Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 (Qld)

Queensland Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Subordinate Legislation 2014 No. 23 made under the Gaming Machine Act 1991 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 58 (Approved financiers—Act, sch 2, definition approved financier). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of sch 3 (Rules ancillary to gaming). . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the GamingMachineRegulation 2002. 3 Amendment of s 58 (Approved financiers—Act, sch 2, definition approved financier ) (1) Section 58(a)— omit . (2) Section 58(b) to (j)— renumber as section 58(a) to (i). 4 Amendment of sch 3 (Rules ancillary to gaming) Schedule 3, item 7— omit , insert — 7(1) For section 242(2)(b) of the Act, a licensee required to make a payment to a player, for a cancelled credit or jackpot payout, that is more than the cash limit for the licensed premises in which the player became entitled to the payment must make the payment in one of the following ways— (a) an amount equal to the cash limit in Australian currency and the balance of the payment by cheque; (b) if requested by the player— (i) an amount less than the cash limit in Australian currency and the balance of the payment by cheque; or (ii) the entire payment by cheque. Page 2 2014 SL No. 23

Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 [s 4] (2) For subitem (1), the cash limit for the licensed premises is the amount, of not more than $5000, stated by the licensee in a document that is displayed adjacent to, and in the same way as, the rules ancillary to gaming for the licensed premises. (3) For making a payment under subitem (1)— (a) if part of the payment is in Australian currency—the licensee must pay the Australian currency when the player claims payment; and (b) the licensee must give a cheque to the player or post it to the player’s address, within 24 hours after the player claims payment. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 13 March 2014. 2 Notified on the Queensland legislation website on 14 March 2014. 3 The administering agency is the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. © State of Queensland 2014 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 2014 SL No. 23 Page 3