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Gaming Control Act 1993
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82 Savings and transitional
(1) In this section:
Casino Act means the Act repealed by section 81(1).
former Commission means the Gaming Control Commission
established by the Lotteries Act.
Lotteries Act means the Act repealed by section 81(2).
(2) On the commencement of this Act:
(a) the person who, immediately before that commencement, was
the Director of Gaming, within the meaning of the Lotteries
Act, shall be deemed to have been appointed the Director of
Gaming under this Act;
(b) a person who, immediately before that commencement, was a
member of the former Commission shall be deemed to be
appointed as a member of the Commission for the remainder
of the period for which the person was appointed under the
Lotteries Act;
(c) a person who, immediately before that commencement, was a
deputy of a member of the former Commission shall be
deemed to be appointed as the deputy of the member under
this Act;
(d) a person who, immediately before that commencement, was a
Treasury Gaming Inspector under the Casino Act shall be
deemed to have been appointed a gaming inspector under
this Act;
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(e) the Lotteries Fund and the Sports and Recreational
Development Fund established under the Lotteries Act shall
be deemed to be the Lotteries Fund and the Sports and
Recreational Development Fund required to be established
under this Act;
(f) the trust account opened for the purposes of section 37AB of
the Lotteries Act shall be deemed to be the trust account that
may be established under section 50;
(g) a licence granted under the Casino Act shall be deemed to be
a licence granted under this Act subject to the same terms and
conditions to which it was subject under the Casino Act;
(h) a permit, determination, declaration, approval, permission or
direction granted, made or given under the Lotteries Act that
was in force immediately before that commencement shall be
deemed to be a permit, determination, declaration, approval,
permission or direction granted, made or given under the
equivalent section, if any, of this Act subject to the same
terms, conditions and limitations to which it was subject under
the Lotteries Act;
(j) guidelines promulgated under the Lotteries Act that were in
force immediately before that commencement shall be
deemed to be guidelines promulgated under this Act;
(k) a game that, immediately before that commencement, was an
authorised game under the Casino Act shall be deemed to be
a game approved under this Act; and
(m) a direction under the Casino Act that was in force immediately
before that commencement shall be deemed to be a direction
given under the equivalent section, if any, of this Act.
(3) An appointment under the Lotteries Act or the Casino Act deemed
under this section to be an appointment under this Act may be
terminated in accordance with this Act.
(4) A permit, declaration, approval, permission or direction under the
Lotteries Act or a direction under the Casino Act deemed by this
section to be a permit, declaration, approval, permission or direction
under this Act may be cancelled, suspended, varied or otherwise
dealt with under this Act.
(5) On the commencement of this Act, premises specified in a licence
granted under the Casino Act shall be deemed to be a place
approved under this Act at which the Licensee may conduct the
business specified in the licence and, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in the agreement or the licence, the Minister may, in