69Approval of gaming machines and peripheral equipment

69 Approval of gaming machines and peripheral equipment (1) The commission may approve— (a) a gaming machine; and (b) any peripheral equipment for the gaming machine. (2) However, the commission must not approve something under subsection (1) unless the commission has considered— (a) the results of a technical evaluation of the gaming machine and any peripheral equipment by an approved entity; and

Division 6.1 Approval of gaming machines and peripheral equipment (b) any available research on the consumer protection and harm minimisation implications of the gaming machine or peripheral equipment proposed to be approved. (3) Also, the commission must not approve a gaming machine or peripheral equipment for a gaming machine under subsection (1) that allows the use of an audio device if the use of the device is not designed or intended primarily to assist a person with a hearing impairment. (4) The approval of a gaming machine or any peripheral equipment for a gaming machine is a notifiable instrument. approved entity means an entity approved (however described) under a law of a local jurisdiction about gaming machines to undertake technical evaluations for the law. audio device means an earphone, earpiece, headphone, headset or any other device to convert signals from a gaming machine to audible sound delivered to the ear of a person playing the machine to the exclusion of everyone else.