Gaming Machine (Offset Amounts) Regulation 2018 (ACT)

Gaming Machine (Offset Amounts) Regulation 2018   

SL2018-27

made under the

Gaming Machine Act 2004

Republication No 5

Effective:  28 November 2025

Republication date: 28 November 2025

Last amendment made by A2024‑50

(republication for expiry of provisions (s 4 (1) (e), (2)))

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Gaming Machine (Offset Amounts) Regulation 2018, made under the Gaming Machine Act 2004 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 28 November 2025.  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 28 November 2025. 

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at type="disc">

authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies

unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register ( For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.

Penalties

At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

Gaming Machine (Offset Amounts) Regulation 2018

made under the

Gaming Machine Act 2004

Contents

Page

1            Name of regulation  2

3            Notes  2

4            Offset amounts—Act, s 10H (4), definition of offset amount, paragraph (a) 2

5            Offset amounts—Act, s 10H (4), definition of offset amount, paragraph (b) (viii)         3

6            Expiry—regulation  3

Endnotes

1            About the endnotes  4

2            Abbreviation key  4

3            Legislation history  5

4            Amendment history  6

5            Earlier republications  7

Gaming Machine (Offset Amounts) Regulation 2018

made under the

Gaming Machine Act 2004

1. Name of regulation

   This regulation is the Gaming Machine (Offset Amounts) Regulation 2018.

2. Notes

   A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.

   NoteSee the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.

3. Offset amounts—Act, s 10H (4), definition of offset amount, paragraph (a)

   The following fees, charges and other amounts are prescribed:

   (a)a fee determined for a matter under any of the following provisions:

   (i)the Building Act 2004, section 150;

   (ii)the Community Title Act 2001, section 96;

   (iii)the Electricity Safety Act 1971, section 64;

   (iv)the Gas Safety Act 2000, section 67;

   (v)the Unit Titles Act 2001, section 179;

   (vi)the Water and Sewerage Act 2000, section 45;

   (b)a fee determined for a matter under the Planning Act 2023, section 522 in relation to any of the following provisions of that Act:

   (i)part 5.2 (Territory plan—major plan amendments);

   (ii)part 6.3 (Environmental impact assessment), including division 6.3.9 (EIS inquiry panels);

   (iii)division 7.2.3 (Exemption assessments);

   (iv)part 7.5 (Assessable development);

   (v)part 7.6 (Development approval);

   (vi)part 10.2 (Grants of leases generally);

   (vii)part 10.3 (Grants of further leases);

   (viii)part 10.5 (Concessional leases);

   (ix)part 10.7 (Lease variations);

   (x)part 10.12 (Leases—building and development provisions);

   (xi)part 10.13 (Licences for unleased land);

   (c)an amount payable to vary a concessional lease to remove its concessional status worked out under the Planning Act 2023, section 311;

   (d)a lease variation charge for a chargeable variation of a nominal rent lease under the Planning Act 2023, division 10.7.3;

   (e)duty payable on a dutiable transaction under the Duties Act 1999, chapter 2 (Transactions concerning dutiable property);

   (f)duty payable on a transaction under the Duties Act 1999, chapter 3 (Certain transactions treated as transfers).

4. Offset amounts—Act, s 10H (4), definition of offset amount, paragraph (b) (viii)

   The Duties Act 1999 is prescribed.

5. Expiry—regulation

   This regulation expires on the day the Act, section 10H expires.

Endnotes

1. About the endnotes

   Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

   Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.

   Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law.  The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history.  Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

   If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering. 

   The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2. Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form	o = order
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present
def = definition	prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary	pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	r = rule/subrule
Assembly	reloc = relocated
div = division	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired

1. Legislation history

   Gaming Machine (Offset Amounts) Regulation 2018 SL2018-27

   notified LR 19 December 2018
   s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 11 December 2018 (LA s 75 (2))
   remainder taken to have commenced 11 December 2018 (s 2 and see Gaming Legislation Amendment Act 2018 A2018-45 s 2 (6))

   NoteRegulation exp 1 April 2028 (s 6 and see Gaming Machine Act 2004 A2004-34, s 10T (1)).

   as amended by

   Planning (Consequential Amendments) Act 2023 A2023-36 sch 1 pt 1.30

   notified LR 29 September 2023
   s 1, s 2 commenced 29 September 2023 (LA s 75 (1))
   sch 1 pt 1.30 commenced 27 November 2023 (s 2 (1) and see Planning Act 2023 A2023-18, s 2 (2) and CN2023-10)

   Gaming Machine (Offset Amounts) Amendment Regulation 2024 (No 1) SL2024-31

   notified LR 12 September 2024
   s 1, s 2 commenced 12 September 2024 (LA s 75 (1))
   remainder commenced 13 September 2024 (s 2)

   Gaming Machine (Compulsory Surrender) Amendment Act 2024 A2024‑50 sch 1 pt 1.2

   notified LR 19 September 2024
   s 1, s 2 commenced 19 September 2024 (LA s 75 (1))
   sch 1 pt 1.2 commenced 20 September 2024 (s 2)

2. Amendment history

   Commencement

   s 2om LA s 89 (4)

   Offset amounts—Act, s 10H (4), definition of offset amount, paragraph (a)

   s 4am A2023-36 amdt 1.159, amdt 1.160; SL2024‑31 s 4; pars renum R5 LA

   s 4 (1) (e), (2) exp 27 November 2025 (s 4 (2))

   Offset amounts—Act, s 10H (4), definition of offset amount, paragraph (b) (viii)

   s 5ins SL2024‑31 s 5

   Note for s 5

   s 5 also ins A2024-50 amdt 1.2

   
   

   renum as s 6 R4 LA

   Expiry—regulation

   s 6(prev s 5) ins A2024-50 amdt 1.2

   renum as s 6 R4 LA

1. Earlier republications

   Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order. 

   Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for
R1 19 Dec 2018	11 Dec 2018– 26 Nov 2023	not amended	new regulation
R2 27 Nov 2023	27 Nov 2023– 12 Sept 2024	A2023‑36	amendments by A2023‑36
R3 13 Sept 2024	13 Sept 2024– 19 Sept 2024	SL2024‑31	amendments by SL2024‑31
R4 20 Sept 2024	20 Sept 2024– 27 Nov 2025	A2024‑50	amendments by A2024‑50