3 Definitions
In this Act:
affected person, see section 166A.
arrangement includes a scheme, understanding, promise or
undertaking, whether express or implied.
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approved evaluator means a person who is approved as an
evaluator under section 131(10).
approved finance provider means:
(a) a financial institution that is approved as a finance provider
under section 129(1); or
(b) a person or body prescribed as a finance provider for the
associate has the meaning given by section 5.
basic monitoring service means a monitoring service that is
betting unit means the least valuable bet a player may make on a
centralised credit system means an electronic or computer
system or device that is so designed that it may be used for, or
adapted to enable, the transfer of credits of gaming tokens to or
from a gaming machine.
club means a body corporate that holds a liquor licence with a club
authority.
Community Benefit Fund means the Community Benefit Fund
maintained under section 68A of the Gaming Control Act 1993.
computer cabinet means the sealable metal cabinet in a gaming
machine which contains the game program storage medium and
the random access memory.
conduct of gaming has the meaning given by section 4.
conviction includes a finding of guilt, or the acceptance of a plea
of guilty, by a court.
current premises, for Part 3, Division 6, see section 42B(1).
delegate decision, see section 166A.
Director means the Director of Gaming Machines appointed under
section 9.
electronic monitoring system means an electronic or computer
system or device that is designed so that it may be used, or
adapted, to receive data from gaming equipment in relation to the
security, accounting or operation of gaming equipment.
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employ means to employ for fee or reward, to engage in an
honorary capacity or to engage without fee or reward.
executive officer, in relation to a body corporate, means the
chairperson, managing director or other principal executive officer
of the body corporate and every member of any executive,
governing or management body of the body corporate (by whatever
name called) and, in relation to an incorporated association,
includes the public officer.
financial institution means any of the following:
(a) the Reserve Bank of Australia;
(b) an ADI;
(c) a foreign ADI within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959
(Cth);
(d) a person who carries on State banking within the meaning of
section 51(xiii) of the Commonwealth Constitution;
(e) a body corporate that is or that, if it had been incorporated in
Australia, would be a financial corporation within the meaning
of section 51(xx) of the Commonwealth Constitution;
(g) a person or body prescribed as a financial institution for the
game means a game designed to be played on a gaming machine
and identifiable from all other games by differences in rules or
programming.
gaming means the playing of a gaming machine.
gaming equipment means a gaming machine, linked jackpot
equipment, electronic monitoring system, centralised credit system
or any part of or replacement part for such a machine, equipment
or system.
gaming machine means a device that is designed so that:
(a) it may be used for the purpose of playing a game of chance or
a game of mixed chance and skill; and
(b) it may be operated, wholly or in part:
(i) by the insertion of a gaming token into the device;
(ii) by the use of gaming machine credits;
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(iii) by the electronic transfer of credits of gaming tokens to
the device; or
(iv) by the use of gaming tokens held, stored or accredited
by the device or elsewhere; and
(c) because of making a bet on the device, winnings may become
payable,
but does not include any device declared under section 171 not to
be a gaming machine.
gaming machine area means a location on licensed premises
where a licensee is permitted to install a gaming machine.
gaming machine credit means a credit of a gaming token
registered by a gaming machine.
gaming machine licence means a gaming machine licence issued
under section 28.
gaming machine type means a type of gaming machine in which
different games may be installed.
gaming token means Australian currency or a token, credit or
other thing that enables a bet to be made on a gaming machine,
but does not include a gaming machine credit.
gross monthly profit, in respect of licensed premises, means the
monetary amount of all bets made on gaming machines by persons
who played those machines on the premises during the period
covered by an assessment made under section 148 less the
monetary amount of all payments made to those persons in respect
of their playing of those machines during that period.
inspector means an inspector appointed under section 20 and
includes an authorised person appointed under section 21 and a
gaming inspector appointed under the Gaming Control Act 1993.
jackpot means the combination of letters, numbers, symbols or
representations required to be displayed on the reels or video
screen of a gaming machine so that the maximum winnings in
accordance with the prize payout scale displayed on the machine
are payable.
licensed machine manager means the holder of a machine
manager's licence under Part 4.
licensed premises means premises on which a licensee is
licensed to conduct gaming.
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licensed monitoring provider means the holder of a monitoring
provider's licence under Part 4.
licensed repairer means the holder of a repairer's licence under
Part 4.
licensed service contractor means the holder of a service
contractor's licence under Part 4.
licensee means the holder of a gaming machine licence.
linked jackpot arrangement means an arrangement under which
2 or more gaming machines are linked to a device, being a device:
(a) that records, an amount which, in the event of a jackpot or
other result being obtained on one of those machines, may
be, or part of the amount may be, payable as winnings;
(b) that, for the purpose of recording the amount referred to in
paragraph (a), receives data from each gaming machine to
which the device is linked; and
(c) that is not capable of affecting the outcome of a game on a
gaming machine to which the device is linked.
linked jackpot equipment means a jackpot meter, payout display,
linking equipment, computer equipment, programming or other
device (other than a gaming machine) forming, or capable of
forming, part of a linked jackpot arrangement.
liquor, see section 4(1) of the Liquor Act 2019.
Liquor Act application:
(a) for Part 3, Division 3, see section 37C(2); and
(b) for Part 3, Division 6, see section 42B(3).
liquor licence means:
(a) a licence issued under the Liquor Act 2019; or
(b) an authority to sell liquor under a Commonwealth Act.
listed person means a person listed on:
(a) the roll of recognised manufacturers and suppliers of gaming
machines maintained under section 116; or
(b) the roll of recognised suppliers of restricted components
maintained under section 117.
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locality has the meaning in section 6A.
machine manager means:
(a) a licensed machine manager employed under section 60(3);
or
(b) an applicant for a machine manager's licence employed under
section 60(4); or
(c) a person employed under section 60(6).
machine manager's licence means a machine manager's licence
under Part 4.
money clearance means the removal of gaming tokens from the
drop box of a gaming machine.
monitoring provider's licence means a monitoring provider's
licence under Part 4.
multiple site linked jackpot arrangement means a linked jackpot
arrangement linking gaming machines with other gaming machines
on 2 or more licensed premises.
new premises, for Part 3, Division 6, see section 42B(1).
non-proprietary club means a club whose rules, constitution or
other incorporating documents provide that:
(a) the income, profits and assets of the club are to be applied
only in the promotion of its objects; and
(b) the payment of dividends to, or the distribution of income,
profits or assets of the club among, its members is prohibited.
place includes a house, wharf and premises.
play a gaming machine has the meaning given by section 6.
premises includes messuages, buildings, lands, easements,
tenements of any tenure, vehicles or vessels.
principal executive officer, in relation to a body corporate, means
the chairperson, managing director and/or other principal executive,
governing or management officer (by whatever name called) of the
body corporate and, in relation to an incorporated association,
includes the public officer.
proposed transferee, for Part 3, Division 3, see section 37.
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public interest means public interest having regard to the creation
and maintenance of public confidence and trust in the credibility or
integrity of:
(a) gaming;
(b) the conduct of gaming;
(c) the manufacture, assembly, sale, supply, installation,
(d) the administration of licensed premises.
recognised manufacturer or supplier of gaming machines
means a person who is approved as a recognised manufacturer or
supplier of gaming machines under section 116.
recognised supplier of restricted components means a person
who is approved as a recognised supplier of restricted components
under section 117.
repairer's licence means a repairer's licence under Part 4.
restricted component means a component that is prescribed as a
restricted component when it does not form part of a gaming
machine, linked jackpot equipment, electronic monitoring system or
centralised credit system but does not include anything declared
under section 171 not to be a restricted component.
reviewable decision, see section 166A.
schedule of gaming machines means the schedule of gaming
machines issued under section 29 that, for the time being, is in
existence in respect of the licensed premises specified in the
schedule.
seal means a seal issued or approved by the Director under
section 136A.
service contract means an agreement to install, alter, adjust,
maintain or repair gaming equipment on a licensee's licensed
service contractor's licence means a service contractor's licence
under Part 4.
single site linked jackpot arrangement means a linked jackpot
arrangement linking gaming machines with gaming machines on
the same licensed premises.
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substitution application, for Part 3, Division 6, see section 42A.
transfer application, for Part 3, Division 3, see section 37C(1).
transferable licence, for Part 3, Division 3, see section 37.
vehicle means a motor vehicle, omnibus, coach, cart, sulky,
bicycle, velocipede, train, railway carriage, aeroplane, airship,
balloon, hovercraft or any other means of conveyance or transit.
vessel means a ship, boat, punt, ferry, hovercraft or any other kind
of vessel used or apparently designed for use in navigation.
Note for section 3
The Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be
relevant to this Act.