Gaming Machines Amendment (Transitional and Other Matters) Regulation 2012 (NSW)
2012 No 5
New South Wales
Gaming Machines Amendment
(Transitional and Other Matters)
Regulation 2012
under the
Gaming Machines Act 2001
Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Gaming Machines Act 2001.
GEORGE SOURIS, MP
Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing
Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are as follows:
| (a) | to require the payment of fees for applications relating to gaming machine threshold increases, the approval of different periods for shutting down gaming machines and the reinstatement of cancelled gaming-related licences, |
| (b) | to enable certain references in the Gaming Machines Act 2001 to gaming machine entitlements to be read as references to poker machine entitlements until all references to the latter are replaced in the near future. |
This Regulation is made under the Gaming Machines Act 2001, including sections 110 (3) and 210 (2) (z1) and clause 1 (1) of Schedule 1.
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Gaming Machines Amendment (Transitional and Other
Matters) Regulation 2012
under the
Gaming Machines Act 2001
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Gaming Machines Amendment (Transitional and
Other Matters) Regulation 2012.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 20 January 2012 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.
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| 2012 | |
| Amendment of Gaming Machines Regulation 2010 | Schedule 1 |
| Schedule 1 | Amendment of Gaming Machines Regulation 2010 |
[1] Clause 146A
Insert after clause 146:
| 146A | Application fee for reinstatement of cancelled gaming-related licence or work permit |
An application under section 110 (1) of the Act for the reinstatement of a gaming-related licence or work permit cancelled by the operation of section 109 of the Act (Cancellation for late payment of periodic licence fee) must be accompanied by a fee of $110.
Note. Any such application must also be accompanied by payment of the unpaid licence fee concerned—see section 110 (2) of the Act.
[2] Clauses 147A and 147B
Insert after clause 147:
| 147A | Application fee to increase gaming machine threshold |
A threshold increase application under section 34 of the Act must be accompanied by a fee of $550.
| 147B | Application fees relating to approval of certain shutdown periods |
The following must be accompanied by a fee of $550:
(a) an application under section 40 of the Act (Approval of 3-hour shutdown period on weekends and public holidays), (b) an application under section 40A of the Act (Approval of limited shutdown period on hardship grounds).
[3] Clause 162A
Insert after clause 162:
| 162A | Transitional provision—construction of certain references relating to poker machine entitlements | |
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| Schedule 1 | Amendment of Gaming Machines Regulation 2010 |
(2) For the purposes of subclause (1), the relevant amendment is the amendment made by Schedule 3 [6] to the Clubs, Liquor and Gaming Machines Legislation Amendment Act 2011 that replaces the definition of poker machine entitlement in section 4 of the Act with the definition of gaming machine entitlement.
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