South Australian Consolidated Acts

GAMING MACHINES ACT 1992 - SECT 51B

51B—Cash facilities withdrawal limit

        (1)         The holder of a gaming machine licence must not, on or after the prescribed day, provide, or allow another person to provide, cash facilities on the licensed premises that allow a person to obtain by means of those facilities, in any one transaction, on any one debit or credit card, an amount of cash that exceeds—

            (a)         if the Commissioner has fixed a monetary limit in respect of the premises under this section—that limit;

            (b)         in any other case—

                  (i)         the sum of $200; or

                  (ii)         if some other sum is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section—that sum.

Maximum penalty: $35 000.

        (2)         The Commissioner may from time to time, by notice in writing to the licensee, fix a monetary limit for daily withdrawals on a debit or credit card from cash facilities on particular licensed premises that is higher than the limit applicable under subsection (1)(b), if the Commissioner thinks that good reason (eg, the location of the licensed premises) exists for doing so.

        (3)         The holder of a gaming machine licence must not, on or after the prescribed day, provide, or allow another person to provide, cash facilities on the licensed premises that allow a person to obtain cash by means of those facilities more than once, on any one debit or credit card, on any one day.

        (4)         In this section—

"prescribed day" means—

            (a)         for the purposes of subsection (1)—the day falling 3 months after the commencement of this section;

            (b)         for the purposes of subsection (3)—a day fixed by proclamation.