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Gaming Machine Control (Community Support

Fund) Act 1996

Act No. 18/1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page

1.	Purpose	1
2.	Commencement	1
3.	Principal Act	1
4.	Application of Community Support Fund	2
5.	Saving	3

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Victoria

No. 18 of 1996

Gaming Machine Control (Community

Support Fund) Act 1996†

[Assented to 2 July 1996]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

1. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to amend the Gaming Machine Control Act 1991 to change the mode of application of money in the Community

Support Fund.

2. Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3. Principal Act

Gaming Machine Control (Community Support Fund) Act 1996

Act No. 18/1996

No. 53/1991.	In this Act, the Gaming Machine Control Act
Reprinted to
No. 98/1994	1991 is called the Principal Act.
and subsequently amended by No. 44/1995.

4. Application of Community Support Fund

In section 138 of the Principal Act, for sub-section
(4) substitute—

"(4) The Minister may apply money in the

Fund—

(a)	first, for payment to the Research and Development Fund established under this section, the amount of such
payment to be determined by the Minister;
(b)	secondly, for payment for or towards the provision of any one or more of the following—

(i)  programs for the prevention of compulsive gambling or for the treatment or rehabilitation of

persons who are compulsive
gamblers;

(ii)

programs for the treatment or addicted to or abuse drugs;

(iii) educational programs relating to
drug addiction or drug abuse;

(iv)  programs for financial counselling services or support and assistance for families in crisis;

(v) programs for the benefit of youth;

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(vi)

research or pilot programs relating programs;

(vii)  programs for the benefit of sport or recreation;

(viii)  programs for the promotion or benefit of the arts;

(ix) developing tourist destinations or

programs establishing or purposes of promoting tourism;

(x) relating to the support or

any other programs or purposes determined by the Minister.".

5. Saving

The amendments to the Principal Act by this Act do not apply to money applied by the Minister under section 138 of the Principal Act before the commencement of this Act.

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Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 4 June 1996

Legislative Council: 20 June 1996

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Gaming
Machine Control Act 1991 with respect to the Community Support Fund
and for other purposes."