131Acceptance by Director of gaming equipment and games for

131 Acceptance by Director of gaming equipment and games for evaluation (1) Without limiting section 129 or 130, the Director may, on payment of the prescribed fee, accept gaming equipment types and games for evaluation.

Gaming Machine Act 1995 111 (2) Where the Director accepts a gaming equipment type or game for evaluation under subsection (1), the Director shall, after evaluation of the gaming equipment type or game, approve the gaming equipment type or game or reject it. (3) Where, under subsection (1), the Director accepts for evaluation a gaming equipment type or game, the Director may require the person who submitted the gaming equipment type or game to provide such additional information or material as the Director considers is necessary in order to make the evaluation. (4) Where a requirement under subsection (3) is not complied with to the satisfaction of the Director, the Director may reject the gaming equipment type or game without evaluation. (5) Where the Director accepts a gaming equipment type or game for evaluation, the Director must: (a) evaluate it; or (b) refer it to an approved evaluator for evaluation. (6) If the Director evaluates the gaming equipment type or game, the Director must approve it or reject it. (7) If an approved evaluator evaluates the gaming equipment type or game, the Director must: (a) accept the evaluator's decision to accept or reject it; or (b) refuse to accept the evaluator's decision and substitute the Director's own decision to reject or accept it. (8) The Director must notify the person who submitted a gaming equipment type or game for evaluation of the Director's decision under this section. (9) The costs and expenses incurred by the Director in obtaining an evaluation from an approved evaluator for the purposes of this section are a debt due to the Territory by the person who submitted the gaming equipment type or game for evaluation. (10) The Director may approve a person to be an evaluator for the (11) An approval under subsection (10) is subject to: (a) the conditions (if any ) that are prescribed; and

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