Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not carry out gaming duties on licensed premises unless the person is—
(a) an appropriately licensed person employed by the licensee under subsection (3), (4) or (5) to carry out the duties for the premises; or
(b) an applicant for an appropriate licence employed by the licensee under subsection (4) or (6) to carry out the duties for the premises; or
(c) a person employed by the licensee under subsection (9) to carry out the duties for the premises; or
(d) an eligible licensee for the premises; or
(e) a nominee of the licensee for the premises.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
Note—
See also section 189A(1).
(2) A person must not employ or allow, or cause another person to employ or allow, a person (the employee) to carry out gaming duties on licensed premises unless the employee is—
(a) an appropriately licensed person employed under subsection (3), (4) or (5) to carry out the duties for the premises; or
(b) an applicant for an appropriate licence employed under subsection (4) or (6) to carry out the duties for the premises; or
(c) a person employed under subsection (9) to carry out the duties.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
Note—
See also section 189A(2).
(3) A licensee who is not an eligible licensee must at all times have in the licensee's employ, for the licensee's licensed premises, or each of the licensee's licensed premises, at least 2 appropriately licensed persons to carry out gaming duties for the premises.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a licensee for licensed premises if the licensee, with the chief executive's approval, has in the licensee's employ, for carrying out gaming duties for the premises—
(a) at least 1 person who is an appropriately licensed person and at least 1 person who is an applicant for an appropriate licence; or
(b) at least 2 persons who are applicants for an appropriate licence.
(5) An eligible licensee must at all times have in the licensee's employ, for the licensee's licensed premises, at least 1 licensed gaming employee to carry out gaming duties for the premises.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(6) Subsection (5) does not apply to an eligible licensee for licensed premises if the licensee, with the chief executive's approval, has in the licensee's employ, for carrying out gaming duties for the premises, at least 1 person who is an applicant for a gaming employee's licence.
(7) A licensee who is not an eligible licensee must ensure that, when licensed premises of the licensee are open for the conduct of gaming, at least 1 of the persons employed by the licensee under subsection (3) or (4) for carrying out gaming duties for the premises is present on the premises, or is readily available for carrying out the duties for the premises.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(8) An eligible licensee must ensure that, when the licensee's licensed premises are open for the conduct of gaming, the licensee or a person employed by the licensee under subsection (5) or (6) is present on the premises, or is readily available for carrying out gaming duties for the premises.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(9) Subsection (7) does not apply to a licensee for licensed premises of the licensee, and subsection (8) does not apply to an eligible licensee for the licensee's licensed premises, if there is present on the premises, or readily available for carrying out gaming duties for the premises, a person—
(a) employed, with the chief executive's approval, by the licensee for carrying out gaming duties for the premises; and
(b) whose period of employment in the capacity mentioned in paragraph (a) is not longer than 7 days.
(10) A licensee must give an identity card to—
(a) each applicant for an appropriate licence employed by the licensee under subsection (4) or (6); or
(b) a person employed by the licensee under subsection (9).
(11) Despite subsection (10), a licensee is not required to give an identity card to a person employed by the licensee under subsection (9) if—
(a) the person is a nominee of the licensee under section 193(4); and
(b) the licensee has given an identity card to the person under section 194(1).
(12) An identity card must comply with the requirements prescribed under a regulation.
(13) A person to whom an identity card is given must return the card to the licensee on the day the person ceases to be employed by the licensee under subsection (4), (6) or (9).
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(14) For subsections (3) and (4), a nominee of a licensee in the licensee's employ is taken to be a person in the licensee's employ for carrying out gaming duties for the premises for which the person is the licensee's nominee.
(15) In this section—
applicant, for an appropriate licence, means—
(a) an applicant for a gaming employee's licence; or
(b) an applicant for a gaming nominee's licence.
appropriately licensed person means—
(a) a licensed gaming employee; or
(b) a licensed gaming nominee.
eligible licensee, for licensed premises, means the licensee for the premises if the licensee—
(a) is an individual; and
(b) is ordinarily present on the premises when the premises are open for the conduct of gaming.