Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation 1992 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1992 No. 185 Gaming Machine Act 1991 GAMING MACHINE AMENDMENT REGULATION 1992 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s.4 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s.13 (Installation of gaming equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s.18 (Security of keys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of s.28 (Functions to be carried out with money clearances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of s.30 (Manual Payments Register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Insertion of new ss.35A–35B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 35A Accounts with financial institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 35B Entries into general accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Insertion of new s.47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 47 Prescribed liquor licences (s.1.3(1) of the Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 10 Amendment of Schedule 1 (Prescribed Bodies and Authorities) . . . . . . . . 6 11 Amendment of Schedule 3 (Conditions to which a gaming machine licence is subject) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Gaming Machine Amendment No. 185, 1992 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation 1992 . ˙ Commencement 2.(1) Subject to subsection (2), this regulation commences on 1 July 1992. (2) Sections 8 and 11 commence on 1 November 1992. ˙ Amendment of s.4 (Interpretation) 3.(1) Section 4(1) (definition “short pay correction payout” )— omit, insert — ‘ “short pay correction payout” means a payment by a licensee to a player of an amount to which the player is entitled if the gaming machine fails to discharge, or register gaming machine credits for, the amount; ’. (2) Section 4(2)— omit, insert — ‘(2) Licensed premises are categorised as follows— (a) Category 1—licensed premises for which a general liquor licence is in force; (b) Category 2—all licensed premises not included in Category 1. ’. ˙ Amendment of s.13 (Installation of gaming equipment) 4. Section 13(c)— omit, insert — ‘ (c) the proper use of things provided on the premises for safety and security. ’.

3 Gaming Machine Amendment No. 185, 1992 ˙ Amendment of s.18 (Security of keys) 5.(1) Section 18(3)— omit, insert — ‘(3) A licensee must ensure that a person (other than a person mentioned in section 5.17 of the Act) does not have possession of a key mentioned in subsection (1). ’. (2) Section 18(5)— omit, insert — ‘(5) A person who is not an inspector may have possession of a key mentioned in subsection (1) only— (a) if the possession is— (i) on the licensed premises; and (ii) for the time necessary for the performance of his or her duties; or (b) with the approval of the Director. ’. ˙ Amendment of s.28 (Functions to be carried out with money clearances) 6. Section 28(1)— omit ‘ 7.1(2) ’, insert ‘ 7.1(3) ’. ˙ Amendment of s.30 (Manual Payments Register) 7. Section 30(4)(a)— omit ‘ conduct of gaming ’, insert ‘ operation of gaming machines ’. ˙ Insertion of new ss.35A–35B 8. After section 35— insert (in Part 7)—

4 Gaming Machine Amendment No. 185, 1992 ˙ ‘Accounts with financial institutions ‘35A.(1) A licensee must open and maintain an account with a financial institution for the purposes of this regulation for each of the licensee’s licensed premises. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. ‘(2) The licensee must on or before the 4th day of each month deposit into the account maintained for licensed premises the monthly gaming deposit. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. ‘(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)— “monthly gaming deposit” is the amount ascertained in accordance with the formula— MD = TC – NC ‘(4) For the purposes of subsection (3)— “MD” means monthly gaming deposit; “NC” (non-cheque gaming payments) means the total monetary amount of all cancelled credits, jackpot payouts, hopper fills and short pay correction payouts recorded in the Monthly Gaming Machine Reconciliation Report mentioned in the component TC that were not made by cheque; “TC” (total clearances) means the total monetary amount of gaming tokens recorded as being removed during money clearances in the Monthly Gaming Machine Reconciliation Report for the previous month for the licensed premises. ‘(5) A licensee must cause a cheque made for the purpose of making a payment under the Act to be drawn on the account mentioned in subsection (1). Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. ‘(6) A licensee is taken to have complied with subsection (2) if the licensee makes a number of identifiable deposits into the account in order to make the deposit under subsection (2).

5 Gaming Machine Amendment No. 185, 1992 ˙ ‘Entries into general accounts ‘35B.(1) A licensee must, for each accounting period, make the following entries in the general accounts of each of the licensee’s licensed premises— (a) metered turnover; and (b) metered net return; and (c) cash net return; and (d) bank deposit; and (e) gaming cheques; and (f) cash/meter variance; and (g) cash/banking variance; and (h) hopper difference. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. ‘(2) In this section— “accounting period” means the period covered by a Monthly Gaming Reconciliation Report for the licensed premises; “bank deposit” means the amount banked under section 35A(2) for the licensed premises for the accounting period; “cash/banking variance” means the amount obtained by subtracting the bank deposit from the cash net return and adding the gaming cheques for the licensed premises for the accounting period; “cash/meter variance” means the amount obtained by subtracting the metered net return from the cash net return for the licensed premises for the accounting period; “cash net return” means the total of all amounts mentioned in paragraph (h) of the definition “performance summary” in section 4(1), recorded in the Monthly Gaming Machine Reconciliation Report for the licensed premises for the accounting period; “gaming cheques” means the total monetary amount of cancelled credits and jackpot payouts made by cheque for the licensed premises for the accounting period;

6 Gaming Machine Amendment No. 185, 1992 “hopper difference” means the amount obtained by subtracting the total monetary amount of gaming tokens contained in the hoppers at the end of the accounting period from the total monetary amount of gaming tokens contained in the hoppers at the start of the accounting period as recorded in the Monthly Gaming Machine Reconciliation Report for the licensed premises; “metered net return” means the amount obtained by subtracting from metered turnover the amount won by players for the licensed premises for the accounting period as contained in the Director’s report under section 8.9(1)(b) of the Act; “metered turnover” means the gross monthly turnover assessed by the Director under section 8.1 of the Act for the licensed premises for the accounting period. ’. ˙ Insertion of new s.47 9. After section 46— insert — ˙ ‘Prescribed liquor licences (s.1.3(1) of the Act) ‘47. For the purposes of section 1.3(1) of the Act, the special facility licence held by the Surfers Paradise Bowls Club Incorporated is a prescribed liquor licence. ’. ˙ Amendment of Schedule 1 (Prescribed Bodies and Authorities) 10. Schedule 1— omit ‘ Queensland Licensing Commission ’, insert (in the appropriate alphabetical place, determined on a letter-by- letter basis)— ‘ Colorado State Police; Division of Gaming, Colorado; Queensland Liquor Licensing Division ’.

7 Gaming Machine Amendment No. 185, 1992 ˙ Amendment of Schedule 3 (Conditions to which a gaming machine licence is subject) 11. Schedule 3, condition 3— omit ‘ an account held by the licensee for that purpose ’, insert ‘ the appropriate account mentioned in section 35A ’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 25 June 1992. 2. Published in the Gazette on 26 June 1992. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Treasury Department. The State of Queensland 1992