Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1994 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1994 No. 407 Gaming Machine Act 1991 GAMING MACHINE AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 2) 1994 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 4 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 28 (Functions to be carried out with money clearances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 29 (Money clearances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of s 30 (Manual Payments Register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Replacement of s 35A (Accounts with financial institutions) . . . . . . . . . . . 3 35A Monthly gaming deposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Amendment of s 35B (Entries into accounting records) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Amendment of Sch 2 (Conditions to which a gaming machine licence is subject) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 Amendment of Sch 7 (Prescribed liquor licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

s1 2 s4 Gaming Machine Amendment (No. 2) No. 407, 1994 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1994 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Gaming Machine Regulation 1991 . ˙ Amendment of s 4 (Interpretation) 3.(1) Section 4— insert— ‘ “category 1 licensed premises” means licensed premises for which 1 of the following licences under the Liquor Act 1992 is in force— (a) a general liquor licence; (b) an on-premises licence; (c) a special facility licence (other than the special facility licence held by the Surfers Paradise Bowls Club Incorporated). “category 2 licensed premises” means licensed premises that are not category 1 licensed premises.’. (2) Section 4(2)— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 28 (Functions to be carried out with money clearances) 4.(1) Section 28(1)(b)— omit, insert— ‘(b) to ensure that no gaming tokens remain in the gaming machine or in the gaming machine’s drop box, other than gaming tokens that are in the hopper; and’. (2) Section 28(2)— omit, insert—

s5 3 s7 Gaming Machine Amendment (No. 2) No. 407, 1994 ‘ (2) For the purposes of section 157(2) of the Act1 , the functions are— (a) to ensure that no gaming machine credits are registered by the gaming machine; and (b) to ensure that no gaming tokens remain in the gaming machine or in the gaming machine’s drop box, other than those gaming tokens that are in the hopper; and (c) to record in the gaming machine performance record mentioned in section 31 2 an estimate of the monetary value of the contents of the hopper.’. ˙ Amendment of s 29 (Money clearances) 5. Section 29(4)— omit, insert— ‘ (4) The licensee must ensure the cash clearances report is completed immediately after each money clearance.’. ˙ Amendment of s 30 (Manual Payments Register) 6. Section 30(2)(b)(xi)— insert— ‘(D) if it is a short pay correction payout—the short pay correction payout take place; and’. ˙ Replacement of s 35A (Accounts with financial institutions) 7. Section 35A— omit, insert— 1 Section 157 (Weekly money clearances). 2 Section 31 (Gaming machine performance record).

s7 4 s7 Gaming Machine Amendment (No. 2) No. 407, 1994 ˙ ‘ Monthly gaming deposit ‘ 35A.(1) A licensee must, on or before the fourth day of each month, deposit the monthly gaming deposit into an account kept by the licensee at a financial institution. ‘ (2) A licensee may make the monthly gaming deposit by making a number of identifiable deposits into the account. ‘ (3) The amount of the monthly gaming deposit must be worked out by using either the standard method or the net return method. ‘ (4) If a licensee uses the standard method, the amount of the deposit is worked out by using the following formula— Monthly gaming deposit=total clearances - non-cheque manual payments where— “monthly gaming deposit” has the meaning given by section 35B(2). “non-cheque manual 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 that were not made by cheque drawn on the account mentioned in subsection (1). “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 accounting period for the licensed premises. ‘ (5) If a licensee uses the net return method, the amount of the deposit is worked out by using the following formula— Monthly gaming deposit=cash net return + gaming cheques where— “cash net return” has the meaning given by section 35B(2). “gaming cheques” has the meaning given by section 35B(2). “monthly gaming deposit” has the meaning given by section 35B(2).

s8 5 s9 Gaming Machine Amendment (No. 2) No. 407, 1994 ‘ (6) The licensee must ensure funds deposited in the account are not withdrawn and redeposited to the account for the purpose of making the monthly gaming deposit. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.’. ˙ Amendment of s 35B (Entries into accounting records) 8.(1) Section 35B(1)(d)— omit, insert— ‘(d) monthly gaming deposit;’. (2) Section 35B— insert— ‘ (1A) If a licensee uses the net return method to calculate the monthly gaming deposit, the licensee must make a note in the accounting records indicating the method used. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (3) Section 35B(2), definition “bank deposit” — omit. (4) Section 35B(2)— insert— ‘ “monthly gaming deposit” means the amount deposited into an account with a financial institution under section 35A(1) for the accounting period for each licensed premises.’. ˙ Amendment of Sch 2 (Conditions to which a gaming machine licence is subject) 9. Schedule 2, clause 1(a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) subject to section 57 of the Act, have installed on the licensee’s licensed premises, within 6 months after being granted a gaming

s 10 6 s 10 Gaming Machine Amendment (No. 2) No. 407, 1994 machine licence or an increase in gaming machines, the gaming machines provided by the Director, unless the machines cannot be installed because of the Director’s fault; and’. ˙ Amendment of Sch 7 (Prescribed liquor licences) 10.(1) Schedule 7, clause 2, ‘Colin’— omit, insert— ‘Collin’. (2) Schedule 7— insert— ‘ 3. The on-premises licence held by Queensland Railway Traveltrains for the “Spirit of the Outback” train service, only so far as it relates to Metal Club Car Registration No. 1525. ‘ 4. The special facility licence held by Nifsan Pty Ltd, Carrara Golf Course, Nerang-Broadbeach Road, Nerang.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 1 December 1994. 2. Notified in the Gazette on 2 December 1994. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Treasury Department. © State of Queensland 1994