\"designum\"><span id=\"30\">29\u2003</span></span></h3></div><div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF_LOF.VOL12.SGM_LOF.CAP273.GAFJ09.S29.1\"></div><div class=\"subsect\"><span class=\"designum\"><span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP273.GAFJ09.S29.1\" daya-type=\"ext\"> </span><span id=\"31\">(1)\u2003</span></span><span id=\"32\">Any person who operates a business which conducts an unlicensed remote interactive gaming operation shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment for 5 years and where the offender is a body corporate it shall be liable to such fine for each day on which the commission of the offence continues.</span></div><div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF_LOF.VOL12.SGM_LOF.CAP273.GAFJ09.S29.2\"></div><div class=\"subsect\"><span class=\"designum\"><span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP273.GAFJ09.S29.2\" daya-type=\"ext\"> </span><span id=\"33\">(2)\u2003</span></span><span id=\"34\">Any person who assists in or otherwise facilitates the conduct of a remote interactive gaming operation which is unlicensed shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for 2 years.</span></div><div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF_LOF.VOL12.SGM_LOF.CAP273.GAFJ09.S29.3\"></div><div class=\"subsect\"><span class=\"designum\"><span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP273.GAFJ09.S29.3\" daya-type=\"ext\"> </span><span id=\"35\">(3)\u2003</span></span><span id=\"36\">It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under </span><span id=\"37\"></span><a class=\"external\"><span id=\"38\">subsection (2)</span></a><span id=\"39\"></span><span id=\"40\"> to prove that he or she did not know and had no reason to believe that the remote interactive gaming operation to which the charge relates was unlicensed.</span></div><div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF_LOF.VOL12.SGM_LOF.CAP273.GAFJ09.S29.4\"></div><div class=\"subsect\"><span class=\"designum\"><span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP273.GAFJ09.S29.4\" daya-type=\"ext\"> </span><span id=\"41\">(4)\u2003</span></span><span id=\"42\">Any person who engages in unlicensed remote interactive gaming as a player shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for 2 years.</span></div></section>"}
