Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (CURRENCY) ACT 1981 - SECT 21

  (1)   A person shall not make or sell an article with intent that the article be used (whether by himself or herself or by another person), in substitution for a current coin or current paper money, for operating a machine that is designed to receive current coins or current paper money.

Penalty:

  (a)   in the case of a person, not being a body corporate-- imprisonment for 6 months or 20 penalty units , or both; or

  (b)   in the case of a person, being a body corporate-- 50 penalty units .

  (1A)   Subsection   ( 1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   ( 1A) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).

  (2)   A person shall not import into Australia or export from Australia an article that, to his or her knowledge, has been made for use in substitution for a current coin or current paper money, for operating a machine that is designed to receive current coins or current paper money.

Penalty:

  (a)   in the case of a person, not being a body corporate-- imprisonment for 6 months or 20 penalty units , or both; or

  (b)   in the case of a person, being a body corporate-- 50 penalty units .

  (3)   A person shall not have in his or her possession an article with intent that the article be used (whether by himself or herself or by another person), in substitution for a current coin or current paper money, for operating a machine that is designed to receive current coins or current paper money.

Penalty:

  (a)   in the case of a person, not being a body corporate-- 20 penalty units ; or

  (b)   in the case of a person, being a body corporate-- 50 penalty units .

  (3A)   Subsection   ( 3) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   ( 3A) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).

  (4)   A person shall not use an article, in substitution for a current coin or current paper money, with the intention of operating a machine that is designed to receive current coins or current paper money.

Penalty for an offence against this subsection:

  (a)   in the case of a person, not being a body corporate-- 20 penalty units ; or

  (b)   in the case of a person, being a body corporate-- 50 penalty units .