Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive may direct a licensee to alter an authorised gaming machine of the licensee to change the game that may be played on the machine.
(2) However, the chief executive may give a direction about a gaming machine only if—
(a) the game that may be played on the machine is not an approved game; or
(b) if the game that may be played on the machine is an approved game—the chief executive reasonably believes subsection (3) applies to the machine.
(3) This subsection applies for subsection (2)(b) if—
(a) the machine malfunctions when it is being used; and
(b) the making of the proposed alteration will stop the machine malfunctioning; and
(c) without the proposed alteration being made, the continued use of the machine may compromise proper standards of integrity affecting gaming or adversely affect the public interest in some other way.
(4) A direction must—
(a) be in writing; and
(b) state the grounds on which it is given; and
(c) state when the licensee to whom it is given is required to comply with the direction.
(5) A licensee to whom a direction is given must comply with the direction, unless the licensee has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty for subsection (5)—200 penalty units.