{"id":"sr:subordinate-legislation-casino-control-fees-regulations-2015-extension-regulations-2025","name":"Subordinate Legislation (Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025","slug":"subordinate-legislation-casino-control-fees-regulations-2015-extension-regulations-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":181470,"registerId":"vic-sr:subordinate-legislation-casino-control-fees-regulations-2015-extension-regulations-2025-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Subordinate Legislation (Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025","content":"Version No. 001\n\n**Subordinate Legislation (Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025**\n\n**S.R. No. 19/2025**\n\nVersion as at  \n15 April 2025\n\n**TABLE OF PROVISIONS**\n\n*Regulation Page*\n\n1 Objective 1\n\n2 Authorising provisions 1\n\n3 Extension of operation 1\n\n4 Revocation 1\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes 2\n\n1 General information 2\n\n2 Table of Amendments 4\n\n3 Explanatory details 5\n\n**Version No.** **001**\n\n**Subordinate Legislation (Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025**\n\n**S.R. No. 19/2025**\n\nVersion as at  \n15 April 2025\n\n\t1 Objective\n\nThe objective of these Regulations is to extend the operation of the Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015, which would otherwise be revoked by virtue of section 5(1) of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**, for the period specified in regulation 3.\n\n\t2 Authorising provisions\n\nThese Regulations are made under sections 5A and 28 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**.\n\n\t3 Extension of operation\n\nThe operation of the Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015[[1]](#endnote-1) is extended for the period beginning on 20 April 2025 and ending on 19 April 2026.\n\n\t4 Revocation\n\nThese Regulations are **revoked** on 20 April 2026.\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\nThe Subordinate Legislation (Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025, S.R. No. 19/2025 were made on 15 April 2025 by the Governor in Council under sections 5A and 28 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**, No. 104/1994 and came into operation on 15 April 2025.\n\nThe Subordinate Legislation (Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025 will be revoked on 20 April 2026: see regulation 4.\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nThis includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.  \nSee section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nSee section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after  \n1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThere are no amendments made to the Subordinate Legislation (Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.\n\n3 Explanatory details\n\n1. Reg. 3: S.R. No. 27/2015. [↑](#endnote-ref-1)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the substantive scope or content of the Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015. It purely extends the operative period for one year (20 April 2025–19 April 2026) and then revokes itself. In other words, the scope remains aligned with the original 2015 instrument; this measure only delays any change, review or replacement of that fees regime."},"complexity_factors":["Four short regulations only (Regs 1–4).","Single substantive action: a time-limited extension of operation (Reg 3).","Direct cross-reference to the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 (authorising and automatic-revocation mechanism).","No defined terms introduced, no schedules, no nested conditions, exceptions or penalties.","Clear, discrete start and end dates; self-revocation specified (Reg 4)."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- Extends the operation of the Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015 for one year: from 20 April 2025 to 19 April 2026 (Regulation 3).\n- States that the Extension Regulations themselves are revoked on 20 April 2026 (Regulation 4).\n- Is made under sections 5A and 28 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 (Regulation 2) and records the objective of avoiding automatic revocation of the 2015 fees regulations (Regulation 1).\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- The parties who are subject to the Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015 — principally casino licensees and any other persons or bodies required by those 2015 regulations to pay fees or comply with fee-related requirements.\n- The government agency or regulator responsible for collecting those fees and enforcing the 2015 regulations.\n\n**Why it matters**\n\n- The Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 contains a rule that certain subordinate instruments are automatically revoked after a period (see section 5(1) of that Act). This Extension Regulation prevents a gap by keeping the existing 2015 fees regulations in force for a further year.\n- Mechanically, it does not change fee amounts, fee structures, obligations, exemptions or enforcement arrangements contained in the 2015 Regulations — it only prolongs their operation for the specified period.\n\n**Official rationale and a practical test of its effects**\n\n- The instrument’s stated purpose is to avoid automatic revocation of the existing fees regulations (Regulation 1). That is achieved simply by extending the operative period (Regulation 3).\n\n- Costs and incentives: there is no new compliance burden created by the Extension Regulations because they do not alter the content of the 2015 fees regulations; they maintain existing obligations and therefore preserve the associated cost stream to payers (casino licensees and others). The immediate fiscal effect is to preserve continuing fee revenue for the regulator/state under the existing settings.\n\n- Trade-offs and opportunity cost: the measure preserves the status quo for one year. That reduces short-term uncertainty for regulated parties but also delays any substantive review or amendment of the fees regime that would otherwise be achieved by replacing or revising the 2015 regulations.\n\n- Implementation risk and bureaucratic discretion: very low. The regulation is administrative — it does not create new regulatory discretion or delegations; it simply keeps an existing instrument alive under the authorising Act.\n\n- Effects on private enterprise and markets: there is no change to competitive rules, ownership, contract freedom or market-entry conditions in this instrument itself. The only effect is continuation of any cost or pricing implications that the 2015 fees regulations already impose on casino operators and related parties.\n\n**Who pays, who decides, and how behaviour changes**\n\n- Who pays: those required to pay fees under the Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015 (primarily casino licensees and other regulated entities under those regulations).\n- Who decides: the Governor in Council, acting under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994, extended the operative period by this Statutory Rule (Regulations 2 and 3).\n- Behavioural change: none introduced by this instrument beyond continuation of existing behaviour driven by the 2015 regulations (continued payment of existing fees and continued compliance).\n\n**Net practical summary**\n\nThis is a short, administrative statutory rule that keeps the existing Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015 in force for one further year to avoid an automatic lapse. It does not change the content of the fees regime, only its effective period. The primary effect is continuity of existing fee obligations and fee revenue; it also postpones any required legislative or regulatory change that might otherwise replace the 2015 regulations."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The scope has not changed from the original intent. This regulation does exactly what its title says — it extends the Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015. It does not expand, restrict, or alter the underlying fee framework; it merely preserves the status quo by preventing automatic expiry."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow and mechanical in purpose — simply extends an existing regulation's lifespan","No substantive policy changes are introduced","Requires basic understanding of how subordinate legislation sunsetting works in the ACT","The source document appears to have formatting/transcription errors (repeated and truncated text), making the precise details harder to verify","Minimal operative content — the legal effect is straightforward once the mechanism is understood"],"plain_english_summary":"This extension regulation preserves the existing Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015 by preventing their automatic expiry, so the legal basis for charging casino licence and application fees in the ACT continues unchanged.  \n\nIt mainly affects ACT casino operators (who keep paying the same fees), regulators (who retain collection powers), and the public (through continued government fee revenue); it is administrative housekeeping, not a change to fees."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly its intended function: extending the operation of the parent regulations for a fixed period. There is no scope creep — it does not modify the substantive fee rules, add new requirements, or expand coverage beyond the original Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 regulations total","No defined terms section","Zero cross-references to other legislation (except standard authorising provisions)","Single operative provision (regulation 3) with a simple date range","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward sunset clause (self-revocation in regulation 4)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short technical regulation that keeps an existing set of casino fee rules alive for another year.\n\n**What it does:**\nUnder Victorian law, most regulations automatically expire (are \"revoked\") after 10 years unless Parliament extends them. The **Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015** were due to expire on 19 April 2025. This instrument extends their life for exactly one more year — from 20 April 2025 to 19 April 2026.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Crown Casino Melbourne** (or any other licensed casino operator in Victoria) — they must keep paying fees under the existing 2015 rules\n- **The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission** — they continue collecting those fees\n- **Victorian taxpayers** — the government keeps the revenue stream flowing without interruption\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this extension, the fee regulations would vanish overnight, leaving no legal basis for the government to charge casinos licensing fees, supervision fees, or other regulatory charges. This is a \"stop-gap\" measure — it buys time for the government to either draft new permanent regulations or decide on a different regulatory approach.\n\n**Key detail:**\nThis extension regulation itself dies on 20 April 2026 (regulation 4), so if nothing else happens, the whole fee system expires then."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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