1 Name of Regulation (NSW)

1999 No 143

New South Wales

under the

Liquor Act 1982

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Liquor Act 1982.

J. RICHARD PAGE, M.P.,

Minister for Gaming and Racing

The object of this Regulation is to set out further requirements for the area of a hotel (other than the general bar area) where approved gaming devices are required to be kept, in cases where more than 10 approved gaming devices are kept in the hotel.

This Regulation is made under the Liquor Act 1982, including sections 161 (Authority to keep approved gaming devices) and 156 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 27 of 5 March 1999, page 1605 Page 1

Clause 1	Liquor Amendment (Approved Gaming Devices) Regulation 1999
1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Liquor Amendment (Approved Gaming

Devices) Regulation 1999.

2 Amendment of Liquor Regulation 1996

The Liquor Regulation 1996 is amended as set out in Schedule l .

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

Liquor Amendment (Approved Gaming Devices) Regulation 1999

Amendments Schedule 1

1

(Clause 2)

[1]        Clause 46B Location of approved gaming devices in hotel

gaming room-section 161 (11) of

Insert after clause 46B (2) (h): 

(i)         if the gaming room can be accessed directly from

a public street, the gaming room must not be advertised by the display of any sign or other advertisement that is located on, or visible from, the outside of the hotel, by which the gaming room may reasonably be perceived as being separate from the hotel,

(j)

the gaming room must have a doorway or space that provides reasonable access to and from the gaming room to at least one operating bar, and at least one toilet for each gender, elsewhere in the hotel without the need for a patron to go on to a public street, or to any other area not forming part of the hotel, when moving from the gaming room to that bar or toilet or from that bar or toilet to the gaming room,

(k)

any doorway or space in the gaming room that provides access to and from the remainder of the hotel, or part of the remainder of the hotel, must be clearly marked as providing such access and be evident to patrons in the gaming room.

Clause 46B (5)

Insert after clause 46B (4):

(5) The requirements set out in subclause (2) (i)–(k) do not apply in respect of a hotelier’s licence that was in force on the date of commencement of the Liquor Amendment (Approved Gaming Devices) Regulation I999 for a period of 12 months after that commencement.