Gaming Machine Act 1991
An Act to provide for the regulation and control of gaming machines and for connected purposes
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Gaming Machine Act 1991.
1A Object
(1)The object of this Act is to ensure that, on balance, the State and the community as a whole benefit from gaming machine gambling.(2)The balance is achieved by allowing gaming machine gambling subject to a system of regulation and control designed to protect players and the community through—(a)ensuring the integrity and fairness of games; and(b)ensuring the probity of those involved in the conduct of gaming machine gambling; and(c)minimising the potential for harm from gaming machine gambling.
2 Definitions
The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this Act.
3 Meaning of conduct of gaming
A reference in this Act to conduct of gaming is a reference to—(a)the management, use, supervision, operation and conduct of gaming equipment; and(b)the sale, redemption or use of gaming tokens; and(c)the carrying out of centralised credit system transactions; and(d)the installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair of gaming equipment; and(e)the use or distribution of proceeds from the conduct of gaming; and(f)accounting, banking, storage and other acts in connection with or related or incidental to gaming and the conduct of gaming.
4 Approval of terminating date for financial year
The commissioner may approve some date other than 30 June as the termination date of a financial year which may be for a period longer or shorter than 1 year, but not longer than 18 months, ending on the date so approved.
5 Meaning of associate
For the purposes of this Act—(a)the following persons are associates of a person—(i)the person’s spouse;(ii)a parent or remoter lineal ancestor, son, daughter or remoter issue, brother or sister of the person;(iii)any partner of the person;(iv)any body corporate of which the person is an executive officer;(v)where the person is a body corporate—an executive officer of the body corporate;(vi)a person who, in the previous year, has provided to the first person advice for fee or reward in relation to—(A)gaming; or(B)the conduct of gaming; or(C)the manufacture, assembly, sale, supply, installation, alteration, obtaining, possession, operation, use, adjustment, maintenance, repair or testing of gaming equipment;(vii)any employee or employer of the person;(viii)any officer or employee of any body corporate of which the person is an officer or employee;(ix)any employee of an individual of whom the person is an employee;(x)any body corporate whose executive officers are accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the person, or where the person is a body corporate, of the executive officers of that body corporate;(xi)any body corporate in accordance…