Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1995 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1995 No. 230 Gaming Machine Act 1991 GAMING MACHINE AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1995 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 4 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Replacement of s 34 (Day prescribed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 34 Day prescribed—Act, s 159(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 35 (Monthly Gaming Machine Reconciliation Report) . . 3 6 Amendment of s 35A (Monthly gaming deposit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of s 35B (Entries into accounting records) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Amendment of s 37 (Daily rental fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Replacement of s 47 (Prescribed liquor licences—Act, s 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 47 Prescribed liquor licences—Act, s 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 Amendment of sch 1 (Prescribed bodies and authorities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 Amendment of sch 7 (Prescribed liquor licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

s1 2 s3 Gaming Machine Amendment (No. 1) No. 230, 1995 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1995 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Gaming Machine Regulation 1991 . ˙ Amendment of s 4 (Interpretation) 3.(1) Section 4, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Definitions ’. (2) Section 4— insert— ‘ “accounting period” means the period covered by a monthly gaming machine reconciliation report for the licensed premises. “gaming cheques” means the total monetary amount of cancelled credits and jackpot payouts made by cheque drawn on the account mentioned in section 35A(1) 1 for the accounting period. “metered net return” means the amount obtained by subtracting from metered turnover the amount won by players for the accounting period. “metered turnover” means the gross monthly turnover assessed by the Director under section 163 of the Act2 for the accounting period. “monthly gaming deposit” means the amount deposited into an account with a financial institution under section 35A(1) for the accounting period. “net return variance” means the amount obtained by subtracting the metered net return from the reported net return for the accounting 1 Section 35A (Monthly gaming deposit) 2 Section 163 (Gross monthly turnover)

s4 3 s6 Gaming Machine Amendment (No. 1) No. 230, 1995 period. “reported/banking variance” means the amount obtained by subtracting from the reported net return the monthly gaming deposit and adding the gaming cheques for the accounting period. “reported net return” means the total of all amounts mentioned in paragraph (h) of the definition “performance summary” , recorded in the monthly gaming machine reconciliation report for the accounting period.’. ˙ Replacement of s 34 (Day prescribed) 4. Section 34— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Day prescribed—Act, s 159(1) ‘ 34. For section 159(1) of the Act, 3 the day prescribed is— (a) for category 1 licensed premises—the 4th day; and (b) for category 2 licensed premises—the 6th day.’. ˙ Amendment of s 35 (Monthly Gaming Machine Reconciliation Report) 5. Section 35(3)— insert— ‘(f) for category 2 licensed premises— (i) the amount of the monthly gaming deposit worked out under section 35A; and (ii) the amount of the gaming cheques.’. ˙ Amendment of s 35A (Monthly gaming deposit) 6.(1) Section 35A(4), definition “monthly gaming deposit” — 3 Section 159 (Monthly gaming machine reconciliation reports to be submitted)

s7 4 s8 Gaming Machine Amendment (No. 1) No. 230, 1995 omit. (2) Section 35A(5)— omit, insert— ‘ (5) If a licensee uses the net return method, the amount of the deposit is worked out using the formula— Monthly gaming deposit=reported net return+gaming cheques .’. ˙ Amendment of s 35B (Entries into accounting records) 7.(1) Section 35B(1)(c)— omit, insert— ‘(c) reported net return;’. (2) Section 35B(1)(f) and (g)— omit, insert— ‘(f) net return variance; (g) reported/banking variance;’. (3) Section 35B(2), definitions “accounting period” , “cash/banking variance” , “cash/meter variance” , “cash net return” , “gaming cheques” , “metered net return” , “metered turnover” and “monthly gaming deposit” — omit. ˙ Amendment of s 37 (Daily rental fees) 8. Section 37(2)— omit, insert— ‘ (2) In calculating the daily rental fee under the table in subsection (3), the following days are not days that a gaming machine is provided to a licensee— (a) if a gaming machine licence is cancelled—the day the gaming machine is removed from the licensed premises; (b) if a gaming machine licence is surrendered—the day the gaming

s 9 5 s 11 Gaming Machine Amendment (No. 1) No. 230, 1995 machine is removed permanently from the electronic monitoring system; (c) if the number of gaming machines provided to the licensee is decreased—the day the surrendered gaming machine is removed permanently from the electronic monitoring system.’. ˙ Replacement of s 47 (Prescribed liquor licences—Act, s 3) 9. Section 47— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Prescribed liquor licences—Act, s 3 ‘ 47. The following liquor licences are prescribed for the definition “prescribed liquor licence” in section 3 of the Act— (a) each licence mentioned in schedule 7; (b) a licence that is taken to be a special facility licence under the Liquor Act 1992, section 247(2); (c) a special facility licence for an activity, facility or presentation that— (i) forms part of the tourist development of the State; and (ii) provides residential accommodation.’. ˙ Amendment of sch 1 (Prescribed bodies and authorities) 10. Schedule 1, ‘Victorian Gaming Commission’— omit, insert— ‘Australian Taxation Office Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority’. ˙ Amendment of sch 7 (Prescribed liquor licences) 11. Schedule 7— insert —

s 11 6 s 11 Gaming Machine Amendment (No. 1) No. 230, 1995 ‘ 5. The special facility licence held by Mystik Pty Ltd, Willows Golf, Tourist & Sports Resort, Nineteenth Avenue, Kirwan.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 17 August 1995. 2. Notified in the gazette on 18 August 1995. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Treasury Department. © State of Queensland 1995