Victorian Numbered Acts

GAMBLING AND LIQUOR LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (MODERNISATION) ACT 2014 (NO. 56 OF 2014) - SECT 16

For section 2.5.20 of the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 substitute —

    " 2.5.20     Prohibition against providing place for unauthorised gambling

    (1)     A person must not provide a place for the purposes of unauthorised gambling.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (2)     A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the person—

        (a)     is an owner, or the agent of an owner, of the place; and

        (b)     is not an occupier of the place; and

        (c)     either—

              (i)     was unaware, and had no reasonable ground to suspect, that the place was provided for the purposes of unauthorised gambling; or

              (ii)     had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the place being provided for the purposes of unauthorised gambling.".