{"id":"gaming-control-act-1993","name":"Gaming Control Act 1993","slug":"gaming-control-act-1993","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30135,"registerId":"nt-gaming-control-act-1993-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"1 Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Gaming Control Act 1993.\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"2 Commencement\nThis Act shall come into operation on the commencement of the\nRacing and Gaming Authority Act 1993.\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Objects","content":"2A Objects\nThe objects of this Act are:\n(a) to promote probity and integrity in gaming;\n(b) to maintain the probity and integrity of persons engaged in\ngaming in the Territory;\n(c) to promote fairness, integrity and efficiency in the operations\nof persons engaged in gaming in the Territory;\n(d) to reduce any adverse social impact of gaming; and\n(e) to promote a balanced contribution by the gaming industry to\ngeneral community benefit and amenity.\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"3 Definitions\nIn this Act:\naffected person, see section 68CA.\nAgency means the Agency administering this Act.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 2\nagreement:\n(a) in relation to a casino licence, means the agreement in\npursuance of which the licence was granted, that agreement\nas amended and in force from time to time or any agreement\nmade in substitution for that agreement; and\n(b) in relation to a licence under Division 4 or 5 of Part 4, means\nthe agreement in pursuance of which the licence was granted.\namusement machine means a mechanical, electrical or electronic\nmachine or device, operated by the insertion of a coin or token or\nby the use of accrued credits, which is intended for the amusement\nof the player and from which the player can obtain nothing\nrepresenting money, goods or any other benefit, other than the\nopportunity to continue to use the machine.\napproved means approved by the Director.\napproved game means a game approved under section 26.\ncasino means a place approved under section 18.\ncasino licence means a casino licence granted under\nsection 18(1) or such a licence as amended under section 18(1A).\nCommunity Benefit Committee means the Community Benefit\nCommittee established under section 68B(3).\nCommunity Benefit Fund means the Community Benefit Fund\nmaintained under section 68A.\nCommunity Benefit Fund Guidelines means the guidelines\napproved under section 68A(3).\ndelegate decision, see section 68CA.\nDirector means the Director of Gaming Control appointed under\nsection 3B.\nforeign lottery means a lottery conducted or to be conducted\noutside the Territory which is authorised by or under and conducted\nin accordance with the law of the country or the State or Territory of\nthe Commonwealth in which it is conducted.\ngaming includes lotteries.\ngaming inspector means a gaming inspector appointed under\nsection 15.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 3\ngaming machine means a mechanical, electrical or electronic\nmachine or device played, used or operated for the purpose of\nobtaining by chance or skill, or a combination of chance and skill,\ngoods, services or credits, or tokens representing goods or\nservices, and includes any equipment or devices used to link more\nthan one gaming machine or that may influence or determine the\noutcome of a game and such other equipment or device that is\ninstant scratch lottery means a lottery in which the winning of a\nprize is determined by exposing a specified number of symbols\n(including identical symbols) on a ticket in the lottery.\ninstrument of gaming means anything used for the purposes of\ngaming and includes money, coins, notes, cheques, written\nacknowledgements of a debt and other writings for securing the\npayment of money, lists, cards and other documents relating to\ngaming, wheels, spinning jinnies, playing cards, housey cards, dice,\ndice boxes, balls, kips, counters, tables and anything declared by\nthe Minister to be an instrument of gaming.\ninternet gaming business, for Part 4, Division 5, see\nsection 47AB.\nlawful lottery means a lottery authorised by and conducted in\naccordance with this Act.\nlicensed employee means an employee of a Licensee licensed\nLicensee means the person to whom a casino licence or a licence\nunder Division 4 or 5 of Part 4 is granted or assigned.\nliquor, see section 4(1) of the Liquor Act 2019.\nlottery means a disposition of real or personal property or a share\nor interest in such property or of a right to a benefit or thing\ndependent on or to be determined, wholly or partly, by chance or\nsuch means as may be prescribed, and includes such a disposition\nin or outside of the Territory as the result of a chance offered,\naccepted or arranged by mail in or from the Territory.\nmajor benefit means:\n(a) a benefit that has a monetary value that is greater than the\nmonetary value of a minor benefit but not more than the\namount determined by the Minister under section 68A(4)(a); or\n(b) a benefit that is a motor vehicle.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 4\nminor benefit means a benefit that has a monetary value that is\nnot more than the amount determined by the Minister under\nsection 68A(4)(b).\nOperating Account, in relation to the Agency, has the same\nmeaning as in the Financial Management Act 1995.\nplace includes:\n(a) land;\n(b) a building, structure or erection of any kind, whether wholly or\npartly constructed or erected or in the course of construction\nor erection;\n(c) a room in a building, structure or erection;\n(d) a road, street, thoroughfare, alley or right of way;\n(e) a vehicle, vessel or aircraft; and\n(f) a tent, caravan, trailer or other conveyance.\nreviewable decision, see section 68CA.\nticket means a chance in a lottery and includes a share in such a\nchance.\nticket dispensing machine means a machine or device which\ndispenses tickets or from which tickets may be obtained, but does\nnot include a punchboard.\ntrade lottery means a lottery conducted for the purpose of\npromoting a product or business by a person in the course of\ncarrying on his or her trade or business.\ntype 1 business, for Part 4, Division 5, see section 47A.\ntype 2 business, for Part 4, Division 5, see section 47A.\nvaluable thing includes a benefit or a promise, whether oral or in\nwriting or conditional or absolute, to pay or give a valuable thing.\nNote for section 3\nThe Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be\nrelevant to this Act.\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"3A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Act","content":"3A Application of Act\nNothing in this Act shall be construed as making unlawful that which\nis permitted by or under the Gaming Machine Act 1995.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 5\n","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"3B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appointment of Director of Gaming Control","content":"3B Appointment of Director of Gaming Control\nThe Minister must, in writing, appoint a person to be the Director of\nGaming Control.\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Functions of Director","content":"4 Functions of Director\n(1) The functions of the Director under this Act are:\n(a) to do such things as the Director considers necessary or\ndesirable for the proper regulation and control, in the interests\nof the public, of gaming; and\n(b) to investigate and make recommendations to the Minister on\nmatters relating to the administration or operation of this Act;\nand\n(c) to undertake research and investigations into matters relating\nto gaming control, including the probity and financial security\nof organisations and persons involved in the business of\ngaming; and\n(d) to liaise with other gaming control agencies, whether in\nAustralia or elsewhere, on matters relating to the\nadministration, operation or control of gaming; and\n(e) to make recommendations to the Minister relating to games\nthat may be played in a casino; and\n(f) to monitor the implementation of guidelines for gaming control\nin the Territory; and\n(g) to review and determine complaints relating to the\nadministration of gaming control; and\n(h) to advise the Minister on matters relating to gaming control;\nand\n(i) to perform other functions imposed on the Director under this\nAct.\n(3) In addition, the Director has the function of inquiring into:\n(a) the suitability of a Licensee, a proposed Licensee or a person\nto whom a casino licence is proposed to be transferred;\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 6\n(b) the suitability of a person to whom an interest (whether\nbeneficial or otherwise) in a casino licence is proposed to be\ntransferred or assigned;\n(c) the operations conducted in a casino to ensure that they are\nbeing conducted in accordance with this Act;\n(d) the suitability of a person involved, or proposing to become\ninvolved, in the management or operation of a casino; and\n(e) the suitability of a person proposing to conduct, or who is\nconducting, a business relating to gaming.\n(4) The Director, when performing the functions conferred by\nsubsection (3)(e), shall have regard to the matters specified in\nsection 17(4) as if that subsection, with the necessary changes,\napplied to the Director.\n(6) For the purposes of this section, the Director or a person authorised\nby the Director to exercise powers under this section:\n(a) may, at all reasonable times, enter a place;\n(b) shall have full and free access, at all reasonable times, to all\nbooks, documents and other papers at a place; and\n(c) may take extracts from and make copies of any books,\ndocuments or papers at a place.\n(7) A person authorised under this section who enters a place in\npursuance of this section is not authorised to remain at the place if,\non request by the occupier of the place, the person does not\nproduce a certificate signed by the Director certifying that the\nperson is a person authorised to exercise powers under this\nsection.\n(8) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct or hinder\nthe Director or a person authorised under this section in the\nexercise of his or her powers under this section.\n(9) For the purposes of this section, the Director may authorise a\nperson to exercise powers under this section.\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Delegation","content":"5 Delegation\nThe Director may delegate any of the Director's powers or functions\nunder this Act, other than a power under Part 5B, to a public sector\nemployee.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 7\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Annual report","content":"6 Annual report\n(1) The Director must, within 3 months after the end of each financial\nyear, give the Minister a report on the operation of this Act during\nthat year.\n(2) The Minister must table a copy of the report in the Legislative\nAssembly within 6 sitting days after the Minister receives the report.\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Approved forms","content":"7 Approved forms\nThe Director may approve forms for this Act.\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Regulatory principles","content":"14 Regulatory principles\nThe following principles are to be considered when the Director is\nperforming functions conferred by this Act:\n(a) minimum regulatory intervention by government;\n(b) maximum cooperation between industry and government;\n(c) performance-based risk management controls;\n(d) proactive and competitive industry positioning;\n(e) long term viability of the gaming industry;\n(f) a balanced approach to problem gambling.\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Gaming inspectors","content":"15 Gaming inspectors\n(1) The Director may appoint a person who, in the opinion of the\nDirector, is of good repute, having regard to character, honesty and\nintegrity, to be a gaming inspector for the purposes of this Act.\n(2) A gaming inspector may exercise such powers and perform such\nfunctions as are given by or under this or any other Act.\n(3) The Director shall issue to a gaming inspector an identity card\ncontaining a photograph and the signature of the gaming inspector\nverified by the signature of the Director.\n(4) A gaming inspector whose appointment is terminated shall\nsurrender to the Director the identity card issued to the person\nunder subsection (3).\nMaximum penalty: 4 penalty units.\n(5) A gaming inspector shall, when exercising or performing any of the\ngaming inspector's powers or functions, produce the identity card\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 8\nissued to the gaming inspector under subsection (3) to a person\nwho questions the right of the gaming inspector to exercise the\npower or perform the function.\n(6) The production by a gaming inspector of an identity card issued\nunder subsection (3) shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient\nauthority for the gaming inspector to do any thing which the gaming\ninspector is authorised to do by or under this Act.\n(7) A gaming inspector may, while lawfully exercising a power or\nperforming a function, be accompanied by a person (including a\nmember of a professional body, a person authorised by the\nDirector, a tradesman or a person expert or experienced in a\nparticular field of endeavour) and may, if the gaming inspector\nreasonably believes it is necessary in the circumstances, request a\nperson to assist the gaming inspector.\n(8) A person assisting a gaming inspector under subsection (7) has\nand may exercise all the powers of a gaming inspector as are\nreasonably necessary for the purpose.\n(9) Where a person's appointment as a gaming inspector is terminated:\n(a) the person shall not work; or\n(b) a person shall not knowingly employ the person to work,\nin a casino for a period of 6 months after the person's appointment\nis terminated.\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"16","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application for casino licence","content":"16 Application for casino licence\n(1) A person may apply to the Minister to be granted a casino licence.\n(2) An application under this section shall be in a form or to the effect\nof the form approved by the Minister and shall be accompanied by\nthe prescribed fee, if any.\n(3) An application under this section shall contain or be accompanied\nby such additional information as the Minister may request.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 9\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"17","sectionType":"section","heading":"Minister may enter into agreement","content":"17 Minister may enter into agreement\nconduct by the person of the business of a casino and the manner\nin which the business may be conducted.\n(1A) The Minister may at anytime enter into an agreement with the\nLicensee of a casino to amend the agreement in pursuance of\nwhich the licence was granted or in substitution for that agreement.\n(2) The Minister may carry out, or cause to be carried out, such\ninvestigations and inquiries as the Minister considers necessary for\nthe purposes of determining whether to enter into an agreement\nunder subsection (1) or to grant a casino licence under section 18.\nassociated with the business proposed to be conducted.\nsubsection (1), the Minister shall have regard to whether:\n(c) in respect of a body corporate, it has or has arranged a\n(d) the person has or is able to obtain financial resources that are\nand operation of such a business;\n(e) the person has sufficient business ability to establish and\n(f) the person or any person to be involved in the management or\nassociation with any person, body or association who or\nwhich, in the opinion of the Minister, is not of good repute\nhaving regard to character, honesty and integrity or has\nundesirable or unsatisfactory financial resources; and/or\n(g) each director, partner, trustee, executive officer and secretary\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 10\n(5) The Minister shall, not later than 3 sitting days of the Legislative\nAssembly after the Minister enters into an agreement under\nsubsection (1) or (1A), cause a copy of the agreement to be tabled\nin the Assembly.\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"18","sectionType":"section","heading":"Minister may grant casino licence","content":"18 Minister may grant casino licence\n(1) Where the Minister enters into an agreement with a person under\nsection 17(1), the Minister may grant a casino licence to the person\nfor the playing of games, the operation of machines for the purpose\nof gaming and for such other purposes or activities as the Minister\nthinks fit and specifies in the licence at such place or places as the\nMinister approves.\n(1A) Where the Minister enters into an agreement under section 17(1A),\nthe Minister may amend the casino licence granted under\nsubsection (1) of this section, to accord with that agreement.\n(2) Subject to this Act, a casino licence is subject to such terms and\nconditions as are specified in the agreement.\n(3) For the purposes of this section, the Minister shall, on granting a\ncasino licence, approve a place or places at which the Licensee\nmay conduct the business specified in the licence and may, from\ntime to time, subject to the agreement, approve such other place or\nplaces at which the Licensee may conduct that business.\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"19","sectionType":"section","heading":"Duration of casino licence","content":"19 Duration of casino licence\nA casino licence remains in force for the period specified in the\nagreement unless, before the expiration of that period:\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"20","sectionType":"section","heading":"Cancellation or suspension of casino licence","content":"20 Cancellation or suspension of casino licence\n(a) cancel a casino licence;\n(b) suspend a casino licence for a period not exceeding 6 months\nor the agreement; or\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 11\n(c) vary the casino licence so that it applies to and in relation to\npart only of a place approved under section 18.\n(2) The Minister shall not cancel, suspend or vary a casino licence\nunless the Minister is satisfied that the Licensee has:\nconduct of the business in a casino;\n(b) failed to comply with a condition of the licence;\n(c) failed promptly to pay a fee, tax, levy or charge in relation to\nthe conduct of the business in a casino payable under a law of\nthe Territory or in accordance with a condition of the licence;\n(e) been found guilty of an offence which the Minister considers,\nin the Minister's absolute discretion, to be of such a nature as\nwould bring the casino licence into disrepute; or\nan action which is contrary to the good repute of a casino\nlicence and which has brought the conduct of the business in\na casino into disrepute.\n(3) Where the Minister suspends a casino licence under this section,\nthe licence is of no force or effect during the period of the\nsuspension.\n(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as extending the term of a\ncasino licence suspended under this section.\nof casino operations in a casino.\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"20A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Licence not personal property","content":"20A Licence not personal property\n(Cth), a casino licence is not personal property for that Act.\nNote for section 20A\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 12\n","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"21","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conduct of casino","content":"21 Conduct of casino\nbusiness permitted by the casino licence in a casino in accordance\nwith the terms and conditions of the casino licence and, to the\nextent that a condition would, but for this section, be in conflict with\na law of the Territory, the law shall be deemed to be of no force or\neffect.\n","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"22","sectionType":"section","heading":"Assignment of casino licence","content":"22 Assignment of casino licence\n(1) Subject to subsection (2), a casino licence or an interest (whether\nbeneficial or otherwise) in a casino licence may be assigned with\nthe consent of the Minister.\nrefuse to consent to the assignment of a casino licence or an\ninterest in a casino licence.\n","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"23","sectionType":"section","heading":"Surrender of casino licence","content":"23 Surrender of casino licence\nSubject to a Licensee having paid all outstanding fees, taxes, levies\nand charges payable in relation to the Licensee's conduct of the\nbusiness specified in the casino licence and the payment to the\nunpaid, the Licensee may surrender the casino licence by notice in\nwriting to the Minister and the licence ceases to have effect on its\nbeing so surrendered.\n","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"24","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payment of fees, taxes and levies","content":"24 Payment of fees, taxes and levies\n(1) This section applies to a person who:\nsection 17; and\n(b) has been granted a casino licence.\n(2) The person must pay to the Territory all of the following:\n(a) fees for the casino licence specified in, or calculated in\naccordance with, the agreement at the times specified in the\nagreement;\n(b) fees for the casino licence prescribed by, or calculated in\naccordance with, Regulations made for this subsection, at the\ntimes prescribed by the Regulations;\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 13\n(c) taxes and levies specified in, or calculated in accordance with,\nthe agreement at the times specified in the agreement;\n(d) taxes and levies prescribed by, or calculated in accordance\nwith, Regulations made for this subsection, at the times\nprescribed by the Regulations.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the person's liability to pay any other\nfees, taxes or levies under a law of the Territory.\n","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"26","sectionType":"section","heading":"Games in casinos","content":"26 Games in casinos\n(1) The Minister may approve a game, the organising or playing of\nwhich is unlawful, as a game that may be played in a casino.\n(2) The Director may approve the rules and procedures of an approved\ngame and the equipment that may be used in playing an approved\ngame and may give directions and issue guidelines as to the\noperation and playing of an approved game.\n","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"27","sectionType":"section","heading":"Playing of approved games","content":"27 Playing of approved games\n(1) Notwithstanding any other law of the Territory, it is lawful in a\ncasino for:\n(a) the Licensee, a licensed employee or an approved agent of\nthe Licensee to organise or play an approved game; and\n(b) a person, except a person in respect of whom a direction\nunder section 33 is in force or who has not attained the age of\n18 years, to play an approved game.\n(2) A casino shall be deemed not to be a nuisance, either public or\nprivate, by reason only that it is used as a gaming house.\n(3) The Police Administration Act 1978 does not apply to or in relation\nto:\n(a) approved implements or approved articles used or intended to\nbe used in the playing of an approved game in a casino; or\n(b) implements or articles used or intended to be used in the\nplaying of an approved game in a casino in the possession of\nthe Director or a gaming inspector in the course of the\nDirector's or the inspector's duties under this Act.\n(4) Subject to subsection (5), a person shall not, except against a\nLicensee, bring legal proceedings to recover:\n(a) money won at gaming in a casino;\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 14\n(b) money on a cheque or other instrument given in payment of\nmoney so won; or\n(c) a loan of money with which to play a game in a casino,\nthat could not be brought if this Act had not been enacted.\n(5) A person is not permitted to bring legal proceedings against a\nLicensee under subsection (4) to recover money won at gaming in\na casino during a period when a direction under section 33 is in\nforce in respect of the person, or if the person had not attained the\nage of 18 years when the money was won.\n(6) A person shall not organise or play a game in a casino the\norganising or playing of which is unlawful unless the game is an\napproved game.\n","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"28","sectionType":"section","heading":"Detention of suspected person in casino","content":"28 Detention of suspected person in casino\n(1) Notwithstanding any other law of the Territory, where:\n(a) the person for the time being in charge of a casino;\n(b) an employee authorised by the Licensee to act in pursuance\nof this section; or\n(c) a gaming inspector,\nsuspects on reasonable grounds that a person in a casino is\ncontravening or attempting to contravene this or any other Act, the\nperson in charge, the employee or inspector may detain the\nsuspected person in an approved place in the casino until the\narrival at the place of a member of the Police Force.\n(2) A person who detains a suspected person under subsection (1)\nshall take such steps as are necessary to ensure the summoning\nand arrival of a member of the Police Force with as little delay as\npossible.\n(3) A member of the Police Force may in a casino detain in a suitable\nplace for a reasonable time a person who has or who is suspected,\non reasonable grounds, to have contravened or attempted to\ncontravene this or any other Act.\n(4) A member of the Police Force, in detaining a person under this\nsection, may:\n(a) search the person and the possessions of the person;\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 15\n(b) seize anything found as a result of the search that may afford\nevidence of the commission of an offence; and\n(c) use such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of\nthe detention and search.\n(5) Nothing in subsection (3) or (4) shall derogate from a provision of\nthe Police Administration Act 1978 relating to the detention of a\nsuspected person.\n","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"29","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conservation of evidence","content":"29 Conservation of evidence\n(1) Where the person for the time being in charge of a casino, an\nemployee authorised under section 28(1)(b) or a gaming inspector\nin the course of their duties suspects, on reasonable grounds, that\nan instrument, article, equipment, device or thing has been or may\nbe used in connection with an offence in a casino, whether or not a\nperson has been detained under section 28, the person in charge,\nemployee or inspector may seize the instrument, article, equipment,\ndevice or thing in order to prevent it being:\n(a) concealed, lost or destroyed;\n(b) sold or otherwise disposed of; or\n(c) used in connection with an offence in the casino.\n(2) Where it appears that property specified in subsection (1) cannot be\nseized under that subsection without a search of a person, the\nperson shall be detained under section 28 and the search carried\nout by a member of the Police Force under that section.\n(3) Property seized under subsection (1) shall be kept in a secure\nplace and delivered up to a member of the Police Force with as little\ndelay as possible.\n","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"30","sectionType":"section","heading":"Breach of rules, conditions or guidelines of games by operator","content":"30 Breach of rules, conditions or guidelines of games by operator\n(1) Where a Licensee or licensed employee, after being warned by a\ngaming inspector, fails to take such action as is necessary to\nprevent:\n(a) a person playing an approved game from breaching the\napproved rules or procedures of the game; or\n(b) the operation of an approved game in a manner contrary to\nthe approved rules or procedures,\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 16\nthe gaming inspector shall forthwith close down the table at which\nthe game is being played or the gaming equipment being used to\nplay the game.\n(2) An order under subsection (1) shall remain in force for 24 hours.\n(3) Unless approved, a person shall not, while an order under\nsubsection (1) is in force, start up another game similar to the game\nclosed down, notwithstanding that there is capacity in the casino to\ndo so.\n","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"31","sectionType":"section","heading":"Powers of Director in respect of casino operations","content":"31 Powers of Director in respect of casino operations\naccounts of the business conducted in a casino are to be kept.\nbe a casino controller to carry out such functions as the Director\nmay direct relating to the supervision and control of the business\nconducted in a casino.\nsuch information relating to the business conducted in a casino as\nmay be required by the Director.\nvary, cease or refrain from a practice in respect of the business\nconducted in a casino.\n(5) A Licensee shall keep the accounts of the business conducted in a\ncasino in the manner and form approved under subsection (1).\n(6) A Licensee shall not contravene or fail to comply with a direction\n","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"32","sectionType":"section","heading":"Liquor licence at casino","content":"32 Liquor licence at casino\nDespite the Liquor Act 2019, no person other than the Licensee or\nan approved employee of the Licensee may hold a licence under\nthat Act for any place on or in a casino.\n","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"33","sectionType":"section","heading":"Right of entry to casino","content":"33 Right of entry to casino\n(1) Subject to this Act, a person does not have a right to enter or\nremain in a casino except with the express or tacit approval of the\nLicensee.\n(2) A direction prohibiting a person from entering or remaining in a\ncasino may be given to a person by the Licensee or a person acting\nunder the Licensee's supervision.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 17\n(3) A direction under subsection (2) may be given orally or in writing\nbut, where it is given orally, the direction, in written form, shall be\ngiven to the person as soon as practicable thereafter.\n(4) Where a direction is given under this section, the Licensee shall\nexclude or remove the person, or have the person excluded or\nremoved, from the casino.\n(5) A person shall not enter or remain in a casino in contravention of a\ndirection given to the person under subsection (2).\n(6) The Director or Commissioner of Police may direct a Licensee not\nto permit a person to enter or remain in a casino.\n(7) The Commissioner of Police must notify the Director of a direction\ngiven by the Commissioner under subsection (6) as soon as\npracticable after the direction is given.\n(8) A Licensee or an employee or agent of the Licensee acting in\nconnection with a casino shall not knowingly allow a person to enter\nor remain in a casino in contravention of a direction given under this\nsection.\n(9) This section does not prevent a person from exercising a power\nconferred on the person by this or any other law of the Territory to\nenter, or to do any other act in relation to, a casino.\n(10) A direction given under this section may be revoked in a like\nmanner to that of giving the direction.\n","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"34","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons under 18 years gaming","content":"34 Persons under 18 years gaming\n(1) A Licensee shall ensure that a person who has not attained the age\nof 18 years is not permitted to:\n(a) play a game or operate a gaming machine in a casino; or\n(b) enter or remain in an area in a casino designated as a gaming\narea under the Regulations.\n(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubsection (1) to show that the defendant had reasonable grounds\nfor believing that the person alleged to have not attained the age of\n18 years had attained the age of 18 years.\n(3) A person who has not attained the age of 18 years shall not:\n(a) play a game or operate a gaming machine in a casino; or\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 18\n(b) after being warned by the Licensee or a licensed employee,\nenter or remain in an area in a casino designated as a gaming\narea under the Regulations.\n","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"35","sectionType":"section","heading":"Entry of casino by Director, gaming inspectors, &c.","content":"35 Entry of casino by Director, gaming inspectors, &c.\nany time, enter and remain in a casino for the purpose of:\n(a) observing the operations in the casino;\n(b) recording the operations in the casino;\n(c) ascertaining whether this Act, the Liquor Act 2019 and the\nagreement relating to the casino are being complied with;\nand/or\n(d) performing any other functions of the Director, the gaming\n(2) For the purpose of the discharge of the duty of a member of the\nPolice Force, a part of a casino to which the public has access is a\npublic place.\n(3) The Director or an approved gaming inspector may enter and\nremain in a place that is associated or used in conjunction with the\nbusiness conducted at a casino for the purpose of the Director or\nthe approved gaming inspector performing his or her functions\n(4) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct or hinder\n","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"35A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Gaming machine community benefit levy","content":"35A Gaming machine community benefit levy\n(1) The Licensee of a casino must pay a gaming machine community\nbenefit levy to the Director for each month.\n(2) For subsection (1), sections 144, 148(1), 150(2) and (3) and 152\nto 159 of the Gaming Machine Act 1995 apply (except to the extent\nthat they relate to the gaming machine tax or costs and charges\npayable under section 149A).\n(3) Those provisions apply as if:\n(a) the casino were licensed premises under the Gaming Machine\nAct 1995; and\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 19\n(b) the Licensee's casino licence were a gaming machine licence\nunder that Act held by the Licensee; and\n(c) a reference in those provisions to a prescribed matter or thing\nwere a reference to a matter or thing prescribed by regulation\nunder this Act; and\n(d) section 144(1) required the report for a month to be lodged not\nlater than the prescribed day in the following month; and\n(e) a reference in those provisions to a machine manager were a\nreference to a person holding a Casino Operative Licence –\nGaming Standard.\n(4) If a monthly assessment is made under section 148(1) of the\nGaming Machine Act 1995 as applied by subsection (2), by way of\nan electronic monitoring system installed at the casino, the period\nto be covered by the assessment commences when the system first\nreports data from the casino to the Director for the month and ends\nwhen the system first reports data from the casino to the Director in\nthe next month.\n","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"36","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conduct of lottery","content":"36 Conduct of lottery\n(a) sell or dispose of, or agree or promise, whether or not for a\nconsideration, to sell or dispose of, any land, goods or money\nto a person or among persons by means of a lottery;\n(b) print or cause to be printed a ticket or other writing for use in a\nlottery;\n(c) sell or distribute or cause to be sold or distributed, offer or\nadvertise for sale or distribution or cause to be offered or\nadvertised for sale or distribution or have in his or her\npossession for sale or distribution a ticket in a lottery;\n(d) accept money in respect of the sale or distribution of a ticket in\na lottery;\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 20\n(e) print, publish or distribute or cause to be printed, published or\ndistributed or have in his or her possession for publication or\ndistribution:\n(i) an advertisement of;\n(ii) a list, whether complete or not, of prize winners or\nwinning tickets in; or\n(iii) any matter descriptive of the drawing or intended\ndrawing of, or otherwise relating to,\na lottery;\n(f) use premises or cause or permit premises of which he or she\nis the occupier to be used in connection with the conduct of a\nlottery; or\n(g) invite a person to participate in, or send to a person for\ndistribution an advertisement concerning, or send to a person\nfor sale or distribution a ticket in a lottery,\nexcept in accordance with this Act and the Regulations.\n","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"37","sectionType":"section","heading":"Distribution of property among owners","content":"37 Distribution of property among owners\nThis Part does not apply to the distribution of real or personal\nproperty among the owners of the property if it is capable of being\nfairly apportioned and is proposed to be apportioned equally, so far\nas practicable, among all its owners.\n","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"37A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Instant scratch lotteries","content":"37A Instant scratch lotteries\n(1) In this section, symbol includes:\n(a) an amount, a number, word or picture; and\n(b) a caption, if any, to a symbol.\n(2) Where a statement is made in connection with an instant scratch\nlottery (whether by being printed on a ticket or otherwise publicly\nmade) to the effect that a prize is won if a specified number of\nsymbols is matched, found or uncovered, the statement means that\na prize is won if the same symbol is exposed the specified number\nof times on the same ticket in the instant scratch lottery.\n(3) A statement referred to in subsection (2) does not mean that a prize\nis won if sets of different symbols (including pairs or other\ncombinations of different symbols) are matched, found or\nuncovered the specified number of times on the same ticket in an\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 21\ninstant scratch lottery.\n(4) This section applies to each claim made in respect of the winning of\na prize in an instant scratch lottery after the commencement of the\nGaming Control Amendment Act 1994.\n","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"38","sectionType":"section","heading":"Lotteries by or for approved associations or by agreement","content":"38 Lotteries by or for approved associations or by agreement\n(1) Subject to the Regulations:\n(a) an approved association may conduct a lottery for its aid or\nsupport; or\n(b) any person may, by agreement in writing with the Minister,\nconduct a lottery for a purpose specified in the agreement.\n(2) An approved association shall not conduct a lottery other than in\naccordance with the Regulations.\n(3) A person referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall not conduct a lottery\nother than in accordance with the agreement and the regulations, if\nany, applicable to the lottery.\n","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"38A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Minister may enter into agreement","content":"38A Minister may enter into agreement\n(1) Despite any other law of the Territory, the Minister may negotiate\nand enter into an agreement with a person relating to the conduct\nby the person of a lottery and the purpose for and manner in which\nthe lottery may be conducted.\n(2) An agreement under subsection (1) may be amended by the\nMinister with the agreement of the person with whom it was entered\ninto.\n(3) The Minister may carry out, or cause to be carried out,\ninvestigations and inquiries that the Minister considers necessary\nfor the purposes of determining whether to enter into an agreement\nunder subsection (1) or to amend an agreement under\nsubsection (2).\n","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"38B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments under agreement","content":"38B Payments under agreement\n(1) This section applies to a person who has entered into an\nagreement with the Minister under section 38(1)(b) or 38A(1).\n(2) The person must pay to the Territory any fees specified in, or\ncalculated in accordance with, the agreement at the times specified\nin the agreement.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 22\n(3) In addition, without limiting the person's liability to pay any other tax\nunder a law of the Territory, the person must pay to the Territory\nany taxes or levies specified in, or calculated in accordance with,\nthe agreement at the times specified in the agreement.\n","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"39","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trade lotteries","content":"39 Trade lotteries\n(1) Subject to the Regulations, a person carrying on a trade or\nbusiness in the Territory may conduct a trade lottery.\n(2) A person shall not conduct a trade lottery other than in accordance\nwith the Regulations.\n","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"40","sectionType":"section","heading":"Foreign lotteries","content":"40 Foreign lotteries\n(1) A person shall not sell tickets in a foreign lottery unless permission\nis granted under this section and the tickets are sold in accordance\nwith the conditions to which permission is subject.\n(2) A person may apply to the Minister for permission to sell tickets in a\nforeign lottery in the Territory.\n(3) An application under subsection (2) shall be in writing in the\napproved form and shall be lodged with the Director, who, after\nconsidering the application, shall forward the application to the\nMinister with appropriate advice.\n(4) The Minister, after considering the application and the advice of the\nDirector may, in his or her discretion, refuse to grant the permission\napplied for, grant it, or grant it subject to such conditions as he or\nshe thinks fit and specifies in writing to the applicant.\n(4A) In determining an application under subsection (4), the Minister\nmust have regard to whether:\n(c) in respect of a body corporate – it has or has arranged a\n(d) the person has or is able to obtain financial resources that are\nand operation of the business;\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 23\n(e) the person has sufficient business ability to establish and\n(f) the person or any person to be involved in the management or\nassociation with any person, body or association who or\nwhich, in the opinion of the Minister, is not of good repute\nhaving regard to character, honesty and integrity or has\nundesirable or unsatisfactory financial resources; and\n(g) each director, partner, trustee, executive officer and secretary\n(5) In addition to the conditions, if any, specified under subsection (4),\na permission granted under this section shall be subject to the\nconditions that:\n(a) the tickets in the lottery are sold for the purpose specified by\nthe Minister on granting the permission; and\n(b) the proceeds of the lottery are remitted from the Territory in\nthe manner required by the Regulations.\n(6) Without limiting the generality of the Minister's power to impose\nconditions under subsection (4), the Minister may impose a\ncondition that no ticket in the lottery be sold to a person who has\nnot attained the age of 18 years or that no major prize shall\ncomprise liquor or such other substance as may be prescribed.\n(7) For the purposes of this section, a person does not sell tickets in\nthe Territory by distributing leaflets, brochures or other printed\nmaterial inviting persons to purchase elsewhere than in the\nTerritory tickets in an art union or similar drawing.\n(8) A person conducting a foreign lottery in which tickets are sold in the\nTerritory shall submit to the Director, in the approved form, monthly\nreturns of tickets sold in the Territory and such other information\nrelating to the conduct of the lottery as the Director may, from time\nto time, require.\n(9) The Director must pay into the Central Holding Authority all moneys\nreceived by the Director in respect of foreign lotteries conducted\nunder this section, including commissions and unclaimed prizes.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 24\n","sortOrder":40},{"sectionNumber":"46A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definition","content":"46A Definition\nIn this Division, mail order lottery business includes:\n(a) conducting a lottery;\n(b) conducting a lottery or foreign lottery by mail order; and\n(c) the sale of tickets, including by mail order, in a lottery or\nforeign lottery,\nin or from the Territory.\n","sortOrder":41},{"sectionNumber":"46B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application for licence to conduct lottery by mail order","content":"46B Application for licence to conduct lottery by mail order\n(1) A person may apply to the Minister to be granted a licence to\nconduct a mail order lottery business.\n(2) An application under this section shall be in a form or to the effect\nof the form approved by the Minister and shall be accompanied by\nthe prescribed fee, if any.\n(3) An application under this section shall contain or be accompanied\nby such additional information as the Minister may request.\n","sortOrder":42},{"sectionNumber":"46C","sectionType":"section","heading":"Minister may enter into agreement","content":"46C Minister may enter into agreement\nconduct by the person of a mail order lottery business in or from the\nTerritory and the manner in which the business may be conducted.\n(2) The Minister may carry out, or cause to be carried out, such\ninvestigations and inquiries as the Minister considers necessary for\nthe purposes of determining whether to enter into an agreement\nunder subsection (1) or to grant a licence under section 46D.\nassociated with the business proposed to be conducted.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 25\nsubsection (1), the Minister shall have regard to whether:\n(ba) in respect of a body corporate – it has or has arranged a\n(c) the person has or is able to obtain financial resources that are\nand operation of such a business;\n(d) the person has sufficient business ability to establish and\n(e) the person or any person to be involved in the management or\nassociation with a person, body or association who or which,\nin the opinion of the Minister, is not of good repute having\nregard to character, honesty and integrity or has undesirable\nor unsatisfactory financial resources; and/or\n(f) each director, partner, trustee, executive officer and secretary\n(5) The Minister shall, not later than 3 sitting days of the Legislative\nAssembly after the Minister enters into an agreement under\nsubsection (1), cause a copy of the agreement to be tabled in the\nAssembly.\n","sortOrder":43},{"sectionNumber":"46D","sectionType":"section","heading":"Minister may grant licence","content":"46D Minister may grant licence\n(1) Where the Minister enters into an agreement with a person under\nsection 46C, the Minister may grant a licence under this Division to\nthe person for the conducting of a mail order lottery business in or\nfrom the Territory and for such other purposes or activities\nassociated with that business as the Minister thinks fit and specifies\nin the licence.\n(2) Subject to this Act, a licence granted under this Division is subject\nto such terms and conditions as are specified in the agreement\nand/or in the licence document.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 26\n","sortOrder":44},{"sectionNumber":"46E","sectionType":"section","heading":"Duration of licence","content":"46E Duration of licence\n(1) Subject to subsection (2), a licence granted under this Division\nremains in force for 10 years from the date on which it was granted\nbut may be renewed from time to time for successive periods of\n5 years each.\n(2) A licence under this Division ceases to be in force if, before its\nexpiration:\n","sortOrder":45},{"sectionNumber":"46F","sectionType":"section","heading":"Cancellation or suspension of licence","content":"46F Cancellation or suspension of licence\n(a) cancel a licence granted under this Division; or\n(b) suspend such a licence, or the agreement pursuant to which it\nwas granted, for such period, not exceeding 6 months, as the\nMinister thinks fit.\n(2) The Minister shall not cancel, suspend or vary a licence granted\nunder this Division unless the Minister is satisfied that the Licensee\nhas:\nconduct of the business to which the licence relates;\n(b) failed to comply with a condition to which the licence is\nsubject;\n(c) failed promptly to pay a fee, tax or levy in relation to the\nconduct of the business payable under a law of the Territory or\nin accordance with a condition to which the licence is subject;\n(e) been convicted of an offence which the Minister considers, in\nthe Minister's absolute discretion, to be of such a nature as\nwould bring the licence into disrepute; or\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 27\nan action which is contrary to the good repute of a licence and\nwhich has brought the conduct of the business to which it\nrelates into disrepute.\n(3) Where the Minister suspends a licence under this section, the\nlicence is of no force or effect during the period of the suspension.\n(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as extending the term of a\nlicence suspended under this section.\nof the operations of the business to which it relates.\n","sortOrder":46},{"sectionNumber":"46G","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appeal against cancellation or suspension","content":"46G Appeal against cancellation or suspension\n(1) A Licensee may appeal to the Supreme Court against a\ncancellation or suspension of a licence under section 46F.\n(2) In deciding an appeal under this section the Supreme Court:\n(a) has the same powers as the Minister; and\n(b) is not bound by the rules of evidence.\n(3) An appeal under this section is by way of a rehearing.\n(4) In an appeal under this section the Supreme Court may:\n(a) confirm the decision;\n(b) set aside the decision and substitute another decision it\nconsiders appropriate; or\n(c) set aside the decision and return the matter to the Minister\nwith the directions it considers appropriate.\n(5) If the Supreme Court substitutes another decision for that of the\nMinister, the substituted decision is, for the relevant provisions of\nthis Division, taken to be that of the Minister.\n","sortOrder":47},{"sectionNumber":"46H","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conduct of business under a licence","content":"46H Conduct of business under a licence\nbusiness permitted by the licence in accordance with the terms and\nconditions to which the licence is subject and, to the extent that a\ncondition would, but for this section, be in conflict with a law of the\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 28\nTerritory, the law shall be deemed to be of no force or effect.\n","sortOrder":48},{"sectionNumber":"46J","sectionType":"section","heading":"Assignment of licence","content":"46J Assignment of licence\n(1) Subject to subsection (2), a licence granted under this Division or\nan interest (whether beneficial or otherwise) in such a licence may\nbe assigned with the consent of the Minister.\nrefuse to consent to the assignment of the licence or interest.\n","sortOrder":49},{"sectionNumber":"46K","sectionType":"section","heading":"Surrender of licence","content":"46K Surrender of licence\nSubject to the Licensee having paid all outstanding fees, taxes and\ncharges payable in relation to the Licensee's conduct of the\nbusiness to which the licence relates and to the payment to the\nunpaid, the Licensee may, by notice in writing to the Minister,\nsurrender a licence granted under this Division and the licence\nceases to have effect on its being so surrendered.\n","sortOrder":50},{"sectionNumber":"46M","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments under agreement","content":"46M Payments under agreement\n(1) This section applies to a person who:\nsection 46C; and\n(b) has been granted a licence under this Division.\n(2) The person must pay to the Territory any fees for the licence\nspecified in, or calculated in accordance with, the agreement at the\ntimes specified in the agreement.\n(3) In addition, without limiting the person's liability to pay any other tax\nunder a law of the Territory, the person must pay to the Territory\nany taxes or levies specified in, or calculated in accordance with,\nthe agreement at the times specified in the agreement.\n","sortOrder":51},{"sectionNumber":"46P","sectionType":"section","heading":"Powers of Director in respect of mail order lottery business","content":"46P Powers of Director in respect of mail order lottery business\naccounts of a mail order lottery business conducted under a licence\ngranted under this Division are to be kept.\nbe a mail order lottery business controller to carry out such\nfunctions as the Director may direct relating to the supervision and\ncontrol of the mail order lottery business conducted under a licence\ngranted under this Division.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 29\nsuch information relating to the mail order lottery business\nconducted under the licence held by the Licensee as may be\nrequired by the Director.\nvary, cease or refrain from a practice in respect of the mail order\nlottery business conducted under the licence held by the Licensee.\n(5) A Licensee shall keep the accounts of the mail order lottery\nbusiness conducted under the licence held by the Licensee in the\nmanner and form approved under subsection (1).\n(6) A Licensee shall not contravene or fail to comply with a direction\n","sortOrder":52},{"sectionNumber":"46Q","sectionType":"section","heading":"Entry of place by Director, gaming inspectors, &c.","content":"46Q Entry of place by Director, gaming inspectors, &c.\nany time, enter and remain in a place where a mail order lottery\nbusiness is conducted under a licence granted under this Division\nor a place that is associated or used in conjunction with the\nbusiness for the purpose of:\n(a) observing the operations of the business;\n(b) recording the operations of the business;\n(c) ascertaining whether this Act and the agreement relating to\nthe business are being complied with; and/or\n(d) performing any other functions of the Director, the gaming\n(2) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct or hinder\n","sortOrder":53},{"sectionNumber":"46R","sectionType":"section","heading":"Licence not personal property","content":"46R Licence not personal property\n(Cth), a licence granted under this Division is not personal property\nfor that Act.\nNote for section 46R\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 30\n","sortOrder":54},{"sectionNumber":"47A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"47A Definitions\ninternet gaming business, see section 47AB.\ntype 1 business means an internet gaming business that is not a\ntype 2 business.\ntype 2 business means an internet gaming business that involves:\n(a) the sale, by a Licensee by means of the internet, of tickets in a\nlottery or foreign lottery conducted by another entity; or\n(b) the sale, by a Licensee by means of the internet, of tickets in a\nlottery or foreign lottery together with the purchase by the\nLicensee of identical tickets in a matching lottery or foreign\nlottery conducted by another entity.\n47AB Meaning of internet gaming business\n(1) An internet gaming business includes any of the following:\n(a) conducting a lottery by means of the internet;\n(b) conducting a game by means of the internet;\n(c) the sale of tickets in a lottery or foreign lottery by means of the\ninternet.\n(2) Despite subsection (1), an internet gaming business does not\ninclude:\n(a) gaming conducted in accordance with this Act by an approved\nassociation; or\n(b) a trade lottery conducted in accordance with this Act.\n","sortOrder":55},{"sectionNumber":"47B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application for licence to conduct internet gaming","content":"47B Application for licence to conduct internet gaming\n(1) A person may apply to the Minister to be granted a licence to\nconduct an internet gaming business.\n(2) An application under this section is to be in a form or to the effect of\nthe form approved by the Minister and is to be accompanied by the\nprescribed fee, if any.\n(3) An application under this section must contain or be accompanied\nby any additional information that the Minister may request.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 31\n","sortOrder":56},{"sectionNumber":"47C","sectionType":"section","heading":"Minister may enter into agreement","content":"47C Minister may enter into agreement\nconduct by the person of an internet gaming business in or from the\nTerritory and the manner in which the business may be conducted.\n(2) The Minister may carry out, or cause to be carried out, any\ninvestigations and inquiries that the Minister considers necessary\nfor the purposes of determining whether to enter into an agreement\nunder subsection (1) or to grant a licence under section 47D.\nassociated with the internet gaming business proposed to be\nconducted.\nsubsection (1), the Minister is to have regard to the following:\n(a) whether the person is of good repute, having regard to\ncharacter, honesty and integrity;\n(b) whether the person is of sound and stable financial\nbackground;\n(ba) in respect of a body corporate – it has or has arranged a\n(c) whether the person has or is able to obtain financial resources\nthat are adequate to ensure the financial viability of the\ninternet gaming business proposed to be conducted and to\nobtain the services of persons who have sufficient experience\nin the management and operation of the business;\n(d) whether the person has sufficient business ability to establish\nand maintain the business proposed to be conducted;\n(e) whether the person or any person to be involved in the\nmanagement or operation of the internet gaming business\nproposed to be conducted has any association with a person,\nbody or association who or which, in the opinion of the\nMinister, is not of good repute having regard to character,\nhonesty and integrity or has undesirable or unsatisfactory\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 32\nfinancial resources;\n(f) whether each director, partner, trustee, executive officer and\nsecretary and any other officer or person determined by the\nMinister to be associated or connected with the ownership,\nadministration or management of the operations or business\nof the person is a fit and proper person to act in that capacity.\n(5) The Minister must, not later than 3 sitting days of the Legislative\nAssembly after entering into an agreement under subsection (1),\ncause a copy of the agreement to be tabled in the Assembly.\n","sortOrder":57},{"sectionNumber":"47D","sectionType":"section","heading":"Minister may grant licence","content":"47D Minister may grant licence\n(1) If the Minister enters into an agreement with a person under section\n47C, the Minister may grant a licence under this Division to the\nperson to conduct a type 1 business or type 2 business in or from\nthe Territory and for other purposes or activities associated with\nthat business that the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the licence.\n(2) Subject to this Act, a licence granted under this Division is subject\nto the terms and conditions that are specified in the agreement and\nin the licence document.\n","sortOrder":58},{"sectionNumber":"47E","sectionType":"section","heading":"Duration of licence","content":"47E Duration of licence\n(1) Subject to subsection (2), a licence granted under this Division\nremains in force for the period specified in the licence but may be\nrenewed.\n(2) A licence under this Division ceases to be in force if, before it\nexpires:\n","sortOrder":59},{"sectionNumber":"47F","sectionType":"section","heading":"Cancellation or suspension of licence","content":"47F Cancellation or suspension of licence\n(a) cancel a licence granted under this Division; or\n(b) suspend a licence, or the agreement pursuant to which it was\ngranted, for any period, not exceeding 6 months, that the\nMinister thinks fit.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 33\n(2) The Minister must not cancel, suspend or vary a licence granted\nunder this Division unless the Minister is satisfied that the Licensee\nhas:\nconduct of the business to which the licence relates;\n(b) failed to comply with a condition to which the licence is\nsubject;\n(c) failed promptly to pay a fee, tax or levy in relation to the\nconduct of the business payable under a law of the Territory or\nin accordance with a condition to which the licence is subject;\n(e) been convicted of an offence that the Minister considers, in\nthe Minister's absolute discretion, to be of such a nature as\nwould bring the licence into disrepute; or\nan action that is contrary to the good repute of a licence and\nthat has brought the conduct of the business to which it relates\ninto disrepute.\n(3) Where the Minister suspends a licence under this section, the\nlicence is of no force or effect during the period of the suspension.\n(4) Nothing in this section is to be construed as extending the term of a\nlicence suspended under this section.\nof the operations of the business to which it relates.\n","sortOrder":60},{"sectionNumber":"47G","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appeal against cancellation or suspension","content":"47G Appeal against cancellation or suspension\n(1) A Licensee may appeal to the Supreme Court against a\ncancellation or suspension of a licence under section 47F.\n(2) In deciding an appeal under this section, the Supreme Court:\n(a) has the same powers as the Minister; and\n(b) is not bound by the rules of evidence.\n(3) An appeal under this section is by way of a rehearing.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 34\n(4) In an appeal under this section, the Supreme Court may:\n(a) confirm the decision;\n(b) set aside the decision and substitute another decision it\nconsiders appropriate; or\n(c) set aside the decision and return the matter to the Minister\nwith the directions it considers appropriate.\n(5) If the Supreme Court substitutes another decision for that of the\nMinister, the substituted decision is, for the relevant provisions of\nthis Division, taken to be that of the Minister.\n","sortOrder":61},{"sectionNumber":"47H","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conduct of business under licence","content":"47H Conduct of business under licence\nbusiness permitted by the licence in accordance with the terms and\nconditions to which the licence is subject and, to the extent that a\ncondition would, but for this section, be in conflict with a law of the\nTerritory, the law is of no force or effect.\n","sortOrder":62},{"sectionNumber":"47J","sectionType":"section","heading":"Assignment of licence","content":"47J Assignment of licence\n(1) Subject to subsection (2), a licence granted under this Division or\nan interest (whether beneficial or otherwise) in a licence may be\nassigned with the consent of the Minister.\nrefuse to consent to the assignment of the licence or interest.\n","sortOrder":63},{"sectionNumber":"47K","sectionType":"section","heading":"Surrender of licence","content":"47K Surrender of licence\nSubject to the Licensee having paid all outstanding fees, taxes and\ncharges payable in relation to the Licensee's conduct of the\nbusiness to which the licence relates and to the payment to the\nunpaid, the Licensee may, by notice in writing to the Minister,\nsurrender a licence granted under this Division and the licence\nceases to have effect on its being surrendered.\n","sortOrder":64},{"sectionNumber":"47M","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments of fees, taxes and levies – type 1 business","content":"47M Payments of fees, taxes and levies – type 1 business\n(1) This section applies to a Licensee who:\nsection 47C; and\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 35\n(b) has been granted a licence under this Division to conduct a\ntype 1 business.\n(2) The Licensee must pay to the Territory, at the times specified in the\nagreement, the fees (if any) for the licence specified in, or\ncalculated in accordance with, the agreement.\n(3) Without limiting the Licensee's liability to pay any other tax under a\nlaw of the Territory, the Licensee must also pay to the Territory, at\nthe times specified in the agreement:\n(a) subject to subsection (4), the tax (if any) specified in, or\ncalculated in accordance with, the agreement; and\n(b) the levies (if any) specified in, or calculated in accordance\nwith, the agreement.\n(4) The tax is to be calculated at the rate of 50% or, if the agreement\nspecifies a higher rate, the rate specified in the agreement.\n","sortOrder":65},{"sectionNumber":"47N","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments of fees, taxes and levies – type 2 business","content":"47N Payments of fees, taxes and levies – type 2 business\n(1) This section applies to a Licensee who:\nsection 47C; and\n(b) has been granted a licence under this Division to conduct a\ntype 2 business.\n(2) The Licensee must pay to the Territory, at the times specified in the\nagreement, the fees (if any) for the licence specified in, or\ncalculated in accordance with, the agreement.\n(3) Without limiting the Licensee's liability to pay any other tax under a\nlaw of the Territory, and subject to subsection (5), the Licensee\nmust also pay to the Territory, at the times specified in the\nagreement:\n(a) as a tax on the approved games conducted each month, the\ntax amount for the month; and\n(b) the levies (if any) specified in, or calculated in accordance\nwith, the agreement.\n(4) The tax amount for a month is tax at the rate of 50% calculated in\naccordance with the following formula:\nTA = (R x 0.5) - A\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 36\nwhere:\nTA is the tax amount for the month.\nR is the net revenue from the approved games conducted in the\nmonth.\nA is the GST offset for the month, being the lesser of the following\namounts:\n(a) the global GST amount calculated under the A New Tax\nSystem (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth),\ndivision 126, for the month for the approved games conducted\nin the month;\n(b) the net revenue from the approved games conducted in the\nmonth multiplied by 0.5.\n(5) If the tax amount for a month is less than zero, no tax is payable on\nthe approved games conducted that month.\n(6) In this section:\napproved games means the approved games specified in the\nagreement.\ngross revenue means the total amount of money received or\nreceivable by the Licensee from players in respect of the approved\ngames conducted under the Licensee's agreement.\nnet revenue means gross revenue from the approved games less\nthe cost of tickets purchased by the Licensee for the approved\ngames.\nplayer means an individual who participates in an approved game.\n","sortOrder":66},{"sectionNumber":"47P","sectionType":"section","heading":"Powers of Director in respect of internet gaming business","content":"47P Powers of Director in respect of internet gaming business\nrecords of an internet gaming business conducted under a licence\ngranted under this Division are to be kept.\ncarry out the functions that the Director may direct relating to the\nsupervision and control of the internet gaming business conducted\nunder a licence granted under this Division.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 37\ninformation relating to the internet gaming business conducted\nunder the licence held by the Licensee that the Director may\nrequire.\nvary, cease or refrain from a practice or proposed action in respect\nof the internet gaming business conducted under the licence held\nby the Licensee.\n(5) A Licensee must keep the records of the internet gaming business\nconducted under the licence held by the Licensee in the manner\nand form approved under subsection (1).\n(6) A Licensee must not contravene or fail to comply with a direction\n(7) The Director may approve:\n(a) the rules and procedures of a game or lottery conducted under\na licence granted under this Division; and\n(b) the equipment that may be used in playing a game or lottery\nconducted under a licence granted under this Division.\n(8) The Director may give directions and issue guidelines to a Licensee\nrelating to the operation and playing of a game or lottery conducted\nunder the licence.\n","sortOrder":67},{"sectionNumber":"47Q","sectionType":"section","heading":"Entry of place by Director, gaming inspectors, &c.","content":"47Q Entry of place by Director, gaming inspectors, &c.\nany time, enter and remain in a place where an internet gaming\nbusiness is conducted under a licence granted under this Division\nor a place that is associated or used in conjunction with the\nbusiness for the following purposes:\n(a) to observe the operations of the business;\n(b) to record the operations of the business;\n(c) to ascertain whether this Act and the agreement relating to the\nbusiness are being complied with;\n(d) to perform any other functions of the Director, the gaming\n(2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct or hinder\n\n","sortOrder":68},{"sectionNumber":"Div 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Gaming machines, ticket dispensing machines and games in nature of lottery","content":"Division 1 Gaming machines, ticket dispensing machines and games in nature of lottery\nGaming Control Act 1993 38\n","sortOrder":69},{"sectionNumber":"47R","sectionType":"section","heading":"Licence not personal property","content":"47R Licence not personal property\n(Cth), a licence granted under this Division is not personal property\nfor that Act.\nNote for section 47R\nDivision 1 Gaming machines, ticket dispensing machines and\ngames in nature of lottery\n","sortOrder":70},{"sectionNumber":"47","sectionType":"section","heading":"Certain machines and certain games prohibited","content":"47 Certain machines and certain games prohibited\nSubject to this Act, a person shall not:\n(a) on premises owned or occupied by the person provide, or\ncause or allow to be used, a ticket dispensing machine; or\n(b) conduct, or cause or allow to be conducted, a sweepstake,\ncalcutta, game of bingo or such other game as may be\n","sortOrder":71},{"sectionNumber":"48","sectionType":"section","heading":"Approved association may provide ticket dispensing machine","content":"48 Approved association may provide ticket dispensing machine\nAn approved association may provide on premises owned or\noccupied by it or, with the consent of the Director, on other\npremises:\n(a) ticket dispensing machines; or\n(b) such other machines or devices, not being gaming machines,\nas may be prescribed,\nwhere the cost of a ticket does not exceed 50 cents or such other\namount as may be prescribed.\n","sortOrder":72},{"sectionNumber":"49","sectionType":"section","heading":"Gaming machines prohibited without permit","content":"49 Gaming machines prohibited without permit\n(1) Subject to this Act, a person shall not:\n(a) possess, provide, use or cause or allow to be used a gaming\nmachine;\n(b) supply, lease, hire out or bail a gaming machine; or\n\nDivision 1 Gaming machines, ticket dispensing machines and games in nature of lottery\nGaming Control Act 1993 39\n(c) assemble, repair or maintain a gaming machine,\nunless the person does so under and in accordance with a permit\ngranted under this Act, the guidelines (if any) made under\nsection 51 and with any regulations relating to gaming machines.\n(2) The Director may, where there is a breach of a condition under\nwhich a permit was granted or a guideline made under section 51,\ncancel, or suspend for not longer than 6 months, the permit.\n","sortOrder":73},{"sectionNumber":"51","sectionType":"section","heading":"Director may make guidelines","content":"51 Director may make guidelines\n(1) Subject to this Act, the Regulations and the written directions of the\nMinister (if any), the Director may make written guidelines in the\nform of criteria, either general or specific, for or in relation to:\n(a) the construction, nature, purpose and physical integrity of a\ngaming machine;\n(b) the place (including a public place) where a gaming machine\nmay be permitted to be kept, used, maintained or repaired;\n(c) the form and content of an instrument relating to the supply,\nlease, hire or bailment of a gaming machine; and\n(d) such other matters relating to gaming machines as the\nDirector thinks relevant.\n(2) Notwithstanding that an application for a permit may be in\nconformity with guidelines made under this section, the discretion of\nthe Director to grant the permit, with or without conditions, or to\nrefuse to grant the permit, is not limited or affected by that\nconformity.\n","sortOrder":74},{"sectionNumber":"52","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conduct of calcuttas, sweepstakes and bingo","content":"52 Conduct of calcuttas, sweepstakes and bingo\n(1) Subject to subsection (2), an approved association may conduct:\n(a) a calcutta;\n(b) a sweepstake; or\n(c) games of bingo.\n(2) The rules for conducting a game under this section shall be as\n","sortOrder":75},{"sectionNumber":"53","sectionType":"section","heading":"Games in nature of lottery","content":"53 Games in nature of lottery\n(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, determine that a game\nis not a lottery for the purposes of Part 4.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 40\n(2) Where the Minister has under subsection (1) determined that a\ngame is not a lottery for the purposes of Part 4, the Minister may in\nthe same notice:\n(a) declare it to be an unlawful game; or\n(b) declare that the game may be played only:\n(i) in such place or places and on such occasions as the\nMinister specifies in the notice; or\n(ii) by an approved association or other person or body in\naccordance with a permit issued by the Director.\n(3) A person shall not organise, promote or conduct a game in respect\nof which a declaration has been made under subsection (2)(b)\notherwise than in accordance with a notice published under\nsubsection (2)(b)(i) or of a permit granted under this Act.\n(4) A person shall not play or take part in a game in respect of which a\ndeclaration has been made under subsection (2)(b) knowing that\nthe game is being organised, promoted or conducted otherwise\nthan in accordance with a notice under subsection (2)(b)(i) or of a\npermit granted under this Act.\n(5) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that the use of\nspecified cards, devices or objects for the purpose of the disposition\nof real or personal property or a share or interest in such property\nor a right to a benefit or thing dependent on or to be determined,\nwholly or partly, by chance comprises a lottery.\n","sortOrder":76},{"sectionNumber":"54","sectionType":"section","heading":"Unlawful games","content":"54 Unlawful games\n(1) For the purposes of this Act:\n(a) a game:\n(i) which is or is intended to be a game of chance;\n(ii) which is or is intended to be a game partly of chance\nand partly of skill; or\n(iii) which is a trick or sleight of hand,\nplayed with an instrument of gaming, contrivance or device\nwhereby money is or goods are gained or disposed of;\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 41\n(b) a game from which a person derives a percentage, part or\nshare of the amount or amounts wagered, staked or played for\nor for which a charge is made; or\n(c) a game declared under the Regulations or by the Minister\nunder section 53(2)(a) to be an unlawful game,\nis an unlawful game.\n(2) The Minister may in writing permit the playing of a game that is\notherwise unlawful in such place or places and on such occasions\nas the Minister specifies in the notice.\n(3) A person is not guilty of an offence against this Division in respect\nof an unlawful game specified in:\n(a) a notice under subsection (2); or\n(b) a permit granted under this Act,\nwhere the person is playing the game in accordance with the notice\nor permit.\n(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the game commonly known as or\ncalled two-up or swy is not an unlawful game where:\n(a) it is played at a racing venue situated outside the\ncircumference of a circle having a radius of 80 km centred on\nthe casino at Alice Springs and Darwin respectively, is\nconducted by or on behalf of a club on the day of a meeting\nfor a period of not more than 4 hours commencing after the\nfinish of the last race of the meeting, and the profits (if any)\nare payable to the club to be applied towards its purposes or\nsuch other purposes as the club thinks proper; or\n(b) it is played only on 25 April (whether or not Anzac Day is\npublicly celebrated on that date), is conducted by or on behalf\nof a Returned Services League Club and the profits (if any)\nare payable to that club.\n(5) In subsection (4)(a), the words \"club\", \"meeting\", \"race\" and\n\"racecourse\" have the same meanings as \"race club\", \"race\nmeeting\" and \"racecourse\" (respectively) in section 4 of the Racing\nand Wagering Act 2024.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 42\n","sortOrder":77},{"sectionNumber":"55","sectionType":"section","heading":"Organising, &c., unlawful game","content":"55 Organising, &c., unlawful game\n(a) organise or conduct, or assist in organising or conducting, an\nunlawful game; or\n(b) receive a percentage of an amount wagered on an unlawful\ngame.\n","sortOrder":78},{"sectionNumber":"56","sectionType":"section","heading":"Selling ticket, &c., in unlawful game","content":"56 Selling ticket, &c., in unlawful game\n(a) give or sell a ticket; or\n(b) take a ticket,\nin an unlawful game.\n","sortOrder":79},{"sectionNumber":"57","sectionType":"section","heading":"Playing at unlawful game","content":"57 Playing at unlawful game\n(1) A person shall not play at or participate in an unlawful game.\n(2) A person shall not:\n(a) be present at any unlawful gaming or at the playing of an\nunlawful game;\n(b) be in a place in which any unlawful gaming is taking place,\nwithout lawful excuse (the proof of which excuse shall be upon\nthe person); or\n(c) bet by way of wagering or gaming on an unlawful game.\n","sortOrder":80},{"sectionNumber":"58","sectionType":"section","heading":"Advertising","content":"58 Advertising\n(a) placard, post up or exhibit;\n(b) permit or suffer to be placarded, posted up or exhibited; or\n(c) assist in placarding, posting up or exhibiting,\nin, on or about any land or premises any information or notice or list\nrelating directly or indirectly to an illegal lottery or an unlawful game.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 43\n","sortOrder":81},{"sectionNumber":"59","sectionType":"section","heading":"False pretences","content":"59 False pretences\nA person shall not, by fraud, fraudulent device or practice in playing\nwith an instrument of gaming, win from a person for himself or\nherself, or another person, money or a valuable thing.\n","sortOrder":82},{"sectionNumber":"60","sectionType":"section","heading":"Place for unlawful gaming","content":"60 Place for unlawful gaming\n(1) Subject to this section, a place is used for unlawful gaming if it or a\npart of it:\n(a) is used for or in connection with:\n(i) a lottery, calcutta, sweepstake or game of bingo which is\nnot authorised by this Act or, being authorised, is not\nconducted in accordance with this Act; or\n(ii) an unlawful game; or\n(b) is opened, kept or used for the purpose of the owner, occupier\nor keeper of it, or a person using it, or a person procured or\nemployed by or acting for or on behalf of the owner, occupier\nor keeper, or person using it, or of a person having the care or\nmanagement or in any manner conducting the business\nthereof, conducting or participating in unlawful gaming with\npersons resorting to the place.\n(2) A casino is not a place used for unlawful gaming in respect of\noperations conducted in the casino that are permitted under this\nAct.\n","sortOrder":83},{"sectionNumber":"61","sectionType":"section","heading":"Penalty for keeping place for unlawful gaming","content":"61 Penalty for keeping place for unlawful gaming\n(1) A person shall not use a place for unlawful gaming, or knowingly\nand wilfully permit it so to be used by any other person, or have the\ncare or management of, or in any manner assist in conducting the\nbusiness of, a place so used.\n(2) A person shall not, without lawful excuse, enter or remain in a place\nused for unlawful gaming.\n","sortOrder":84},{"sectionNumber":"62","sectionType":"section","heading":"Evidence that place used for unlawful gaming","content":"62 Evidence that place used for unlawful gaming\nIt is prima facie evidence that a place is used for unlawful gaming if\nit is proved that:\n(a) the place is kept or used for the playing therein of an unlawful\ngame or that a bank is kept there by one or more of the\nplayers exclusive of the others; or\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 44\n(b) the chances of a game played therein are not alike favourable\nto all the players (including the banker or other person by\nwhom the game is managed or against whom the other\nplayers stake, play or bet),\nwhether or not the place is open for the use of subscribers only.\n","sortOrder":85},{"sectionNumber":"63","sectionType":"section","heading":"Not necessary to prove that person was found playing for","content":"63 Not necessary to prove that person was found playing for\nmoney, &c.\nIt is not necessary in support of a complaint for gaming in, or for\nsuffering a game or gaming in, or for keeping or using or being\nconcerned in the management or conduct of a place for unlawful\ngaming, to prove that a person found playing at a game was playing\nfor money or a valuable thing.\n","sortOrder":86},{"sectionNumber":"64","sectionType":"section","heading":"Effect of discovery of instruments of gaming","content":"64 Effect of discovery of instruments of gaming\nWhere a place suspected to be open, kept or used as a place for\nunlawful gaming is lawfully entered by a member of the Police\nForce or a gaming inspector, the discovery therein or on or about a\nperson found in the place of an instrument of gaming, gaming\nmachine, ticket dispensing machine or thing used in or associated\nwith playing an unlawful game is prima facie evidence that:\n(a) the place is used as a place for unlawful gaming; and\n(b) the persons found in the place where the instrument or\nmachine was discovered were playing in that place, although\nno play was actually going on in the presence of the member\nof the Police Force or gaming inspector lawfully entering or the\nmember's or gaming inspector's assistants.\n","sortOrder":87},{"sectionNumber":"65","sectionType":"section","heading":"Evidence that place used as place for unlawful gaming","content":"65 Evidence that place used as place for unlawful gaming\nWhere:\n(a) a member of the Police Force or a gaming inspector is wilfully\nprevented from or is obstructed or delayed in entering a place\nin which the member has reasonable grounds for suspecting\nunlawful gaming is, has been or is about to be carried on or\nany part of that place;\n(b) an external or internal door of, or means of access to, such\nplace is found to be fitted or provided with a bolt, bar, chain or\nmeans or contrivance for the purpose of preventing, delaying\nor obstructing the entry into the place or any part of the place\nof a member of the Police Force or gaming inspector or for\ngiving an alarm in case of that entry; or\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 45\n(c) such a place is found fitted or provided with a means or\ncontrivance for concealing, removing or destroying an\ninstrument of gaming,\nit shall be prima facie evidence that the place is used for unlawful\ngaming and that the persons found in the place were playing an\nunlawful game therein.\n","sortOrder":88},{"sectionNumber":"66","sectionType":"section","heading":"Evidence as to offences","content":"66 Evidence as to offences\nWhere, on the hearing of a complaint relating to an offence against\nthis Part, the court is of the opinion that money or a valuable thing\nwhich has to its satisfaction been proved to have been given to, or\nreceived or paid by the accused person, or given to, or received or\npaid by a person on the accused person's behalf, has been given,\nreceived or paid, as the case may be, in circumstances which, in\nthe mind of the court, raise a reasonable suspicion that such money\nor thing was so given, received or paid in contravention of this Part,\nthe giving, receiving or paying shall be prima facie evidence of the\ncommission by the accused person of the offence specified in the\ncomplaint.\n","sortOrder":89},{"sectionNumber":"67","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reasonable suspicion sufficient","content":"67 Reasonable suspicion sufficient\nWhere, on the hearing of a complaint against a person in relation to\nan offence against this Part, the evidence for the prosecution is\nsuch as to raise in the mind of the court hearing the complaint a\nreasonable suspicion that the person is guilty of the offence, that\nevidence is prima facie evidence that the person is guilty of that\noffence.\n","sortOrder":90},{"sectionNumber":"68","sectionType":"section","heading":"Special powers relating to searches, &c.","content":"68 Special powers relating to searches, &c.\n(1) Notwithstanding section 117 of the Police Administration Act 1978,\nit shall not be necessary in an information laid or application made\nfor the purpose of obtaining a search warrant for the search of a\nplace on or in which a member of the Police Force has reasonable\ngrounds for suspecting that an offence against this Part is, has\nbeen or is about to be carried on, or in a search warrant issued as a\nresult of that information laid or application made, for the particular\nitems associated with the offence for which it is intended to search,\nor a description of such items, to be specified, and a search for any\nsuch items may be conducted by authority of the warrant.\n(2) A member of the Police Force or gaming inspector who lawfully\nenters a place on or in which the member or gaming inspector has\nreasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against this Part\nis, has been or is about to be carried on may, with such assistance\nas the member or gaming inspector thinks necessary, if necessary\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 46\nby force:\n(a) open a cupboard, drawer, chest, trunk, box, package or other\nreceptacle, whether a fixture or not, found on or in the place;\n(b) without warrant, search a person found on or in the place or\nthe clothing being worn by or property in the control of the\nperson; and\n(c) seize anything found on or in the place or in the course of the\nsearch that the member or gaming inspector reasonably\nbelieves is evidence of or associated with the offence\ncommitted on or in that place.\n(3) The power conferred on a member of the Police Force by this\nsection is in addition to and not in derogation of any other power\nconferred by a law in force in the Territory.\n(4) Where the ownership of a gaming machine or part of a gaming\nmachine cannot, at the time of its seizure under this section, be\nascertained, the property seized shall be forfeit to the Crown and\nmay be sold, destroyed or disposed of, as the Director thinks fit,\nafter 90 days from the date of seizure if, within that time, it has not\nbeen possible after reasonable inquiry, to establish ownership of\nthe property.\n(5) A person found guilty of an offence relating to a gaming machine is\nliable to pay to the Crown the reasonable costs of handling,\nsecuring, maintaining or storing property seized under this section\nin relation to the offence, which costs may be assessed by the court\nand collected in like manner to a monetary penalty.\n","sortOrder":91},{"sectionNumber":"68A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Community Benefit Fund","content":"68A Community Benefit Fund\n(1) The Director must maintain in the Agency's Operating Account a\nfund to be known as the Community Benefit Fund.\n(2) Money in the Community Benefit Fund is to be applied for the\nfollowing purposes:\n(a) research into gambling activity, including the social and\neconomic impact of gambling on individuals, families and the\ncommunity;\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 47\n(b) promotion of community awareness and education in respect\nof problem gambling and provision of counselling,\nrehabilitation and support services for problem gamblers and\ntheir families in the Territory;\n(c) funding of the following benefits:\n(i) grants for community projects and services of benefit to\ncommunities throughout the Territory;\n(ii) capital works or improvements to land or a building,\nstructure or erection owned by the Territory that is\noccupied by a not-for-profit organisation for the purpose\nof delivering community projects and services of benefit\nto communities throughout the Territory;\n(d) management and administrative support of the Fund.\n(3) The Minister may from time to time approve guidelines for this Part\nto be known as the Community Benefit Fund Guidelines.\n(4) The Minister may determine the following in the Guidelines for the\npurposes mentioned in subsection (2)(c):\n(a) the maximum amount of a major benefit;\n(b) the maximum amount of a minor benefit.\n(5) Subsection (4) does not limit any other matters the Minister may\ndetermine in the Guidelines.\n(6) The Guidelines must be published on the Agency's website as soon\nas practicable after they are made.\n(7) In this section:\nnot-for-profit organisation means a body corporate that is\nregistered, or eligible for registration, under the Australian Charities\nand Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth).\n","sortOrder":92},{"sectionNumber":"68B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Role of Director and Community Benefit Committee","content":"68B Role of Director and Community Benefit Committee\n(1) The functions of the Director are:\n(a) to consider applications for:\n(i) grants from the Community Benefit Fund for the\npurposes mentioned in section 68A(2)(a) and (b) and to\nmake recommendations to the Minister about those\napplications; and\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 48\n(ii) minor benefits from the Community Benefit Fund for the\npurposes mentioned in section 68A(2)(c) and to make\nrecommendations to the Minister about those\napplications; and\n(b) to monitor the contribution made to the community by clubs\nthat are licensees under the Gaming Machine Act 1995.\n(2) The Director has the powers necessary to perform the Director's\nfunctions.\n(3) The Minister must:\n(a) establish a committee known as the Community Benefit\nCommittee; and\n(b) determine the membership of the Committee and how it is to\noperate.\n(4) The functions of the Committee are:\n(a) to consider applications for major benefits from the\nCommunity Benefit Fund for the purposes mentioned in\nsection 68A(2)(c); and\n(b) to make recommendations to the Minister about those\napplications.\n(5) The Committee has the powers necessary to perform its functions,\nincluding the power to require the Director to provide the Committee\nwith specified information.\n(6) The Director and Committee must provide the Minister with a joint\nreport on the Director's and Committee's operations during a\nfinancial year in relation to the Community Benefit Fund within\n3 months after the end of the financial year.\n(7) The Minister must table a copy of the report in the\nLegislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after the Minister receives\nthe report.\n","sortOrder":93},{"sectionNumber":"68C","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments into and out of Fund","content":"68C Payments into and out of Fund\n(1) The following money is to be paid into the Community Benefit Fund:\n(a) all money received and assessed by the Director under\nsection 156 of the Gaming Machine Act 1995 as gaming\nmachine community benefit levy;\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 49\n(aa) all money received and assessed by the Director as gaming\nmachine community benefit levy under section 35A;\n(b) all money received by the Director as unclaimed prizes (other\nthan unclaimed prizes in respect of foreign lotteries conducted\nunder section 40);\n(c) all money forfeited under section 78;\n(d) all other money that, under any Act, is required to be paid into\nthe Fund.\n(2) The Minister must determine the total amount to be paid out of the\nFund in a financial year in respect of each purpose specified in\nsection 68A(2).\n(3) An application:\n(a) for a grant for a purpose mentioned in section 68A(2)(a) or (b),\nor for a minor benefit for a purpose mentioned in\nsection 68A(2)(c), is made to the Director; and\n(b) for a major benefit for a purpose mentioned in\nsection 68A(2)(c) is made to the Community Benefit\nCommittee.\n(4) If an application is made to the Director or the Committee, the\nDirector or Committee must:\n(a) consider the application; and\n(b) recommend to the Minister that the Minister:\n(i) approve the whole or part of the grant or benefit; or\n(ii) refuse to approve the grant or benefit.\n(5) The Minister may, having regard to the recommendation of the\nDirector or Committee:\n(a) approve the whole or part of the grant or benefit; or\n(b) refuse to approve the grant or benefit.\n(6) If at the end of a financial year there is surplus money remaining in\nthe Fund, that money must be:\n(a) retained in the Fund; and\n(b) applied to the following financial year for the purposes\nmentioned in section 68A(2).\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 50\n68CA Definitions\nIn this Part:\naffected person, for a reviewable decision, means a person to\nwhom any of the following applies:\n(a) for a decision that relates to disciplinary action relating to a\nlicence – the person is the licensee;\n(b) for a decision that was made in relation to an application – the\nperson is the applicant;\n(c) the person made a submission, complaint or objection\n(however described) during the process that resulted in the\ndecision being made.\ndelegate decision means a reviewable decision that is made by a\ndelegate of the Director.\nreviewable decision means a decision prescribed by regulation.\n68CB Notice of delegate decision\n(1) As soon as practicable after making a delegate decision, a delegate\nof the Director must give written notice of the decision to each\naffected person.\n(2) The notice must state the following:\n(a) the delegate decision and the reasons for it;\n(b) that the affected person may apply for a review of the decision\nunder section 68CC;\n(c) the period allowed for applying for a review.\n68CC Application for review\n(1) An affected person for a delegate decision may apply to the\nDirector for a review of the decision.\n(2) The application must be made:\n(a) within 28 days after written notice of the delegate decision is\ngiven to the affected person; or\n(b) by any later date allowed by the Director.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 51\n(3) The application must:\n(a) be in the approved form; and\n(b) be accompanied by the fee prescribed by regulation; and\n(c) state the grounds on which it is made and the facts relied on\nto establish the grounds.\n68CD Effect of application on delegate decision\n(1) The making of the application does not stay the operation of the\ndelegate decision.\n(2) Despite subsection (1), the Director may stay the operation of the\ndelegate decision pending completion of the review.\n68CE Director to consider application\n(1) On receipt of the application, the Director must review the delegate\ndecision.\n(2) Despite subsection (1), if satisfied the application is frivolous or\nvexatious, the Director may reject the application without reviewing\nthe delegate decision.\n68CF Conducting and deciding review\n(1) In reviewing the delegate decision, the Director must:\n(a) take into account any matter that this Act requires the Director\nto take into account in reviewing the decision; and\n(b) follow the procedures for review determined by the Director;\nand\n(c) comply with the rules of natural justice.\n(2) After reviewing the delegate decision, the Director must:\n(a) affirm the decision; or\n(b) vary the decision; or\n(c) set aside the decision and substitute a new decision.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 52\n68CG Notice of decision on review\n(1) As soon as practicable after making a decision under section 68CF,\nthe Director must give written notice of the decision to the following\npersons:\n(a) the applicant;\n(b) any other affected person.\n(2) The notice must state the following:\n(a) the Director's decision and the reasons for it;\n(b) details of any right the person has under this Act to apply for a\nreview of, or to appeal, the Director's decision.\n68CH Application to NTCAT for review of Director's decision\n(1) Subject to subsection (2), an affected person for a reviewable\ndecision may apply to NTCAT for review of the decision.\n(2) An affected person may only apply to NTCAT once the person has\nexhausted any other available avenue of review under this Division.\nNote for section 68CH\nA delegate decision must be reviewed by the Director under this Division before\nan application is made to NTCAT.\n","sortOrder":94},{"sectionNumber":"68D","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Taxation Administration Act 2007","content":"68D Application of Taxation Administration Act 2007\n(1) The Taxation Administration Act 2007, other than the excluded\nprovisions, applies in relation to a tax or levy payable by a person\nunder a taxation provision of this Act as if:\n(a) a reference to tax in that Act were a reference to the tax or\nlevy; and\n(b) a reference to a taxpayer in that Act were a reference to the\nperson; and\n(c) a reference to a taxation law in that Act were a reference to\nthe taxation provision of this Act; and\n(d) a reference to a corresponding law in Part 9 of that Act were a\nreference to a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another\nTerritory corresponding to a taxation provision of this Act.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 53\n(2) In this section:\nexcluded provisions means section 20 and Parts 6 and 10 of the\nTaxation Administration Act 2007.\ntaxation provision of this Act means section 24(2)(c), 38B(3),\n46M(3), 47M(3) or 47N(3) to (5).\n","sortOrder":95},{"sectionNumber":"69","sectionType":"section","heading":"Cheating","content":"69 Cheating\n(1) A person shall not:\n(a) by a fraudulent trick, device, sleight of hand or representation;\n(b) by a fraudulent scheme or practice;\n(c) by the fraudulent use of gaming equipment or any other thing;\nor\n(d) by the fraudulent use of an instrument or article of a type\nnormally used in connection with gaming, or appearing to be\nof a type normally used in connection with gaming,\nobtain for himself or herself or another person, or induce a person\nto deliver, give or credit to him or her or another person, any\nmoney, chips, benefit, advantage, valuable consideration or\nsecurity.\n(2) A person shall not use or have in his or her possession:\n(a) chips that he or she knows are bogus or counterfeit chips;\n(b) an instrument of gaming that he or she knows has been\nmarked, loaded or tampered with; or\n(c) for the purpose of cheating, stealing or obtaining a benefit or\nadvantage not ordinarily available to a person, any equipment,\ndevice or thing that permits or facilitates cheating, stealing or\nobtaining such a benefit or advantage.\n(3) In so far as subsection (2) prohibits the possession of any thing\nreferred to in subsection (2)(a) or (b), the prohibition does not\nextend to the possession by a person in charge of a casino, an\nagent or employee of a Licensee, a gaming inspector or a member\nof the Police Force, if the thing:\n(a) has been seized under this Act for use as evidence in\nproceedings for an offence; or\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 54\n(b) is being used for the purposes of instruction or comparison in\nidentifying such things.\n","sortOrder":96},{"sectionNumber":"70","sectionType":"section","heading":"Act not to extend to stakes payable to winner of lawful game or","content":"70 Act not to extend to stakes payable to winner of lawful game or\nrace\nNothing in this Act shall extend to a person receiving or holding\nmoney or a valuable thing by way of a stake or deposit to be paid to\nthe winner of a race or lawful sport, game or exercise.\n","sortOrder":97},{"sectionNumber":"71","sectionType":"section","heading":"Secrecy","content":"71 Secrecy\n(1) Subject to this section, a person who is employed by the Territory\nshall not, either directly or indirectly, except for the purposes of this\nAct:\n(a) make a record of, or communicate to a person, information\nconcerning the affairs of another person acquired by the\nperson under this Act by reason of that employment; or\n(b) produce to a person or permit a person to have access to a\ndocument furnished to the person for the purposes of this Act.\n(2) Nothing in this section prevents a person to whom it applies from\ndisclosing information obtained under this Act, where:\n(a) the person from whom it was obtained consents to the\ndisclosure; or\n(b) the disclosure is to:\n(i) a member of the Police Force;\n(ii) a person who is employed by a State or another\nTerritory of the Commonwealth to administer an Act in\nthat State or Territory regulating the operations of\ncasinos or gaming;\n(iia) a person who is employed to administer a law in force in\nanother country that regulates the operations of casinos\nor gaming in that country;\n(iii) the Auditor-General for the purposes of performing\nfunctions or exercising powers imposed or conferred on\nthe Auditor-General by or under the Audit Act 1995 or\nany other Act, or prevents the Auditor-General from\ndisclosing that information or publishing that document if\nthe disclosure or publication does not directly or\nindirectly divulge information identifying the affairs of a\nparticular person; or\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 55\n(iv) the Commissioner, within the meaning of the Taxation\nAdministration Act 2007, for the purposes of performing\nfunctions or exercising powers imposed or conferred on\nthe Commissioner by or under the Taxation\nAdministration Act 2007 or any other Act, or prevents the\nCommissioner from disclosing that information or\npublishing that document if the disclosure or publication\ndoes not directly or indirectly divulge information\nidentifying the affairs of a particular person.\n(3) A person to whom this section applies shall not be required to\nproduce in court any document connected with the administration or\nexecution of this Act in the person's custody in the course of his or\nher employment or to divulge or communicate to a court any matter\nor thing coming under the person's notice in the course of\nemployment, unless the production, divulgence, communication or\npublication is made:\n(a) with the consent of the person from whom the information or\ndocumentation was obtained;\n(b) in connection with the administration or execution of this Act;\nor\n(c) for the purposes of legal proceedings arising out of this Act or\nof a report of such proceedings.\n","sortOrder":98},{"sectionNumber":"72","sectionType":"section","heading":"Criminal liability of executive officer of body corporate","content":"72 Criminal liability of executive officer of body corporate\n(1) An executive officer of a body corporate commits an offence if the\nbody corporate commits an offence by contravening a declared\nprovision (a relevant offence).\nMaximum penalty: The maximum penalty that may be imposed\non an individual for the relevant offence.\n(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a regulatory offence.\n(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubsection (1) if the defendant:\n(a) was not in a position to influence the conduct of the body\ncorporate in relation to the contravention; or\n(b) took reasonable steps to prevent the contravention; or\n(c) did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected\nto know, that the contravention would happen.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 56\n(4) In deciding whether the defendant took (or failed to take)\nreasonable steps to prevent the contravention, a court must\nconsider the following:\n(a) any action the defendant took directed towards ensuring the\nfollowing (to the extent the action is relevant to the\ncontravention):\n(i) the body corporate arranged regular professional\nassessments of the body corporate's compliance with\nthe declared provision;\n(ii) the body corporate implemented any appropriate\nrecommendation arising from an assessment under\nsubparagraph (i);\n(iii) the body corporate's employees, agents and contractors\nhad a reasonable knowledge and understanding of the\nrequirement to comply with the declared provision;\n(b) any action the defendant took when the defendant became\naware that the contravention was, or could be, about to\nhappen.\n(5) Subsection (4) does not limit the matters the court may consider.\n(6) This section does not affect the liability of the body corporate.\n(7) This section applies whether or not the body corporate is\nprosecuted for, or found guilty of, the relevant offence.\n(8) This section does not apply if the body corporate would have a\ndefence to a prosecution for the relevant offence.\n(9) In this section:\ndeclared provision means:\n(a) section 27(6), 49(1) or 55; or\n(b) a provision of the Regulations prescribed by regulation.\nexecutive officer, of a body corporate, means a director or other\nperson who is concerned with, or takes part in, the management of\nthe body corporate.\n","sortOrder":99},{"sectionNumber":"73","sectionType":"section","heading":"Regulatory offences","content":"73 Regulatory offences\nAn offence of contravening or failing to comply with section 33(5),\n34(3), 49, 53(4) or 57(1), (2)(a) or (c) is a regulatory offence.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 57\n","sortOrder":100},{"sectionNumber":"74","sectionType":"section","heading":"Penalties","content":"74 Penalties\nA person who contravenes or fails to comply with section 4(7),\n15(9), 27(6), 30(3), 31(5) or (6), 32, 33(5) or (8), 34(1) or (3), 35(4),\n36, 38(2), 39(2), 40(1) or (8), 46, 46P, 46Q, 47P, 47Q, 47, 49(1),\n53(3) or (4), 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61(1) or (2), 69 or 71(1) is guilty of\nan offence and is liable, on being found guilty, to a maximum\npenalty of 85 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.\n","sortOrder":101},{"sectionNumber":"75","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prosecution of offenders","content":"75 Prosecution of offenders\n(1) An offence against this Act may be prosecuted at any time.\n(2) The finding of guilt or acquittal of a person of an offence against this\nAct does not:\n(a) prevent a further prosecution and finding of guilt in respect of\na continuation of the offence after the date on which the\nperson was found guilty or acquitted;\n(b) extinguish any obligation or liability imposed on the person\nunder this Act; or\n(c) prevent the imposing of any other penalty on, or the taking of\nany other action against, the person under this Act.\n","sortOrder":102},{"sectionNumber":"76","sectionType":"section","heading":"Institution of proceedings","content":"76 Institution of proceedings\nProceedings for an offence against this Act may be instituted only\nby a member of the Police Force or the Director.\n","sortOrder":103},{"sectionNumber":"77","sectionType":"section","heading":"Evidence in proceedings","content":"77 Evidence in proceedings\n(1) In proceedings in respect of an offence against this Act, a certificate\npurporting to be signed by the Chairperson or the Director to the\neffect that, on a date specified in the certificate:\n(a) premises were or were not approved or deemed approved\nunder this Act;\n(b) a person was or was not a Licensee;\n(c) the Minister had or had not entered into an agreement with a\nperson named in the certificate;\n(d) a named person was, or was not, a gaming inspector;\n(e) a permit, determination, declaration, approval, permission or\ndirection was, or was not, in force; or\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 58\n(f) a named person was, or was not, an approved person,\nis, in the absence of proof to the contrary, sufficient evidence of the\nmatter stated in the certificate.\n(2) Where a person observes an incident the fact that the observation\nwas made by means of a camera, television set, video display unit\nor other electronic medium and not directly does not of itself render\ninadmissible any evidence that the person may give relating to the\nobservation.\n","sortOrder":104},{"sectionNumber":"78","sectionType":"section","heading":"Forfeiture","content":"78 Forfeiture\n(1) Where a person is found guilty of an offence against this Act, then,\nwhether or not a conviction is entered or a penalty imposed, an\ninstrument of gaming, amusement machine, ticket dispensing\nmachine or any other instrument, article, equipment, device or thing\nused in or in relation to the commission of the offence is forfeited to\nthe Crown and may be kept, sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed\nof as the Director thinks fit.\n(2) A forfeiture under subsection (1) is in addition to and not in\nsubstitution for any other penalty imposed by a court in relation to\nthe offence.\n(3) Money forfeited under this section is to be paid into the Community\nBenefit Fund.\n","sortOrder":105},{"sectionNumber":"79","sectionType":"section","heading":"Protection from liability","content":"79 Protection from liability\n(1) An action or proceeding, civil or criminal, shall not lie against the\nDirector, a gaming inspector, a member of the Police Force or a\nperson approved or authorised under this Act acting in the\nexecution or intended execution of this Act or the Regulations on\naccount of anything done or omitted to be done for the purposes of\nthis Act or the Regulations or done or omitted to be done in good\nfaith and purporting to be for the purposes of this Act or the\nRegulations.\n(2) Subsection (1) has effect subject to Part VIIA of the Police\nAdministration Act 1978 to the extent it relates to the civil liability of\na member of the Police Force.\n","sortOrder":106},{"sectionNumber":"79A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Codes of practice","content":"79A Codes of practice\n(1) For the purpose of providing practical guidance to Licensees on any\nmatter relating to this Act, the Minister may, by notice in the\nGazette, approve a code of practice.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 59\n(2) A code of practice may consist of a code, standard, rule,\nspecification or provision relating to matters in this Act formulated,\nprepared or adopted by the Minister and may apply, incorporate or\nrefer to a document formulated or published by a body or authority\nas in force at the time the code of practice is approved or as\namended, formulated or published from time to time.\n(3) A notice under subsection (1) must indicate where a copy of the\ncode of practice to which it relates, and all documents incorporated\nor referred to in the code, may be inspected by members of the\npublic and the times during which they may be inspected.\n(4) A Licensee must not contravene or fail to comply with a code of\npractice approved under this section.\nMaximum penalty: 85 penalty units or imprisonment for\n2 years.\n","sortOrder":107},{"sectionNumber":"80","sectionType":"section","heading":"Regulations","content":"80 Regulations\n(1) The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this\nAct, prescribing matters:\n(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or\n(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or\ngiving effect to this Act.\n(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Regulations\nmay make provision for or in relation to the following:\n(c) the accounting and internal controls of the business conducted\nin a casino or in pursuance of a licence granted under\n","sortOrder":108},{"sectionNumber":"Div 4","sectionType":"division","heading":"or 5 of Part 4;","content":"Division 4 or 5 of Part 4;\n(d) the persons who may be employed or who may perform duties\nat casinos, including the licensing of such persons and the\nfees for such licences;\n(da) the persons who may be employed by Licensees, including\nthe licensing of those persons and the fees for those licences;\n(e) the approval of associations to conduct gaming, including\ncalcuttas, sweepstakes and bingo, and the variation,\nsuspension and cancellation of such approvals;\n(f) the granting of permits under this Act, the fees to be charged\nfor the granting of permits, the conditions to which permits\nmay be subject and the variation, suspension and cancellation\nof such permits;\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 60\n(g) the sale of tickets in lotteries and the payment of commission\non the sale of such tickets;\n(h) the prevention of fraud in connection with casinos, gaming,\ngaming machines and lotteries and the promotion and conduct\nof lotteries;\n(j) the rules under which gaming including sweepstakes, games\nof bingo and calcuttas may be conducted;\n(k) the conduct of lotteries and drawings, including trade lotteries,\nsweepstakes, games of bingo and calcuttas;\n(m) the conditions, rules and purposes of lotteries, and the value\nof prizes offered in lotteries;\n(n) the circumstances in which, and the conditions under which,\nthe Director may intervene in, advise on or resolve disputes\nrelating to gaming;\n(p) the payment or delivery of prizes in connection with Territory\nsponsored lotteries and the conditions under which prizes\nshall be paid or delivered;\n(q) the declaration of games to be unlawful games;\n(r) the operation and control of gaming and associated\nequipment;\n(s) the disposing of unclaimed or unpaid prizes or money;\n(t) offences against the Regulations, including regulatory\noffences, and prescribing penalties, not exceeding 17 penalty\nunits, for those offences;\n(u) fees, taxes and levies as mentioned in section 24(2)(b)\nand (d);\n(v) matters required or permitted to be prescribed for the\nprovisions of the Gaming Machine Act 1995 that apply under\nsection 35A;\n(w) methods for, and other procedures relating to, the payment of\nfees, taxes, levies, penalties and other amounts payable\n\nDivision 1 Repeals and transitional matters for Gaming Control Act 1993\nGaming Control Act 1993 61\nDivision 1 Repeals and transitional matters for Gaming\nControl Act 1993\n81 Repeal\n(1) The Casino Licensing and Control Act 1984, comprising the Acts\nspecified in Part 1 of the Schedule, is repealed.\n(2) The Lotteries and Gaming Act 1982, comprising the Acts specified\nin Part 2 of the Schedule, is repealed.\n","sortOrder":109},{"sectionNumber":"82","sectionType":"section","heading":"Savings and transitional","content":"82 Savings and transitional\n(1) In this section:\nCasino Act means the Act repealed by section 81(1).\nformer Commission means the Gaming Control Commission\nestablished by the Lotteries Act.\nLotteries Act means the Act repealed by section 81(2).\n(2) On the commencement of this Act:\n(a) the person who, immediately before that commencement, was\nthe Director of Gaming, within the meaning of the Lotteries\nAct, shall be deemed to have been appointed the Director of\nGaming under this Act;\n(b) a person who, immediately before that commencement, was a\nmember of the former Commission shall be deemed to be\nappointed as a member of the Commission for the remainder\nof the period for which the person was appointed under the\nLotteries Act;\n(c) a person who, immediately before that commencement, was a\ndeputy of a member of the former Commission shall be\ndeemed to be appointed as the deputy of the member under\nthis Act;\n(d) a person who, immediately before that commencement, was a\nTreasury Gaming Inspector under the Casino Act shall be\ndeemed to have been appointed a gaming inspector under\nthis Act;\n\nDivision 1 Repeals and transitional matters for Gaming Control Act 1993\nGaming Control Act 1993 62\n(e) the Lotteries Fund and the Sports and Recreational\nDevelopment Fund established under the Lotteries Act shall\nbe deemed to be the Lotteries Fund and the Sports and\nRecreational Development Fund required to be established\nunder this Act;\n(f) the trust account opened for the purposes of section 37AB of\nthe Lotteries Act shall be deemed to be the trust account that\nmay be established under section 50;\n(g) a licence granted under the Casino Act shall be deemed to be\na licence granted under this Act subject to the same terms and\nconditions to which it was subject under the Casino Act;\n(h) a permit, determination, declaration, approval, permission or\ndirection granted, made or given under the Lotteries Act that\nwas in force immediately before that commencement shall be\ndeemed to be a permit, determination, declaration, approval,\npermission or direction granted, made or given under the\nequivalent section, if any, of this Act subject to the same\nterms, conditions and limitations to which it was subject under\nthe Lotteries Act;\n(j) guidelines promulgated under the Lotteries Act that were in\nforce immediately before that commencement shall be\ndeemed to be guidelines promulgated under this Act;\n(k) a game that, immediately before that commencement, was an\nauthorised game under the Casino Act shall be deemed to be\na game approved under this Act; and\n(m) a direction under the Casino Act that was in force immediately\nbefore that commencement shall be deemed to be a direction\ngiven under the equivalent section, if any, of this Act.\n(3) An appointment under the Lotteries Act or the Casino Act deemed\nunder this section to be an appointment under this Act may be\nterminated in accordance with this Act.\n(4) A permit, declaration, approval, permission or direction under the\nLotteries Act or a direction under the Casino Act deemed by this\nsection to be a permit, declaration, approval, permission or direction\nunder this Act may be cancelled, suspended, varied or otherwise\ndealt with under this Act.\n(5) On the commencement of this Act, premises specified in a licence\ngranted under the Casino Act shall be deemed to be a place\napproved under this Act at which the Licensee may conduct the\nbusiness specified in the licence and, notwithstanding anything to\nthe contrary in the agreement or the licence, the Minister may, in\n\n","sortOrder":110},{"sectionNumber":"Div 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Transitional matters for Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2012","content":"Division 2 Transitional matters for Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2012\nGaming Control Act 1993 63\naccordance with this Act, from time to time, approve such other\nplace or places at which the Licensee may conduct that business.\n(6) A licence granted under the Casino Act to be deemed in pursuance\nof this section to be a licence under this Act may be cancelled,\nsuspended, varied or otherwise dealt with under this Act.\n(7) The Lotteries and Gaming Regulations 1991, as in force\nimmediately before the commencement of this Act, shall continue in\nforce after that commencement as if they had been made under this\nAct and may be amended or repealed under this Act, and a\nreference in those Regulations to a section of the Lotteries Act shall\nbe construed, where possible, as a reference to the appropriate or\nrelevant section of this Act.\nDivision 2 Transitional matters for Revenue Legislation\nAmendment Act 2012\n","sortOrder":111},{"sectionNumber":"83","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of amendments","content":"83 Application of amendments\n(1) The amendment made to this Act by section 14 of the Revenue\nLegislation Amendment Act 2012 applies only in relation to a tax or\nlevy that is:\n(a) specified in, or calculated in accordance with, an agreement\nentered into on or after 1 May 2012; and\n(b) payable on or after 1 July 2012.\n(2) The remaining amendments made to this Act by the Revenue\nLegislation Amendment Act 2012 apply in relation to a fee, tax or\nlevy that is payable on or after 1 July 2012, including a fee, tax or\nlevy that is specified in, or calculated in accordance with, an\nagreement entered into before 1 July 2012.\n","sortOrder":112},{"sectionNumber":"84","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Taxation Administration Act 2007 to tax or levy","content":"84 Application of Taxation Administration Act 2007 to tax or levy\nspecified in existing agreement\n(1) This section applies to a tax or levy that is:\n(a) payable by a person under section 24(2)(c), 46M(3) or 47M(3);\nand\n(b) specified in, or calculated in accordance with, an existing\nagreement.\n(2) Part 7 of the Taxation Administration Act 2007 applies in relation to\nthe tax or levy as if it were a tax under a taxation law, whether the\ntax or levy is payable before or after 1 July 2012.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 64\n(3) In this section:\nexisting agreement means an agreement made under section 17,\n46C or 47C before 1 May 2012.\nDivision 3 Transitional matters for Licensing\n(Director-General) Act 2014\nSubdivision 1 Definitions\n85 Definitions\n2014 Acts means the Licensing (Director-General) Act 2014 and\n2014 Amending Act.\n2014 Amending Act means the Licensing (Repeals and\nConsequential Amendments) Act 2014.\ncommencement means the commencement of section 22 of the\nLicensing (Director-General) Act 2014.\nCommission means the Commission as defined in section 3 of the\nNTLC Act.\nNTLC Act means the Northern Territory Licensing Commission\nAct 1999 as in force immediately before the commencement.\nNTLC Director means the Director as defined in section 3 of the\nNTLC Act.\nold legislation means the NTLC Act and this Act, as in force\nimmediately before the commencement.\n","sortOrder":113},{"sectionNumber":"86","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application to NTLC Director – pending decision","content":"86 Application to NTLC Director – pending decision\n(a) an application had been made under this Act for a decision to\nbe made by the NTLC Director; but\n(b) the NTLC Director had not made a decision on the application.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 65\n(2) The application:\n(a) is taken to be an application made on the commencement for\nthe decision to be made by the Director-General; and\n(b) must be dealt with and determined in accordance with this Act\nas amended by the 2014 Amending Act.\nNote for section 86\nThe Director-General's decision on the application will be a decision made after\nthe commencement and may therefore be a reviewable decision or a decision to\nwhich Part 3 of the Licensing (Director-General) Act 2014 applies.\n87 New review regime applies to post-commencement decisions\nPart 5B applies only in relation to decisions made after the\ncommencement.\n88 Review of pre-commencement decision – application not yet\nmade\n(a) a decision had been made under this Act and the period for\napplying for a review of the decision under the Gaming Control\n(Commission Procedures) Regulations 1995, as then in force,\nhad not expired; but\n(b) an application for a review of the decision had not been made.\n(2) A person who would have been entitled to apply for a review of the\ndecision under the old legislation may do so under the old\nlegislation, as if the 2014 Acts had not commenced.\n(3) The Commission must review the decision in accordance with the\nold legislation as if the 2014 Acts had not commenced.\n","sortOrder":114},{"sectionNumber":"89","sectionType":"section","heading":"Review of pre-commencement decision – application made","content":"89 Review of pre-commencement decision – application made\n(a) an application had been made under the Gaming Control\n(Commission Procedures) Regulations 1995, as then in force,\nfor a review of a decision made under this Act; but\n(b) the Commission had not completed the review.\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 66\n(2) The Commission must complete the review in accordance with the\nold legislation as if the 2014 Acts had not commenced.\n","sortOrder":115},{"sectionNumber":"90","sectionType":"section","heading":"Continuation of ongoing documents and things","content":"90 Continuation of ongoing documents and things\n(1) This section applies if:\n(a) before the commencement, a power or function was conferred\nby this Act on the Commission or NTLC Director; and\n(b) on the commencement, the power or function (or a\nsubstantially similar power or function) is conferred on the\n(2) On the commencement, an ongoing document continues with the\nsame force and effect as if it had been issued by, or given to, the\n(3) On the commencement, an ongoing thing continues with the same\nforce and effect as if it had been done by, or in relation to, the\n(4) This section applies subject to the other provisions of this Division\nand Part 5, Division 2 of the Licensing (Director-General) Act 2014.\n(5) In this section, a reference to something done before the\ncommencement includes a reference to something done after the\ncommencement in accordance with this Division as if it had been\ndone before the commencement.\n(6) In this section:\nongoing document means a document that:\n(a) was issued by, or given to, the Commission or NTLC Director\nbefore the commencement in or for the exercise of the power\nor performance of the function; and\n(b) immediately before the commencement, had ongoing effect.\nongoing thing means a thing that:\n(a) was done by, or in relation to, the Commission or NTLC\nDirector before the commencement in or for the exercise of\nthe power or performance of the function; and\n(b) immediately before the commencement, had ongoing effect.\n\n","sortOrder":116},{"sectionNumber":"Div 5","sectionType":"division","heading":"Transitional matters for Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017","content":"Division 5 Transitional matters for Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017\nGaming Control Act 1993 67\n","sortOrder":117},{"sectionNumber":"91","sectionType":"section","heading":"Protection of NTLC Director continues","content":"91 Protection of NTLC Director continues\nDespite the amendment made to section 79 by the 2014 Amending\nAct, that section continues to apply to the NTLC Director as if the\n2014 Amendment Act had not commenced.\nDivision 4 Transitional matters for Statute Law Amendment\n(Directors' Liability) Act 2015\n92 Offences – before and after commencement\n(1) Section 72, as inserted by the Statute Law Amendment (Directors'\nLiability) Act 2015, (the new section) applies in relation to a\nrelevant offence committed by a body corporate after the\ncommencement of Part 2, Division 14 of that Act (the\ncommencement) only if:\n(a) all the conduct constituting the relevant offence occurred after\nthe commencement; and\n(b) all the conduct of the executive officer constituting the offence\nagainst the new section occurred after the commencement.\n(2) Section 72, as in force before the commencement:\n(a) continues to apply in relation to offences committed by a\ncorporation before the commencement; and\n(b) applies in relation to relevant offences committed by a body\ncorporate after the commencement to which, as a result of\nsubsection (1), the new section does not apply.\nDivision 5 Transitional matters for Revenue and Other\nLegislation Amendment Act 2017\n","sortOrder":118},{"sectionNumber":"93","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of amendments","content":"93 Application of amendments\nThe amendments made to sections 68D(2) and 84(1)(a) by the\nRevenue and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 apply, and\nare taken to have applied, on and after 1 July 2015.\n\nDivision 6 Transitional matters for Licensing (Director-General) Repeal Act 2020\nGaming Control Act 1993 68\nDivision 6 Transitional matters for Licensing\n(Director-General) Repeal Act 2020\n94 Definitions\nIn this Part:\ncommencement means the commencement of section 3 of the\nLicensing (Director-General) Repeal Act 2020.\nDirector-General means the Director-General of Licensing\nappointed under the repealed Act before its repeal.\nrepealed Act means the Licensing (Director-General) Act 2014.\n","sortOrder":119},{"sectionNumber":"95","sectionType":"section","heading":"Applications to be decided by Director","content":"95 Applications to be decided by Director\nIf an application is made to the Director-General for a decision to be\nmade under this Act but the decision is not made before the\ncommencement, the application must be decided by the Director as\nif it was made to the Director.\n","sortOrder":120},{"sectionNumber":"96","sectionType":"section","heading":"Director to complete delegate decision reviews","content":"96 Director to complete delegate decision reviews\nIf an application is made to the Director-General for a review under\n","sortOrder":121},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"of the repealed Act of a delegate decision made under this","content":"Part 3 of the repealed Act of a delegate decision made under this\nAct, but the review is not completed before the commencement, the\nreview must be conducted by the Director as if the application was\nmade to the Director.\n","sortOrder":122},{"sectionNumber":"97","sectionType":"section","heading":"Continuation of instruments, appointments, documents etc.","content":"97 Continuation of instruments, appointments, documents etc.\n(1) A statutory instrument or other instrument, an appointment, an\napproved form or any other document made or issued by the\nDirector-General under this Act or the repealed Act before the\ncommencement continues in force and is taken after the\ncommencement to have been made or issued by the Director.\n(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a delegation by the Director-General\nunder this Act or the repealed Act in force immediately before the\ncommencement is taken after the commencement to be a\ndelegation by the Director and continues in force until amended or\nrevoked under this Act.\n\nDivision 7 Transitional matters for Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2025\nGaming Control Act 1993 69\nDivision 7 Transitional matters for Revenue Legislation\nAmendment Act 2025\n98 Definitions\namending Act means the Revenue Legislation Amendment\nAct 2025.\ncommencement means the commencement of the amending Act.\n","sortOrder":123},{"sectionNumber":"99","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of section 47M","content":"99 Application of section 47M\n(1) Section 47M, as inserted by the amending Act, applies to a\nLicensee who is party to an agreement (an existing type 1\nagreement) that:\n(a) was entered into with the Minister under section 47C before\nthe commencement and remains in force on the\ncommencement; and\n(b) relates to the conduct of an internet gaming business by the\nLicensee that would, after the commencement, be a type 1\nbusiness as defined in section 47A.\n(2) From the commencement, a provision of the existing type 1\nagreement that requires the Licensee to pay tax is taken to require\nthe Licensee to pay tax at the rate mentioned in section 47M(4).\n","sortOrder":124},{"sectionNumber":"100","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of section 47N","content":"100 Application of section 47N\n(1) Section 47N applies to a Licensee who is party to an agreement (an\nexisting type 2 agreement) that:\n(a) was entered into with the Minister under section 47C before\nthe commencement and remains in force on the\ncommencement; and\n(b) relates to the conduct of an internet gaming business by the\nLicensee that would, after the commencement, be a type 2\nbusiness as defined in section 47A.\n(2) From the commencement, the provisions of the existing type 2\nagreement are taken to be varied as follows:\n(a) a provision that requires the Licensee to pay tax is taken to\nrequire the Licensee to pay tax calculated in accordance with\nsection 47N;\n\n","sortOrder":125},{"sectionNumber":"Div 7","sectionType":"division","heading":"Transitional matters for Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2025","content":"Division 7 Transitional matters for Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2025\nGaming Control Act 1993 70\n(b) in a provision that relates to the giving of returns or other\ndocuments:\n(i) a reference to Gross Revenue is taken to mean gross\nrevenue as defined in section 47N(6); and\n(ii) a reference to Net Revenue is taken to mean net\nrevenue as defined in section 47N(6).\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 71\nsection 81\n","sortOrder":126},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"PART 1\nCasino Licensing and Control Act 1984 No. 22, 1984\nCasino Licensing and Control Amendment Act 1989 No. 56, 1989\nCasino Licensing and Control Amendment Act 1991 No. 20, 1991\n","sortOrder":127},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"PART 2\nLotteries and Gaming Act 1982 No. 32, 1982\nLotteries and Gaming Amendment Act 1983 No. 51, 1983\nLotteries and Gaming Amendment Act 1984 No. 25, 1984\nLotteries and Gaming Amendment Act 1985 No. 4, 1985\nLotteries and Gaming Amendment Act 1986 No. 41, 1986\nLotteries and Gaming Amendment Act 1990 No. 11, 1990\nLotteries and Gaming Amendment Act 1991 No. 7, 1991\nLotteries and Gaming Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991 No. 21, 1991\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 72\n1 KEY Key to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nGaming Control Act 1993 (Act No. 56, 1993)\nAssent date 5 October 1993\nCommenced 1 November 1993 (Gaz S87, 11 November 1993)\nGaming Control Amendment Act 1994 (Act No. 61, 1994)\nAssent date 24 October 1994\nCommenced 24 October 1994\nGaming Control Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994 (Act No. 66, 1994)\nAssent date 23 November 1994\nCommenced 23 November 1994\nFinancial Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 1995 (Act No. 5, 1995)\nAssent date 21 March 1995\nCommenced 1 April 1995 (s 2, s 2 Financial Management 1995 (Act No. 4,\n1995) and Gaz S13, 31 March 1995)\nGaming Control Amendment Act 1995 (Act No. 32, 1995)\nAssent date 25 August 1995\nCommenced 1 September 1995 (Gaz S31, 1 September 1995)\nGaming Control Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995 (Act No. 44, 1995)\nAssent date 15 November 1995\nCommenced 19 December 1995 (s 2, s 2 Gaming Machine Act 1995 (Act\nNo. 50, 1995) and Gaz S43, 19 December 1995)\nSentencing (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 (Act No. 17, 1996)\nAssent date 19 April 1996\nCommenced 1 July 1996 (s 2, s 2 Sentencing Act 1995 (Act No. 39, 1995)\nand Gaz S15, 13 June 1996)\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 73\nGaming Control Amendment Act 1998 (Act No. 38, 1998)\nAssent date 27 May 1998\nCommenced 27 May 1998\nStatute Law Revision Act 1999 (Act No. 27, 1999)\nAssent date 18 June 1999\nCommenced 18 June 1999\nGaming Control Amendment Act 1999 (Act No. 68, 1999)\nAssent date 17 December 1999\nCommenced 14 February 2000 (s 2, s 2 Northern Territory Licensing\nCommission Act 1999 (Act No. 67, 1999) and Gaz G5,\n","sortOrder":128},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"February 2000, p 6)","content":"9 February 2000, p 6)\nGaming Control Amendment Act 2002 (Act No. 56, 2002)\nAssent date 10 October 2002\nCommenced 8 January 2003 (Gaz G1, 8 January 2003, p 2)\nStatute Law Revision Act 2004 (Act No. 18, 2004)\nAssent date 15 March 2004\nCommenced 5 May 2004 (s 2(1), s 2 Associations Act 2003 (Act No. 56,\n2003) and Gaz G18, 5 May 2004, p 2)\nGaming Control Amendment Act 2004 (Act No. 44, 2004)\nAssent date 14 July 2004\nCommenced 1 September 2004 (Gaz G35, 1 September, p 8)\nPolice Administration Amendment (Powers and Liability) Act 2005 (Act No. 11, 2005)\nAssent date 17 March 2005\nCommenced 20 April 2005 (Gaz G16, 20 April 2005, p 5)\nStatute Law Revision Act 2007 (Act No. 4, 2007)\nAssent date 8 March 2007\nCommenced 8 March 2007\nRevenue Law Reform (Budget Initiatives) Act 2008 (Act No. 23, 2008)\nAssent date 30 June 2008\nCommenced pt 1, ss 3, 12(1), 18 and 19: 1 January 2008;\nss 7, 10 and 11(1): 6 May 2008; rem: 1 July 2008 (s 2)\nStatute Law Revision Act 2009 (Act No. 25, 2009)\nAssent date 1 September 2009\nCommenced 16 September 2009 (Gaz G37, 16 September 2009, p 3)\nPersonal Property Securities (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2010\n(Act No. 30, 2010)\nAssent date 9 September 2010\nCommenced ss 58 to 60: 30 January 2012 (Gaz, S2, 24 January 2012);\nrem: 25 November 2011 (Gaz,S68, 25 November 2011)\nPenalties Amendment (Justice and Treasury Legislation) Act 2010 (Act No. 38, 2010)\nAssent date 18 November 2010\nCommenced 1 February 2011 (Gaz S6, 1 February 2011)\nRevenue Legislation Amendment Act 2012 (Act No. 20, 2012)\nAssent date 30 June 2012\nCommenced 1 July 2012 (s 2)\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 74\nLicensing (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 (Act No. 44, 2014)\nAssent date 5 December 2014\nCommenced 1 January 2015 (Gaz S130, 19 December 2014, p 2)\nRevenue and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (Act No. 18, 2015)\nAssent date 23 June 2015\nCommenced pt 2 and pt 5, divs 1 to 4: 28 April 2015; pts 3 and 4, pt 5,\ndivs 5 to 8 and pt 6: 1 July 2015; rem: 23 June 2015 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2015 (Act No. 26, 2015)\nAssent date 18 September 2015\nCommenced 14 October 2015 (Gaz G41, 14 October 2015, p 3)\nRevenue and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (Act No. 13, 2017)\nAssent date 27 June 2017\nCommenced 1 July 2017 (s 2)\nGaming Control Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 15, 2018)\nAssent date 17 August 2018\nCommenced 31 August 2018 (Gaz S69, 31 August 2018)\nLiquor Act 2019 (Act No. 29, 2019)\nAssent date 3 September 2019\nCommenced 1 October 2019 (Gaz G39, 25 September 2019, p 2)\nLicensing (Director-General) Repeal Act 2020 (Act No. 4, 2020)\nAssent date 9 March 2020\nCommenced 14 April 2020 (Gaz G13, 1 April 2020, p 2)\nStatute Law Revision Act 2020 (Act No. 26, 2020)\nAssent date 19 November 2020\nCommenced 20 November 2020\nRacing and Wagering Act 2024 (Act No. 8, 2024)\nAssent date 9 April 2024\nCommenced 1 July 2024 (Gaz G13, 20 June 2024, p 1)\nJustice and Other Legislation Further Amendment Act 2024 (Act No. 9, 2024)\nAssent date 24 May 2024\nCommenced pt 4: 1 July 2024 (s 2(2)), s 2 Health Care Decision Making\nAct 2023 (Act No. 19, 2023) and Gaz G13, 20 June 2024,\np 2); pts 9 and 10: 1 July 2024 (s 2(3)); pt 8: nc;\nrem: 25 May 2024 (s 2(1))\nRevenue Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (Act No. 17, 2025)\nAssent date 26 June 2025\nCommenced 1 July 2025 (s 2 and s 2 Payroll Tax Amendment Act 2025\n(Act No. 1, 2025))\nGaming Control Amendment (Community Benefit Fund) Act 2025 (Act No. 24, 2025)\nAssent date 12 September 2025\nCommenced 1 March 2026 (Gaz G4, 26 February 2026, p 2)\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 75\n3 SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS\ns 7 Gaming Control Amendment Act 1999 (Act No. 68, 1999)\nss 10 and 11 Gaming Control Amendment Act 2002 (Act No. 56, 2002)\n4 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: ss 1, 2, 3, 27, 28, 32, 35, 35A,\n54, 68, 68B, 68C, 68CC, 68CD, 68D, 71, 79, 80, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89 and 90.\n5 LIST OF AMENDMENTS\ns 2A ins No. 44, 2004, s 4\ns 3 amd No. 61, 1994, s 2; No. 66, 1994, s 3; No. 32, 1995, s 3; No. 44, 1995,\ns 3; No. 38, 1998, s 3; No. 68, 1999, s 4; No. 56, 2002, s 4; No. 18, 2004, s 3;\nNo. 44, 2014, s 4; No. 15, 2018, s 4; No. 29, 2019, s 352; No. 4, 2020, s 5;\nNo. 26, 2020, s 3; No. 17, 2025, s 4; No. 24, 2025, s 4\ns 3A ins No. 44, 1995, s 4\ns 3B ins No. 4, 2020, s 6\ns 4 amd No. 68, 1999, s 5; No. 44, 2014, s 5; No. 4, 2020, s 7\nss 5 – 7 rep No. 68, 1999, s 6\nins No. 4, 2020, s 8\nss 8 – 12 rep No. 68, 1999, s 6\ns 13 rep No. 44, 2014, s 6\ns 14 rep No. 68, 1999, s 6\nins No. 44, 2004, s 5\namd No. 4, 2020, s 9\ns 15 amd No. 38, 2010, s 3; No. 4, 2020, s 10; No. 9, 2024, s 42\ns 16 amd No. 44, 2004, s 6\ns 17 amd No. 32, 1995, s 4; No. 44, 2004, s 7; No. 26, 2015, s 43\ns 18 amd No. 32, 1995, s 5\ns 20 amd No. 17, 1996, s 6; No. 20, 2012, s 7; No. 18, 2015, s 7; No. 26, 2015,\ns 44; No. 4, 2020, s 14\ns 20A ins No. 30, 2010, s 36\ns 23 amd No. 18, 2015, s 8\ns 24 sub No. 20, 2012, s 8\namd No. 18, 2015, s 9\ns 25 amd No. 23, 2008, s 21\nrep No. 20, 2012, s 8\nss 26 – 27 amd No. 4, 2020, s 14\ns 31 amd No. 4, 2020, s 14\ns 32 sub No. 29, 2019, s 353\ns 33 amd No. 44, 2004, s 8; No. 4, 2020, s 14\ns 35 amd No. 29, 2019, s 354; No. 4, 2020, s 14\npt 3\ndiv 3 hdg ins No. 18, 2015, s 10\ns 35A ins No. 18, 2015, s 10\ns 37A ins No. 61, 1994, s.3\ns 38 amd No. 66, 1994, s 4\ns 38A ins No. 44, 2004, s 9\ns 38B ins No. 20, 2012, s 9\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 76\ns 40 amd No. 56, 2002, s 5; No. 44, 2004, s 10; No. 4, 2007, s 7; No. 26, 2015,\ns 45; No. 4, 2020, s 14\npt 4\ndiv 3 hdg rep No. 44, 2004, s 11\nss 41 – 42 rep No. 44, 2004, s 11\ns 43 amd No. 5, 1995, s 19; No. 44, 1995, s 5; No. 27, 1999, s 15\ns 44 amd No. 5, 1995, s 19\nss 45 – 46 rep No. 44, 2004, s 11\npt 4\ndiv 4 hdg ins No. 66, 1994, s 5\ns 46A ins No. 66, 1994, s 5\ns 46B ins No. 66, 1994, s 5\namd No. 44, 2004, s 12\ns 46C ins No. 66, 1994, s 5\namd No. 44, 2004, s 13; No. 26, 2015, s 46\nss 46D – 46E ins No. 66, 1994, s 5\ns 46F ins No. 66, 1994, s 5\namd No. 20, 2012, s 10; No. 26, 2015, s 47; No. 4, 2020, s 14\nss 46G – 46L ins No. 66, 1994, s 5\ns 46M ins No. 66, 1994, s 5\nsub No. 20, 2012, s 11\ns 46N ins No. 66, 1994, s 5\namd No. 23, 2008, s 21\nrep No. 20, 2012, s 11\nss 46P – 46Q ins No. 66, 1994, s 5\ns 46R ins No. 30, 2010, s 36\npt 4\ndiv 5 hdg ins No. 38, 1998, s 4\ns 47A ins No. 38, 1998, s 4\nsub No. 17, 2025, s 5\ns 47AB ins No. 17, 2025, s 6\ns 47B ins No. 38, 1998, s 4\namd No. 44, 2004, s 14\ns 47C ins No. 38, 1998, s 4\namd No. 44, 2004, s 15; No. 26, 2015, s 48\ns 47D ins No. 38, 1998, s 4\namd No. 17, 2025, s 6\ns 47E ins No. 38, 1998, s 4\ns 47F ins No. 38, 1998, s 4\namd No. 20, 2012, s 12; No. 26, 2015, s 49; No. 4, 2020, s 14\nss 47G – 47L ins No. 38, 1998, s 4\ns 47M ins No. 38, 1998, s 4\nsub No. 20, 2012, s 13\nsub No. 17, 2025, s 7\ns 47N ins No. 38, 1998, s 4\namd No. 23, 2008, s 21\nrep No. 20, 2012, s 13\nins No. 17, 2025, s 7\nss 47P – 47Q ins No. 38, 1998, s 4\ns 47R ins No. 30, 2010, s 36\ns 48 amd No. 25, 2009, s 10; No. 4, 2020, s 14\ns 49 amd No. 4, 2020, s 14\ns 50 amd No. 5, 1995, s 19\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 77\ns 51 amd No. 4, 2020, s 14\ns 53 amd No. 4, 2020, s 14\ns 54 amd No. 8, 2024, s 326\ns 68 amd No. 17, 1996, s 6; No. 4, 2020, s 14\npt 5A hdg ins No. 56, 2002, s 7\namd No. 15, 2018, s 5\ns 68A ins No. 56, 2002, s 7\namd No. 15, 2018, s 6; No. 4, 2020, s 14; No. 24, 2025, s 5\ns 68B ins No. 56, 2002, s 7\nsub No. 15, 2018, s 7\namd No. 4, 2020, s 14; No. 24, 2025, s 6\ns 68C ins No. 56, 2002, s 7\namd No. 44, 2014, s 7; No. 18, 2015, s 11; No. 15, 2018, s 8; No. 4, 2020,\ns 14; No. 24, 2025, s 6\npt 5B hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 8\nsub No. 4, 2020, s 11\nss 68CA –\n68CD ins No. 44, 2014, s 8\nsub No. 4, 2020, s 11\nss 68CE –\n68CH ins No. 4, 2020, s 11\ns 68D ins No. 20, 2012, s 14\namd No. 13, 2017, s 4; No. 17, 2025, s 8\ns 71 amd No. 5, 1995, s 19; No. 44, 2004, s 16; No. 23, 2008, s 21\ns 72 amd No. 17, 1996, s 6\nsub No. 26, 2015, s 50\ns 74 amd No. 66, 1994, s 6; No. 17, 1996, s 6; No. 38, 1998, s 5; No. 38, 2010, s 3\ns 75 amd No. 17, 1996, s 6\nss 76 – 77 amd No. 4, 2020, s 14\ns 78 amd No. 56, 2002, s 8; No. 4, 2020, s 14\ns 79 amd No. 11, 2005, s 22, No. 4, 2020, s 12\ns 79A ins No. 44, 2004, s 17\namd No. 38, 2010, s 3\ns 80 amd No. 61, 1994, s 4; No. 66, 1994, s 7; No. 38, 1998, s 6; No. 27, 1999,\ns 15; No. 56, 2002, s 9; No. 44, 2004, s 18; No. 38, 2010, s 3; No. 44, 2014,\ns 9; No. 18, 2015, s 12; No. 4, 2020, s 14\npt 7 hdg ins No. 20, 2012, s 15\npt 7\ndiv 1 hdg ins No. 20, 2012, s 15\npt 7\ndiv 2 hdg ins No. 20, 2012, s 16\ns 83 ins No. 20, 2012, s 16\ns 84 ins No. 20, 2012, s 16\namd No. 13, 2017, s 5\npt 7\ndiv 3 hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 10\npt 7\nsdiv 1 hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 10\ns 85 ins No. 44, 2014, s 10\npt 7\nsdiv 2 hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 10\ns 86 ins No. 44, 2014, s 10\npt 7\nsdiv 3 hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 10\nss 87 – 89 ins No. 44, 2014, s 10\n\nGaming Control Act 1993 78\npt 7\nsdiv 4 hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 10\nss 90 – 91 ins No. 44, 2014, s 10\npt 7\ndiv 4 hdg ins No. 26, 2015, s 51\ns 92 ins No. 26, 2015, s 51\npt 7\ndiv 5 hdg ins No. 13, 2017, s 6\ns 93 ins No. 13, 2017, s 6\npt 7\ndiv 6 hdg ins No. 4, 2020, s 13\nss 94 – 97 ins No4 4, 2020, s 13\npt 7\ndiv 7 hdg ins No. 17, 2025, s 9\nss 98 – 100 ins No. 17, 2025, s 9","sortOrder":129}],"analysis":{"summary":{"name":"Gaming Control Act 1993","slug":"gaming-control-act-1993","title_id":"gaming-control-act-1993","version_id":30135,"analysis_type":"summary","content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Full in-force Northern Territory Act with 7 Parts, multiple Divisions and Subdivisions, a Schedule of repealed Acts, and extensive endnotes. Source text includes the table of contents and endnotes with amendment history."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple distinct licensing regimes within one Act: casinos, lotteries, mail order lotteries, internet gaming","Agreement-based licensing model requires cross-referencing licence terms and statutory provisions","Tax treatment for internet gaming businesses changed in 2025 with transitional application rules","Community Benefit Fund distribution involves Director recommendations and Minister approval","Extensive amendment history over 30 years with seven sets of transitional provisions in Part 7"],"plain_english_summary":"The Gaming Control Act 1993 (NT) is the Northern Territory's principal statute for licensing and regulating casinos, lotteries, and internet gaming. It replaced earlier casino and lotteries legislation and has been amended extensively, most recently in 2025.\n\nThe Act establishes the Director of Gaming Control as the central regulator, giving the Director broad functions: regulating gaming in the public interest, investigating licence applicants and existing licensees for suitability and probity, monitoring compliance, reviewing complaints, and recommending to the Minister on games that may be played in a casino. A team of gaming inspectors, appointed by the Director under section 15, carries out on-the-ground enforcement.\n\nFor casinos, the regime works by agreement: the Minister negotiates and enters into a casino agreement with a prospective operator under section 17, assessing character, financial soundness, corporate structure, and the fitness of all key persons. A casino licence is then granted under section 18 for the period specified in the agreement. Licences may be cancelled or suspended by the Minister for failures to comply with Territory law, licence conditions, or ministerial directions, or for conduct that brings the licence into disrepute.\n\nFor lotteries, the Act distinguishes approved associations conducting their own lotteries, agreement-based lotteries, trade lotteries, foreign lotteries, mail order lottery businesses, and internet gaming. Each category has its own licensing, agreement, fees, and compliance regime. Internet gaming businesses are divided into type 1 and type 2 businesses, with different tax treatment introduced in 2025.\n\nThe Community Benefit Fund (Part 5A), maintained in the Agency's Operating Account, receives gaming machine community benefit levies, unclaimed prizes, and forfeitures. The Fund supports problem gambling research, community education, and community grants.\n\nReview of decisions follows a two-stage model under Part 5B: initial review by the Director of delegate decisions, then application to the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NTCAT). Major offences attract a maximum penalty of 85 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"provider":"moonshot","completionTokens":3297},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":8,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Originally enacted in 1993 to consolidate the Casino Licensing and Control Act 1984 and Lotteries and Gaming Act 1982, the legislation has expanded significantly beyond its original casino and lottery focus. It now regulates internet gaming (added 1998, substantially amended 2025 to include complex tax formulas), mail order lotteries (added 1994), and incorporates a comprehensive Community Benefit Fund scheme (added 2002, restructured 2018) for harm minimization and community grants. The Act has also absorbed complex taxation administration machinery from the Taxation Administration Act 2007 and multiple layers of transitional provisions reflecting over 30 years of amendments, transforming it from a simple licensing statute into a sophisticated economic and social regulatory framework."},"complexity_factors":["Length and structure: Over 100 sections across 7 Parts with multiple Divisions and Subdivisions, plus 7 separate transitional divisions tracking amendments from 1993 to 2025.","Extensive cross-referencing: Heavy reliance on external legislation including the Gaming Machine Act 1995, Taxation Administration Act 2007, Personal Property Securities Act 2009, and Liquor Act 2019, whose provisions are 'read into' this Act.","Multiple parallel licensing regimes: Distinct and detailed systems for casinos (Part 3), mail order lotteries (Part 4 Division 4), internet gaming (Part 4 Division 5 with separate Type 1 and Type 2 business categories), and gaming machine permits (Part 5).","Complex tax calculations: Section 47N contains a mathematical formula (TA = (R x 0.5) - A) for calculating internet gaming tax involving net revenue, gross revenue, and GST offset calculations.","Dense definitions: Approximately 30+ defined terms in section 3, with context-dependent meanings (e.g., 'agreement' has different implications for casinos versus lotteries).","Nested exceptions: Provisions regarding 'unlawful games' (Part 5 Division 2) contain multiple layered exceptions (e.g., two-up on Anzac Day, games at racing venues outside specific geographic radii).","Transitional labyrinth: Part 7 contains elaborate machinery to preserve decisions made under previous versions of the Act, convert old licences to new ones, and apply amendments retrospectively or prospectively depending on the date.","Conditional liability provisions: Executive officer liability (section 72) includes multiple statutory defences and specific factors courts must consider when determining if an officer took 'reasonable steps'."],"plain_english_summary":"This is the Northern Territory's main law for regulating gambling, covering everything from casinos and lotteries to online betting and gaming machines.\n\n**Who it affects**\n*   **Businesses**: Anyone wanting to run a casino, lottery (including scratch tickets, mail-order, or online betting), or operate gaming machines needs a licence or permit from the Minister. They must enter into detailed agreements setting out fees, taxes, and operating rules.\n*   **The Regulator**: The **Director of Gaming Control** (an appointed official) polices the industry, investigates whether operators are suitable people (\"fit and proper\"), and ensures compliance.\n*   **Players**: People who gamble, with strict bans on minors (under 18s) entering casino gaming areas.\n\n**What it does**\n*   **Licensing and Agreements**: Creates a system where the Minister can grant licences for casinos, internet gaming businesses (distinguishing between \"Type 1\" direct gaming and \"Type 2\" ticket resale businesses), and lotteries. These licences rely on detailed contracts between the operator and the government.\n*   **Investigations and Entry**: Gives the Director and appointed **gaming inspectors** broad powers to enter gambling venues at any time, inspect financial records, and investigate the character and financial stability of applicants.\n*   **Prohibitions**: Bans \"unlawful games\" (unlicensed gambling) and unlicensed gaming machines, though it allows exceptions for approved charitable activities like bingo or calcuttas (sweepstakes).\n*   **Taxes and Levies**: Requires operators to pay fees, taxes, and special levies—including a complex tax calculation for internet gaming involving GST offsets (a mathematical formula), and a community benefit levy on gaming machines.\n*   **Community Benefit Fund**: Establishes a dedicated fund using gambling revenue to pay for problem gambling research, counseling services, and community grants for not-for-profit organisations.\n*   **Enforcement**: Allows police and inspectors to search premises, seize equipment used for illegal gambling, detain suspected cheats, and shut down gaming tables that breach rules.\n*   **Review of Decisions**: Gives people affected by licensing decisions the right to have them reviewed first by the Director, and then by the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NTCAT) if they remain unhappy.\n\n**Why it matters**\nThe Act attempts to balance allowing gambling as a legitimate business with protecting the community. It aims to keep criminal elements out of the industry, ensure games are honest and fair, minimise gambling harm, and ensure the industry contributes financially to community benefits."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/gaming-control-act-1993","history":"/api/acts/gaming-control-act-1993/history","analysis":"/api/acts/gaming-control-act-1993/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/gaming-control-act-1993/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/gaming-control-act-1993/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/gaming-control-act-1993/documents"}}