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Gaming Control Act 1993
68ACommunity Benefit Fund
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68A Community Benefit Fund
(1) The Director must maintain in the Agency's Operating Account a
fund to be known as the Community Benefit Fund.
(2) Money in the Community Benefit Fund is to be applied for the
following purposes:
(a) research into gambling activity, including the social and
economic impact of gambling on individuals, families and the
community;
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(b) promotion of community awareness and education in respect
of problem gambling and provision of counselling,
rehabilitation and support services for problem gamblers and
their families in the Territory;
(c) funding of the following benefits:
(i) grants for community projects and services of benefit to
communities throughout the Territory;
(ii) capital works or improvements to land or a building,
structure or erection owned by the Territory that is
occupied by a not-for-profit organisation for the purpose
of delivering community projects and services of benefit
to communities throughout the Territory;
(d) management and administrative support of the Fund.
(3) The Minister may from time to time approve guidelines for this Part
to be known as the Community Benefit Fund Guidelines.
(4) The Minister may determine the following in the Guidelines for the
purposes mentioned in subsection (2)(c):
(a) the maximum amount of a major benefit;
(b) the maximum amount of a minor benefit.
(5) Subsection (4) does not limit any other matters the Minister may
determine in the Guidelines.
(6) The Guidelines must be published on the Agency's website as soon
as practicable after they are made.
(7) In this section:
not-for-profit organisation means a body corporate that is
registered, or eligible for registration, under the Australian Charities
and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth).