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Gambling Act 2003

Harm prevention and minimisation, enforcement, and other matters - Admission to venues

311: Requirement to remove person who enters gambling venue in breach of exclusion order

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"Remove someone from a gambling venue if they're not allowed to be there"

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If you are in charge of a gambling venue, you must remove someone who enters the area when they are not allowed to be there. This is because they have broken an exclusion order, which is a rule that says they cannot enter the venue, as stated in section 309 or section 310. You must make them leave the venue. If you need help removing the person, a police officer can assist you and use reasonable force to make the person leave. You or the police officer will only use as much force as is necessary to remove the person from the venue.

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Part 4Harm prevention and minimisation, enforcement, and other matters
Admission to venues

311Requirement to remove person who enters gambling venue in breach of exclusion order

  1. A venue manager or the holder of a casino operator’s licence, or a person acting on behalf of either of those persons, must remove any person who enters the gambling area of a class 4 venue or casino venue in breach of an exclusion order issued, or a condition of re-entry imposed, under section 309 or section 310.

  2. A constable may, if called on to assist a person specified in subsection (1) in effecting a removal, use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances to effect the removal.

Notes
  • Section 311(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).