Gaming Machine Act 1995
24Application for gaming machine licence
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24 Application for gaming machine licence (1) An application for a gaming machine licence may be made by the (a) a body corporate that holds a liquor licence with a club authority; (b) the holder of a liquor licence with a public bar authority; (c) the holder of a liquor licence with a wayside inn authority; (d) the holder of a liquor licence with an authority prescribed by regulation; (e) a body corporate that has applied to become the holder of a licence and an authority referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d); (f) an individual who has applied to become the holder of a licence and an authority referred to in paragraphs (b) and (d). (2) An application under this section may be made only in relation to, if the application is made by an applicant referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c), the premises specified in the applicant's liquor licence, or referred to in subsection (1)(d) or (e), the premises specified in the applicant's application for a liquor (3) An application under this section: (a) shall be made in the form determined by the Director; (b) shall be signed by the applicant or, in the case of an application by a body corporate, shall be executed under the common seal of the body corporate and signed by 2 executive officers of the body corporate authorised in that behalf by the body corporate or in such other way as the Director allows; (c) shall state the full name, address and date of birth of the applicant or, in the case of an application by a body corporate, the full name, address and date of birth of the secretary and each executive officer of the body corporate;
Gaming Machine Act 1995 19 (d) in the case of an application by a body corporate, shall be (i) a copy of the certificate of incorporation of the body corporate; (ii) a copy of the constitution or other incorporating documents of the body corporate in force at the time of making the application certified as a true copy by the secretary of the body corporate or other person properly authorised in that behalf by the body corporate and, in the case of the constitution of a club that is an incorporated association within the meaning of the Associations Act 2003, certified as a true copy by the Director as defined in section 4 of that Act; (iii) a copy of the resolution or minute of the proceedings of the governing body of the body corporate by which approval was given for the application to be made, certified as a true copy by the person certifying the copy of the matters referred to in subparagraph (ii); and (iv) a copy of the last audited balance sheet or statement of the financial affairs of the body corporate; (e) shall be accompanied by, in the case of an application by a club: (i) a statement detailing the number of members in each class of membership of the club; (ii) a statement detailing the hours and days when the club's premises are open for the sale of liquor; and (iii) a statutory declaration by the principal executive officer that the applicable constitution or by-laws of the club: (A) have been complied with in making the application; and (B) do not prohibit the playing of gaming machines on the premises to which the application relates; (f) shall be accompanied by: (i) if the application is made by an applicant referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c), evidence, satisfactory to the Director, of the liquor licence held for the premises to which the application relates; or