NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
GAMING MACHINE REGULATIONS 1995
As in force at 14 June 2023
Table of provisions
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1
Part 1A Restriction on gaming machine numbers
2AA Restriction of gaming machine numbers ......................................... 3
Part 2 Gaming machine licences
2A Prescribed liquor licence ................................................................. 3
3 Maximum number of gaming machines ........................................... 4
3A Cap on clubs with gaming machines within 1.5 km of Darwin
Casino ............................................................................................. 4
4 Prescribed conditions of gaming machine licences ......................... 5
Part 3 Licensing of repairers, service contractors,
monitoring providers and machine
managers
6 Installations, alterations etc. not subject to section 58 of the
Act ................................................................................................... 5
6A Consideration of applications for licences under Part 4 ................... 5
6B Basic monitoring service .................................................................. 6
6C Prescribed conditions of monitoring provider's licences .................. 6
6D Licensed monitoring provider's fee .................................................. 6
6E Security for monitoring provider's licence ........................................ 7
7 Prescribed duties of machine managers ......................................... 7
Part 4 Supervision and management of gaming
8 Layout of licensed premises ............................................................ 8
9 Installation of gaming equipment ..................................................... 8
9A Site controllers ................................................................................. 8
10 Hours of gaming .............................................................................. 9
12 Calculation of player entitlement...................................................... 9
12A Returns to players ........................................................................... 9
13 Machine managers to produce licence or identification, &c. .......... 10
4 Submissions in relation to payments refused ................................ 11
15 Security of keys ............................................................................. 11
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16 Day prescribed (section 101(2) of the Act) .................................... 13
17 Services for compulsive gamblers ................................................. 13
Part 5 Control of gaming machines
18 Approval of premises of manufacturers ......................................... 13
18A Evaluating gaming machine types ................................................. 14
19 Allocation of serial numbers........................................................... 14
20 Affixing of labels ............................................................................ 14
21 Game board labels ........................................................................ 15
22 Accounting for broken and removed seals .................................... 15
23 Restricted components .................................................................. 15
24 Code numbers for approved gaming equipment types and
games ............................................................................................ 16
24A Disposal of gaming machines ........................................................ 16
Part 6 Accounting procedures
25 Functions to be carried out with monthly money reconciliations .... 16
26 Daily money clearances ................................................................ 17
27 Manual Payments Register and hopper fills .................................. 18
28 Gaming Machine Performance Record ......................................... 19
29 Alterations or obliterations to records ............................................ 21
30 Installation, removal and alteration of gaming machines ............... 22
31 Monthly Gaming Machine Reconciliation Report ........................... 22
Part 7 Taxes, levies, fees and other amounts
payable to Director
31A Levies ............................................................................................ 23
31B Exception – levy if application made before 1 July 2016 ............... 23
32 Day prescribed (sections 149(2), 150(2), 152(1), 153(1) and
(2) of the Act) ................................................................................. 24
32A Prescribed manner of payment (sections 149(2), 150(2)
and 153(2) of the Act) .................................................................... 24
33 Gaming machine tax (section 149(3) of the Act)............................ 25
34 Gaming Machine Community Benefit Levy .................................... 25
35 Penalties for late payment of taxes and levies............................... 25
36 Crediting of payments under section 153(1)(b) of Act ................... 25
37 Fees .............................................................................................. 26
38 Refunds ......................................................................................... 26
38A Refunds of levies following determination of application ............... 26
Part 8 General
39 Advertising ..................................................................................... 27
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Schedule 1 Gaming machine licence
Schedule 2 Applications for licences under Part 4
Schedule 3 Monitoring provider's licence
Schedule 4 Restricted components
Schedule 5 Fees
Schedule 6 Basic monitoring service
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 14 June 2023
GAMING MACHINE REGULATIONS 1995
Regulations under the Gaming Machine Act 1995
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Machine
Regulations 1995.
2 Interpretation
(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
advertise means advertising about:
(a) gaming;
(b) the conduct of gaming; or
(c) the manufacture, assembly, sale, supply, installation,
alteration, obtaining, possession, operation, use, adjustment,
maintenance or repair of gaming equipment.
cancelled credit means a payment, by a licensee to a player for
gaming machine credits, that is not discharged out of the hopper.
game board means a processor board on which a game EPROM
is installed.
game EPROM means any Erasable Programmable Read Only
Memory or Programmable Read Only Memory or other computer
program storage medium that is:
(a) designed to be, or capable of being, installed on a processor
board; and
(b) programmed with programming for a game.
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hopper means the container in a gaming machine from which
gaming tokens may be discharged in order to pay for gaming
machine credits or winnings.
hopper fill means the placing by a licensee of gaming tokens into a
hopper.
jackpot payout means a payment by a licensee to a player for a
winning result on a gaming machine:
(a) that does not increase the credit meter of the gaming
machine; and
(b) that is not discharged out of the hopper.
machine identification number means the identification number
issued for a gaming machine under section 135(1) of the Act.
manufacturer means a recognised manufacturer or supplier of
gaming machines.
monthly money reconciliation means a money reconciliation
mentioned in section 141 of the Act.
performance summary, in relation to a period covered by a
Gaming Machine Performance Record, means a summary of the
following expressed in monetary amounts:
(a) the hopper contents at the end of the period;
(b) the total of gaming tokens removed during money clearances
for the period;
(c) the total of short pay correction payouts during the period;
(d) the total of hopper fills during the period;
(e) the total of jackpot payouts during the period;
(f) the total of cancelled credits during the period;
(g) the hopper contents at the start of the period;
(h) the amount calculated by subtracting from the total of the
amounts mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b), the total of the
amounts mentioned in paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g).
player means a person who plays a gaming machine.
processor board means an electronic circuit board that is
designed to be, or is capable of being, used in a gaming machine.
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RAM means Random Access Memory.
short pay correction payout means a payment (other than from
the hopper) by a licensee to a player of an amount to which the
player is entitled if the hopper fails to discharge that amount.
(2) Licensed premises are categorised as follows:
(a) Category 1:
(i) those premises for which a hotel liquor licence is in force
at any particular time; or
(ii) those premises for which a liquor licence that is a
prescribed liquor licence for section 24(1)(c) of the Act is
in force at any particular time;
(b) Category 2 – those premises for which a club liquor licence is
in force at any particular time.
Part 1A Restriction on gaming machine numbers
2AA Restriction of gaming machine numbers
For section 22B of the Act, the aggregate number of gaming
machines authorised for use under gaming machine licences in the
Territory is restricted to a maximum of 1 659.
Part 2 Gaming machine licences
2A Prescribed liquor licence
(1) For section 24(1)(c), (d)(iii) and (e)(ii) of the Act, a liquor licence
specified in column 1 of the Table and held in respect of premises
specified opposite in column 2 of the Table, is a prescribed liquor
licence.
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(2) However, a liquor licence referred to in subregulation (1) ceases to
be a prescribed liquor licence on 1 December 2011.
Table
Column 1
Liquor Licence
(number)
Column 2
Premises in respect of which liquor licence held
81204578 Aileron Roadhouse
81203263 Barkly Homestead
81202764 Threeways Roadhouse
81301156 Adelaide River Inn
81201510 Mandorah Beach Hotel
81301673 Pine Creek Hotel
81201198 Timber Creek Wayside Inn
3 Maximum number of gaming machines
For the purposes of sections 25(14) and 41(5) of the Act, the
maximum number prescribed:
(a) for Category 1 licensed premises is 20; and
(b) for Category 2 licensed premises is 55.
3A Cap on clubs with gaming machines within 1.5 km of Darwin
Casino
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the Director must not grant a gaming
machine licence to a club if the effect of the grant would be to
increase the number of clubs within the prescribed area that hold
gaming machine licences beyond the number of clubs within that
area that immediately before the commencement of this regulation
held gaming machine licences.
(2) For each 5% of 5845 by which the population of the prescribed area
increases, the Director may grant a gaming machine licence to one
additional club in the prescribed area.
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(3) In this regulation:
the prescribed area means the area within a 1.5 km radius of
Lot 5244, Town of Darwin.
4 Prescribed conditions of gaming machine licences
For the purposes of section 33 of the Act, the prescribed conditions
are set out in Schedule 1.
Part 3 Licensing of repairers, service contractors,
monitoring providers and machine managers
6 Installations, alterations etc. not subject to section 58 of the
Act
For the purposes of section 58(2) of the Act, the following are
prescribed:
(a) the installation of an electronic monitoring system if the
installation is by the Director;
(b) the installation of a gaming machine if the gaming machine is
to be examined by an inspector before play is allowed on the
gaming machine;
(c) installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair of
those fuses, electric light globes, fluorescent tubes and fluoro
starters of a gaming machine that are easily accessible;
(d) installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair of
hinges of gaming machine drop box doors;
(e) adjustment of the device regulating the level of the contents of
the hopper;
(f) installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair of
external switch covers or glass or perspex panels of a gaming
machine;
(g) repair by clearing coins jammed in a gaming machine;
(h) repair by resetting minor fault conditions of a gaming machine.
6A Consideration of applications for licences under Part 4
For the purposes of section 64(1A) of the Act, the matters set out in
Schedule 2 are prescribed.
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6B Basic monitoring service
A basic monitoring service is the reading, storage and use of
electronic data from gaming machines on licensed premises to
provide the information, services and support specified in
Schedule 6 in relation to the gaming machines.
6C Prescribed conditions of monitoring provider's licences
For the purposes of section 69 of the Act, the prescribed conditions
of a monitoring provider's licence are set out in Schedule 3.
6D Licensed monitoring provider's fee
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the maximum fee per gaming machine
that may be charged by a licensed monitoring provider is $25.
(2) The amount prescribed by subregulation (1) is to be varied each
year with effect on and from the review date in accordance with the
following calculation:
2
1
CPI
CPI
B ×
where:
B is the amount prescribed by this regulation immediately before
the review date;
1CPI is the Consumer Price Index (All Groups Index) for
Darwin for the quarter ending on 30 September that is
3 months before the review date; and
2CPI is the Consumer Price Index (All Groups Index) for
Darwin for the quarter ending on 30 September that is
15 months before the review date.
(3) An amount prescribed under this regulation does not include the
amount of GST (if any) payable in relation to a supply to which the
amount relates.
(4) In this regulation:
GST has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods
and Services Tax) Act of the Commonwealth.
review date means 1 January in each year, beginning with
1 January 2003.
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supply has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods
and Services Tax) Act of the Commonwealth.
6E Security for monitoring provider's licence
(1) On the grant of a monitoring provider's licence, the successful
applicant must provide to the Director a security of $50 000 in the
form of a bond, bank guarantee or any other form of security
approved by the Director.
(2) The amount of the security is forfeited to the Territory if:
(a) the licensed monitoring provider defaults under an agreement
to provide a basic monitoring service in respect of gaming
equipment on a licensee's licensed premises;
(b) the licensed monitoring provider surrenders the monitoring
provider's licence without giving the Director 90 days notice of
the surrender under section 78(3) of the Act; or
(c) the monitoring provider's licence is cancelled under section 79
of the Act.
(3) The Director may use all or any part of a bond forfeited under
subregulation (2) to offset the cost of providing, or arranging the
provision of, a basic monitoring service in place of the service that
should or would have been provided but for the default, surrender
or cancellation.
7 Prescribed duties of machine managers
For the purposes of section 60(1) of the Act, the following duties are
prescribed:
(a) the management of employees of a licensee who are
responsible for the conduct of gaming;
(b) the management of the access to the internal parts of gaming
machines;
(c) the management and supervision of money clearances;
(d) the issuing of keys for the security of gaming machines to
employees of a licensee;
(e) the supervision of entries in accounting records required to be
kept and maintained under the Act;
(f) the arranging of remedial repairs to gaming equipment;
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(g) any other thing required by Part 6 to be done, or that a
licensee is required by Part 6 to ensure is done, by a machine
manager.
Part 4 Supervision and management of gaming
8 Layout of licensed premises
A licensee shall ensure that the layout of the interior of the
licensee's licensed premises allows:
(a) the licensee, or an employee of the licensee, from a place in
the licensed premises where the licensee or employee would
normally be carrying out duties at the material time, to have
continuous supervision of each gaming machine that is
available for gaming; and
(b) a clear passageway between banks of gaming machines of at
least 2 metres unless the Director, under section 161 of the
Act, directs that a greater distance be allowed.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
9 Installation of gaming equipment
A licensee shall ensure that gaming equipment installed on the
licensee's licensed premises is installed in a way that allows:
(a) proper cleaning and maintenance of the equipment;
(b) unrestricted access to fire exits; and
(c) the proper use of safety and security features on the
premises.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
9A Site controllers
(1) For the purposes of section 83 of the Act, the site controller for the
monitoring system installed on a licensee's licensed premises is
prescribed gaming equipment.
(2) A person must not install, replace or otherwise interfere with the site
controller for the monitoring system installed on a licensee's
licensed premises.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
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(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply to the licensed monitoring provider
who provides a basic monitoring service in respect of gaming
equipment on the licensee's licensed premises.
(4) A licensee does not commit an offence against subregulation (2) if
the licensee installs or replaces the site controller in accordance
with the instructions of the licensed monitoring provider who
provides a basic monitoring service in respect of gaming equipment
on the licensee's licensed premises.
10 Hours of gaming
For the purposes of section 88(c) of the Act, the following periods
are prescribed:
(a) on Christmas Day and Good Friday – after 4.00 am;
(b) on any other day – between 4.00 am and 10.00 am.
12 Calculation of player entitlement
(1) For the purposes of section 95 of the Act, but subject to
subregulation (2), the amount to which a person is entitled for
gaming tokens inserted by, or on behalf of, the person into a
gaming machine (so that gaming machine credits are registered by
the gaming machine), is to be calculated by:
(a) adding to the gaming machine credits – winnings (if any)
payable for each result as determined in accordance with the
game as approved by the Director for bets made by, or on
behalf of, the person on the gaming machine; and
(b) deducting – gaming machine credits bet by, or on behalf of,
the person on the gaming machine.
(2) An entitlement under subregulation (1) includes gaming machine
credits that are stolen before the licensee makes payment for the
gaming machine credits only when:
(a) the person exercises reasonable control over the credits; and
(b) the licensee, by act or omission, contributes to the stealing.
12A Returns to players
(1) For the purposes of section 95(2) of the Act, the prescribed
minimum percentage for a gaming machine is 85% of the total
amount of bets made by players each year on the gaming machine.
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(2) A licensee may cause the rate of return to players from a particular
gaming machine to be varied within the range approved by the
Director.
(3) A licensee must not cause the rate of return to players from a
particular gaming machine:
(a) to be varied so that it falls outside the range referred to in
subregulation (2); or
(b) to be varied more than once in any 30-day period.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
13 Machine managers to produce licence or identification, &c.
(1) A machine manager shall produce his or her machine manager's
licence that is in force, or his or her identification card provided
under subregulation (2), to a person:
(a) who is affected by a decision of the machine manager; and
(b) who requests the production.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(2) A licensee shall provide to a person authorised by the licensee
under section 60(4) or (6) of the Act an identification card showing
in bold face print of a minimum letter height of 5 millimetres:
(a) the person's name;
(b) the name of the licensed premises; and
(c) the words "Machine Manager".
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(3) The identification card shall bear the signature of the person.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(4) A person to whom an identification card is provided under
subregulation (2) shall return the card to the licensee on the day the
person ceases to be authorised by the licensee under section 60(4)
or (6) of the Act.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
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4 Submissions in relation to payments refused
(1) A machine manager who refuses to make or allow payment under
section 96 of the Act or clause 5 of Schedule 3 to a person shall
advise the person that he or she may make a submission to the
Director about the refusal within 10 days from the date of the
refusal.
(2) A submission mentioned in subregulation (1) shall:
(a) be in writing;
(b) state the full name and address of the person making the
submission;
(c) identify the licensed premises and gaming machine in
question;
(d) state the name of the machine manager who refused to make
payment or allow payment to be made;
(e) state the time and date of the refusal; and
(f) contain a description of the events relevant to the refusal.
(3) The Director may refuse to consider a submission mentioned in
subregulation (2) that is not lodged within 10 days from the date of
the refusal.
15 Security of keys
(1) A licensee shall cause each key that is a key related to the security
of gaming equipment on the licensee's licensed premises to be kept
in a secure place on the licensed premises.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(2) The licensee shall ensure that no person gains access to the
secure place other than:
(a) the licensee or, where the licensee is a body corporate,
2 executive officers of the body corporate authorised in that
behalf by the body corporate and acting jointly; or
(b) a machine manager in relation to the licensed premises.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
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(3) A licensee shall ensure that no person has possession of a key
mentioned in subregulation (1) other than:
(a) a person mentioned in subregulation (2);
(b) an employee of the licensee who is employed to attend to
gaming machines;
(c) an employee of the licensee who is employed to assist in
money clearances;
(d) a licensed repairer acting in that capacity; or
(e) an inspector in the performance of his or her functions or
duties under the Act.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(4) A licensee shall keep records of each possession mentioned in
subregulation (3) in the form determined by the Director.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(5) A person mentioned in subregulation (2)(b) or (3)(b), (c) or (d) shall
have possession of a key mentioned in subregulation (1) only:
(a) on the licensed premises; and
(b) for the time necessary for the performance of his or her duties.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(6) A person who has possession of a key mentioned in
subregulation (1) shall keep the key on his or her person.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(7) A person who unlocks a door or opens a door of a gaming machine
on licensed premises, shall cause the lock to be locked or, as the
case may be, the door to be securely closed:
(a) before leaving the gaming machine; and
(b) on completion of the purpose for which the lock was unlocked
or the door was opened.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
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(8) A person, other than a person mentioned in subregulation (3), shall
not have possession of a key mentioned in subregulation (1).
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(9) Subject to section 162 of the Act, a record required to be kept under
this section shall be retained by the licensee for not less than
7 years from the date of the latest entry in the record.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
16 Day prescribed (section 101(2) of the Act)
For the purposes of section 101(2) of the Act, the prescribed day is
the fifteenth day.
17 Services for compulsive gamblers
A licensee, at each place on the licensee's licensed premises
where the sale or redemption of gaming tokens or any centralised
credit transaction is carried out, shall clearly display a sign
advertising services, if any, available to assist compulsive
gamblers.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
Part 5 Control of gaming machines
18 Approval of premises of manufacturers
(1) For the purposes of section 121(2) of the Act, an application for
approval of premises shall:
(a) be written and signed by the manufacturer or a person
authorised by the manufacturer; and
(b) contain the full name and business address of the
manufacturer and the address of the premises.
(2) An application under subregulation (1) shall be accompanied by:
(a) a plan that clearly shows the use to which each part of the
premises is to be put;
(b) particulars of all security and surveillance facilities installed on
the premises; and
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(c) a narrative and diagrammatic representation of the systems to
be used by the manufacturer:
(i) for the security, storage and recording of gaming
machines and restricted components, with specific
reference to game boards and game EPROMs; and
(ii) for the use and maintenance of security and surveillance
facilities on the premises.
18A Evaluating gaming machine types
When evaluating a type of gaming machine under section 131 of
the Act, in addition to any other relevant matters, the Director or an
approved evaluator must take into account whether or not the
gaming machine type has a facility to accept notes that is
functioning.
19 Allocation of serial numbers
A manufacturer must ensure that each gaming machine supplied by
the manufacturer for use in the Territory has permanently affixed to
the machine a serial number that identifies the gaming machine and
distinguishes it from all other gaming machines.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
20 Affixing of labels
(1) A person must not affix a label referred to in section 135 of the Act
to a gaming machine unless the person is:
(a) a licensed service contractor; or
(b) a person approved by the Director.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) A person who affixes a label referred to in section 135 of the Act to
a gaming machine must, as soon as practicable after affixing the
label, notify the Director in writing of:
(a) the identification number on the label;
(b) the serial number of the gaming machine;
(c) the type of the gaming machine; and
(d) the manufacturer of the gaming machine.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
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(3) Labels referred to in section 135 of the Act that are issued by the
Director for gaming machines on a particular licensee's licensed
premises are not to be affixed to gaming machines on any other
licensee's licensed premises without the approval of the Director.
(4) A person who affixes a label referred to in section 135 of the Act to
a gaming machine in contravention of subregulation (3) commits an
offence.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
21 Game board labels
A listed person shall, at the time the person installs a game
EPROM on a game board, affix to the game board a label that
clearly displays in the English language:
(a) the gaming machine type for which the game board is
designed or the code number of the gaming machine type
allocated under regulation 24; and
(b) the game for which the game EPROM is programmed or the
code number of the game allocated under regulation 24.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
22 Accounting for broken and removed seals
A person who breaks or removes a seal affixed to a gaming
machine:
(a) must keep the broken or removed seal until the seal is
accounted for under paragraph (b); and
(b) must account for the broken or removed seal, or cause the
broken or removed seal to be accounted for, to the Director
within 7 days after the end of the month in which the person
broke or removed the seal.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
23 Restricted components
For the purposes of the definition of restricted component in
section 3 of the Act, the components set out in Schedule 4 are
restricted components.
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24 Code numbers for approved gaming equipment types and
games
The Director may allocate a code number to each gaming
equipment type and each game approved by the Director under
section 130(1)(b) and (c) or 131(2) of the Act.
24A Disposal of gaming machines
(1) A licensee must not dispose of a gaming machine without the
approval of the Director.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) An application for approval to dispose of a gaming machine is to be
in the form approved by the Director and is to include the following:
(a) details of the arrangements for disposal, including details of
the person to whom the gaming machine is to be transferred
or details of how the gaming machine is to be destroyed;
(b) a statement as to whether or not the gaming machine is the
subject of a finance arrangement;
(c) the identification number on the label affixed to the gaming
machine;
(d) the serial number of the gaming machine;
(e) any other information required by the Director.
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25 Functions to be carried out with monthly money
reconciliations
In carrying out a monthly money reconciliation in accordance with
section 141 of the Act, a licensee shall:
(a) ensure that no gaming machine credits are registered by the
gaming machine;
(b) ensure that no gaming tokens remain in the gaming machine,
other than those gaming tokens that are in the hopper;
(c) ensure that a record of the monetary value of the contents of
the hopper is made in the Gaming Machine Performance
Record mentioned in regulation 28; and
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(d) ensure a record is made in the Gaming Machine Performance
Record mentioned in regulation 28 of the amounts displayed
on the following electronic RAM meters of the gaming
machine:
(i) the total of all coins to the drop box;
(ii) the total of coins won (non-progressive);
(iii) the total of all cancelled credits;
(iv) the total of all coins bet;
(v) the total of all hopper fills; and
(vi) if an appropriate meter is provided by the gaming
machine – the total of wins (progressive).
26 Daily money clearances
(1) A licensee shall ensure that a daily money clearance is carried out,
or is personally supervised, by a machine manager.
(2) A licensee shall keep, for each of the licensee's licensed premises,
a Cash Clearance Report in the form determined by the Director.
(3) A licensee shall ensure that a Cash Clearance Report:
(a) identifies, by name and licence number, the licensee and
licensed premises to which it applies;
(b) records for each money clearance:
(i) the date and time;
(ii) the machine identification number;
(iii) the licensee's identification number of the gaming
machine; and
(iv) the amount removed; and
(c) records for each day:
(i) the total amount removed during money clearances; and
(ii) the signature of every person who carried out, or
supervised, money clearances certifying that the records
made under this section are correct.
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27 Manual Payments Register and hopper fills
(1) A licensee must keep a Manual Payments Register for each of the
licensee's licensed premises in the form determined by the Director.
(2) A licensee must ensure that a Manual Payments Register:
(a) identifies, by name and licence number, the licensee and
licensed premises to which it applies; and
(b) records for each short pay correction payout, hopper fill,
jackpot payout and cancelled credit made on the premises,
the following particulars:
(i) the date and time;
(ii) the machine identification number;
(iii) the licensee's identification number of the gaming
machine;
(iv) if it is a short pay correction payout, hopper fill, jackpot
payout or cancelled credit;
(v) if it is a jackpot payout – the winning combination of
symbols;
(vi) it is a cancelled credit – the number of gaming machine
credits displayed on the credit meter;
(vii) the amount;
(viii) if it is a short pay correction payout, jackpot payout or
cancelled credit, made for Category 1 licensed
premises – the name and signature of the person to
whom the payment was made;
(ix) if it is a short pay correction payout, jackpot payout or
cancelled credit, made for Category 2 licensed premises:
(A) the name and signature of the person to whom the
payment was made; and
(B) whether the person is a member or visitor; and
(C) if the person is a member – the person's
membership number;
(x) the name and signature (and licence number if
applicable) of the person who made the payout or fill;
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(xi) the name (and licence number, if applicable) of one
other person, authorised in that behalf by the licensee,
who, and the person's signature certifying that he or she,
observed:
(A) if it is a cancelled credit – the number of gaming
machine credits displayed on the credit meter; or
(B) if it is a jackpot payout – the winning combination of
symbols; or
(C) if it is a hopper fill – the hopper fill take place; and
(c) records after each transaction, a progressive monetary total of
transactions entered in the register for each day.
(3) A licensee must ensure that:
(a) a hopper fill is carried out only when a hopper is empty; and
(b) when a hopper fill is carried out no more and no less than the
number of tokens determined by the Director, are placed in
the hopper; and
(c) the gaming tokens are of the gaming token denomination of
the gaming machine in question.
(4) A licensee must ensure that:
(a) at the end of the conduct of gaming for each day –
immediately below the latest entry in the Manual Payments
Register in use that day a notation is made that indicates the
entry is the last for the day; and
(b) for a payment over $2 500 – either the person mentioned in
subregulation (2)(b)(x) or the person mentioned in
subregulation (2)(b)(xi) is a machine manager in relation to the
licensee's licensed premises.
28 Gaming Machine Performance Record
(1) A licensee shall keep in the form determined by the Director a
Gaming Machine Performance Record for each gaming machine
provided to the licensee.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
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(2) A licensee shall ensure that the period covered by a Gaming
Machine Performance Record:
(a) starts on the day and at the time:
(i) the gaming machine is provided to the licensee;
(ii) of the completion of an alteration of the gaming machine
to effect a change in the game or gaming token
denomination of the gaming machine; or
(iii) of the completion of a monthly money clearance of the
gaming machine; and
(b) ends on the day and at the time:
(i) of the removal of the gaming machine by the Director;
(ii) of the completion of an alteration of the gaming machine
to effect a change in the game or gaming token
denomination of the gaming machine; or
(iii) of the completion of the next monthly money clearance
of the gaming machine after any act mentioned in
paragraph (a).
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(3) A licensee shall ensure that each Gaming Machine Performance
Record:
(a) identifies, by name and licence number, the licensee and
licensed premises to which it applies;
(b) includes a record of:
(i) the licensee's identification number of the gaming
machine;
(ii) the machine identification number;
(iii) the manufacturer's serial number allocated to the
gaming machine under regulation 19;
(iv) the gaming token denomination;
(v) the game;
(vi) the day and time of the start of the period covered by the
record;
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(vii) the day and time of the end of the period covered by the
record;
(viii) for each day the following, expressed in monetary
amounts:
(A) the total of gaming tokens removed during money
clearances;
(B) the total of short pay correction payouts;
(C) the total of hopper fills;
(D) the total of jackpot payouts;
(E) the total of cancelled credits;
(ix) the money value of the contents of a hopper determined
in accordance with regulation 25(c);
(x) meter readings taken for the purpose of
regulations 25(d) and 30(2); and
(xi) the performance summary; and
(c) is entered up daily.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
29 Alterations or obliterations to records
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a person shall not alter or obliterate an
entry in a Manual Payments Register, Cash Clearance Report or
Gaming Machine Performance Record.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(2) A person may make an alteration to an entry mentioned in
subregulation (1) to correct an error in the entry.
(3) The correction shall be made by means of a marginal note or
footnote, on the same page, which correction shall record:
(a) the identity of the person who made the correction;
(b) the date of the correction; and
(c) the correct particulars.
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30 Installation, removal and alteration of gaming machines
(1) A licensee shall ensure that a money clearance is carried out on a
gaming machine provided to the licensee immediately before:
(a) an alteration of the gaming machine to effect a change in the
game or gaming token denomination of the gaming machine;
(b) the gaming machine is stored in a room mentioned in
section 83(2) of the Act; or
(c) the removal of the gaming machine from the licensee's
licensed premises.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(2) A licensee shall ensure that on:
(a) the installation of a gaming machine; or
(b) the alteration of a gaming machine provided to the licensee to
effect a change in the game or gaming token denomination of
the gaming machine,
a record is made in the Gaming Machine Performance Record of
the amounts displayed on the meters mentioned in regulation 25(d).
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
31 Monthly Gaming Machine Reconciliation Report
(1) A licensee shall ensure that a Monthly Gaming Machine
Reconciliation Report:
(a) identifies, by name and licence number, the licensee and
licensed premises to which it applies; and
(b) records the information mentioned in subregulations (2), (3)
and (4).
(2) The Monthly Gaming Machine Reconciliation Report is to record
information from each Gaming Machine Performance Record for
the licensed premises in question that covers any period between
the second last and last monthly money clearance for the licensed
premises.
(3) The information that is to be recorded in the report is:
(a) the day and time of the start of the period covered by the
record;
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(b) the day and time of the end of the period covered by the
record;
(c) the licensee's identification number of the gaming machine;
(d) the machine identification number of the gaming machine; and
(e) the performance summary.
(4) If the report records an item mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (h) of
the definition of "performance summary" under regulation 2(1), it
shall also record the total of all the monetary amounts of the item
recorded in the report.
Part 7 Taxes, levies, fees and other amounts payable
to Director
31A Levies
For sections 24(3)(q)(ii) and 41(2)(f)(ii) of the Act, the levy for each
gaming machine is:
(a) if the premises to which the application relates are Category 1
licensed premises – 45 045 revenue units; and
(b) if the premises to which the application relates are Category 2
licensed premises – 9 010 revenue units.
31B Exception – levy if application made before 1 July 2016
(1) Despite regulation 31A, this regulation applies in relation to an
application made under section 24(1) or 41(1) of the Act before
1 July 2016.
(2) For sections 24(3)(q)(ii) and 41(2)(f)(ii) of the Act, the levy is nil if
the total number of gaming machines that would be authorised for
use under the applicant's licence if the application were granted
would not exceed the pre-July 2015 maximum number.
(3) However, if the total number of gaming machines that would be
authorised for use under the applicant's licence if the application
were granted would exceed the pre-July 2015 maximum number,
the levy is:
(a) for each gaming machine that does not form part of the
excess number of machines – nil; and
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(b) for each gaming machine for which authorisation for use under
the applicant's licence is sought in the application and that
forms part of the excess number of machines:
(i) if the application relates to Category 1 licensed
premises – 45 045 revenue units; or
(ii) if the application relates to Category 2 licensed
premises – 9 010 revenue units.
(4) Subregulation (3) applies even if, when the application is made, the
total number of gaming machines authorised for use under the
applicant's licence exceeds the pre-July 2015 maximum number.
(5) In this regulation:
excess number of machines, in relation to an application, means
the number of gaming machines obtained when the pre-July 2015
maximum number of gaming machines is subtracted from the total
number of gaming machines that would be authorised for use under
the applicant's licence if the application were granted.
pre-July 2015 maximum number means:
(a) for Category 1 licensed premises – 10; or
(b) for Category 2 licensed premises – 45.
32 Day prescribed (sections 149(2), 150(2), 152(1), 153(1) and (2)
of the Act)
For the purposes of sections 149(2), 150(2), 152(1), 153(1) and (2)
of the Act, the prescribed day is the fifteenth day.
32A Prescribed manner of payment (sections 149(2), 150(2)
and 153(2) of the Act)
For the purposes of sections 149(2), 150(2) and 153(2) of the Act,
the manner in which amounts payable under those sections are to
be paid to the Director is as follows:
(a) the licensee must pay the amounts into an account held by the
licensee for that purpose;
(b) the licensee or, if the licensee enters an arrangement with a
licensed monitoring provider for the licensed monitoring
provider to pay the amounts on behalf of the licensee, the
licensed monitoring provider must remit the amounts to the
Director by electronic funds transfer from the account referred
to in paragraph (a);
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(c) amounts payable under sections 149(2), 150(2) and 153(2) of
the Act are to be transferred out of the account referred to in
paragraph (a) in priority to any other amounts and no other
amounts are to be transferred out of the account unless and
until all amounts payable under sections 149(2), 150(2)
and 153(2) of the Act have been transferred out of the
account.
33 Gaming machine tax (section 149(3) of the Act)
For section 149(3) of the Act, a component of the gross monthly
profit of Category 1 or Category 2 licensed premises is liable to tax,
for the month of April 2020 and each month after that month, at the
rate specified in the following table:
Component of Gross Monthly Profit Rate
Not more than $10 000 12.91%
$10 001 to $100 000 22.91%
$100 001 to $200 000 32.91%
$200 001 and above 42.91%
Example for regulation 33
If the gross monthly profit is $250 000, the first $10 000 will be taxed at 12.91%,
the next $90 000 will be taxed at 22.91%, the next $100 000 will be taxed
at 32.91% and the remaining $50 000 will be taxed at 42.91%.
34 Gaming Machine Community Benefit Levy
For the purposes of section 150(3) of the Act, the prescribed
percentage is:
(a) for Category 1 licensed premises – 10%; and
(b) for Category 2 licensed premises – nil.
35 Penalties for late payment of taxes and levies
For the purposes of section 153(1)(a) of the Act, the prescribed
percentage is 5%.
36 Crediting of payments under section 153(1)(b) of Act
For the purposes of section 153(1)(b) of the Act, the amount is to
be credited in the following order of priority:
(a) firstly – gaming machine taxes;
(b) secondly – gaming machine community benefit levies;
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(c) thirdly – penalties under section 153(1)(a) of the Act.
37 Fees
(1) The fee set out in Schedule 5 is the prescribed fee to be paid for
the item set out in the Schedule opposite the fee.
(2) The fee for accepting a gaming machine type or game for
evaluation under section 131 of the Act is:
(a) if the evaluation is to be conducted by the Director –
170 revenue units multiplied by the number of hours required
to make the evaluation; or
(b) if the evaluation is to be conducted by an approved
evaluator – 115 revenue units.
38 Refunds
(1) A written claim for refund of a fee, tax, levy, penalty or other amount
payable to the Director under the Act or these Regulations (other
than a refund under regulation 38A) may be given to the Director
stating the amount and grounds of the claim.
(2) The Director shall, within 90 days after receipt of the claim, allow or
disallow the claim, in whole or in part.
(3) If the claim is disallowed in whole or in part, the Director shall give
written notice to the claimant stating the reasons for the
disallowance.
38A Refunds of levies following determination of application
(1) This regulation applies if:
(a) an application made under section 24 or 41 of the Act is
refused; or
(b) an application for a gaming machine licence made under
section 24 of the Act is granted but the number of gaming
machines authorised for use under the licence is to be less
than the number requested in the application; or
(c) an application made under section 41 of the Act to increase
the number of gaming machines authorised for use under a
gaming machine licence is granted, but the increased number
of gaming machines is less than the number requested in the
application.
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(2) Within 7 days of a final decision on an application, the Director must
refund:
(a) if the final decision is a refusal of the application – all levies
paid under section 24 or 41 of the Act in relation to the
application; or
(b) if the final decision is a grant of the application – the levy paid
under section 24 or 41 of the Act for each gaming machine, or
additional gaming machine, for which the authorisation for use
under the licence was requested in the application but that
was not authorised for use.
(3) A decision becomes final:
(a) if the applicant commences a review, or an appeal from a
review, of a decision – on the day on which the review or
appeal has been decided; or
(b) otherwise – when the applicant no longer has a right to apply
for a review or appeal of the decision.
Part 8 General
39 Advertising
(1) A person who advertises shall ensure that an advertisement:
(a) is not indecent or offensive;
(b) is based on fact; and
(c) is not false, deceptive or misleading.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(1A) Subject to this regulation, a person who advertises shall ensure that
the advertisement does not contain an inducement to engage in
gaming or any material, determined by the Director, to be an
inducement to engage in gaming.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(2) If so directed in writing by the Director, a person shall:
(a) cease advertising; or
(b) amend the advertisement as directed by the Director.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
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(3) The written direction mentioned in subregulation (2) is to include
particulars of:
(a) any failure to comply with subregulation (1) or (1A); and
(b) the directions of the Director.
(4) For the purposes of subregulation (1A), inducement to engage in
gaming includes an offer of transport to licensed premises, whether
or not a charge applies, an offer of free or concessional rates for
accommodation, meals, refreshments, liquor or other amenities to a
person who plays a gaming machine, an offer of gaming tokens to
play a gaming machine and an offer of jackpots or other prizes or
gifts that are not available to a person in the normal course of
playing a gaming machine.
(5) Subregulation (1A) does not apply to an advertisement that:
(a) is located on licensed premises and only able to be seen by a
person in or on those premises;
(b) is distributed only to the members of a club and relates only to
gaming on the licensed premises of the club; or
(c) relates to gaming in a casino, within the meaning of the
Gaming Control Act 1993.
(6) For the purposes of subregulation (1A), the Director may, from time
to time, determine material that the Director considers to be an
inducement to engage in gaming.
The licensee must take all reasonable steps to carry out the activities
authorised under the gaming machine licence in a manner that is
consistent with the objectives set out in section 2A of the Act and, as
soon as practicable after becoming aware that the licensee is or may
be carrying out such an activity in a manner that is inconsistent with
those objectives, must take all reasonable steps to remedy the
situation.
If the licensee is a club, the licensee must take all reasonable steps to
give effect to its proposals for the allocation or distribution of the club's
profits:
(a) toward development of the club's neighbourhood; and
(b) as donations to or funding for community, recreation or service
organisations operating in the club's neighbourhood.
The licensee must take all reasonable steps to comply with the Act,
these Regulations and the conditions of the gaming machine licence
and, as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the licensee is
or may not be complying with the Act, these Regulations or a condition
of the gaming machine licence, must take all reasonable steps to
remedy the situation.
The licensee must re-pay to the Director the full cost of investigating
and correcting errors or omissions in a gaming machine reconciliation
report lodged by the licensee under section 144 of the Act.
The licensee must take out insurance against all liability arising out of
gaming, or the conduct of gaming, on the licensee's licensed premises
that might attach to the licensee as a result of personal injury or
damage suffered by a person, being injury or damage caused or
contributed to by an act or omission of the licensee or an employee of
the licensee.
The licensee must keep at the licensee's expense all records,
accounts, reports and other documentation required to be kept by the
licensee under the Act or these Regulations.
The licensee must not interfere with a connection between a gaming
machine provided under the gaming machine licence and an electronic
monitoring system.
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Gaming Machine Regulations 1995 30
8. The licensee must take all reasonable steps to ensure that all gaming
machines authorised for use under the gaming machine licence:
(a) are continuously provided with electricity; and
(b) are switched on at all times, other than a gaming machine that is
switched off because of a fault in the gaming machine.
9. The licensee must take all reasonable steps to minimise the down time
of a gaming machine authorised for use under the gaming machine
licence that is due to a fault in the gaming machine.
10. The licensee must provide a licensed repairer with access at all
reasonable time to gaming equipment (including the equipment's
internal components) so that the licensed repairer may carry out work
under a service contract on behalf of a licensed service contractor.
11. In the event that a service contract or basic monitoring agreement to
which the licensee is a party is terminated for any reason whatsoever,
the licensee must make alternative arrangements for the immediate
provision of the services that, but for the termination, would have been
provided to the licensee under the contract or agreement.
12. The licensee must:
(a) remit to the Director by electronic funds transfer from an account
held by the licensee for that purpose; or
(b) enter into an arrangement with a licensed monitoring provider for
the licensed monitoring provider on behalf of the licensee to
remit to the Director by electronic funds transfer from an account
held by the licensee for that purpose,
funds for the payment of all taxes, levies, penalties, fees and other
amounts payable to the Director under Part 8 of the Act.
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Schedule 2 Applications for licences under Part 4
regulation 6A
Matters to be taken into account
Whether the applicant has, or the applicant's employees have, the
appropriate qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience to
competently carry out the activities that will be authorised under the
licence.
Whether the applicant has in place appropriate programs to ensure that
the competency of the applicant and the applicant's employees to carry
out the activities that will be authorised under the licence is maintained.
Whether the applicant has in place an appropriate program to measure
the performance of the applicant and the applicant's employees and
whether the applicant and the applicant's employees are able to meet
the response times and other criteria that measure performance under
that program.
Whether the applicant has in place an appropriate audit program.
Whether the applicant has the equipment necessary to effectively carry
out the activities that will be authorised under the licence.
Whether the applicant has the current and ongoing financial capacity to
carry out the activities that will be authorised under the licence.
Whether the applicant has an appropriate level of management
expertise.
The probity of the applicant, including whether the applicant will be able
to carry out the activities that will be authorised under the licence in a
manner that ensures the applicant's probity and the probity of the
applicant's employees.
The licensed monitoring provider must not hold a gaming machine
licence or an approval under section 116 of the Act as a recognised
manufacturer or supplier of gaming machines.
The licensed monitoring provider must not charge a fee per gaming
machine for the provision of a basic monitoring service greater than the
maximum fee per gaming machine (if any) prescribed by these
Regulations.
The licensed monitoring provider must give the Director a copy of every
agreement to provide a basic monitoring service entered into with a
licensee.
The licensed monitoring provider must keep books and other records of
account in a form approved by the Director.
The licensed monitoring provider must not modify a monitoring system
in respect of which the licensed monitoring provider provides a basic
monitoring service without the prior approval of the Director.
The licensed monitoring provider must conduct its activities in a
manner that ensures its probity and the probity of its employees.
The licensed monitoring provider must provide a basic monitoring
service to a standard that at least meets the requirements of the
Australian/New Zealand Gaming Machine National Standards.
If the licensed monitoring provider defaults under an agreement to
provide a basic monitoring service in respect of gaming equipment on a
licensee's licensed premises, the licensed monitoring provider must:
(a) make available for use by the Director free-of-charge any
equipment on the licensee's licensed premises that is owned by
the licensed monitoring provider and is connected with the
monitoring system in respect of which the basic monitoring
service should have been provided; and
(b) must permit the Director access to all data collected by the
licensed monitoring provider through the monitoring system.
Schedule 4 Restricted components
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Schedule 4 Restricted components
regulation 23
Gaming machine cabinet
Gaming machine cabinet door
Gaming machine artwork and reel tape
Gaming machine reel mechanism
Gaming token mechanism designed for use on a gaming machine or an
identifiable part of such a mechanism
Hopper or an identifiable part of a hopper
Computer cabinet
Game board
Processor board
Game EPROM
Program or software for a gaming machine (irrespective of the medium or
method of storage)
Identification plate referred to in regulation 20
Gaming machine label referred to in section 135 of the Act
Gaming machine seal
Application for the grant of a
gaming machine licence
(section 24(3)(q) of the Act) 1 150 revenue units
Copy of gaming machine
licence (section 31(1) of the
Act) 55 revenue units
Application for approval to alter
a gaming machine
(section 40A(1)(a) of the Act) 55 revenue units
Application for increase in
number of gaming machines
provided to a licensee
(section 41(2)(f) of the Act) 115 revenue units
Application for the grant of a
repairer's, service contractor's,
monitoring provider's or
machine manager's licence
(section 62(1)(j) of the Act) 115 revenue units
Issue of copy of licence for
repairer, service contractor or
machine manager
(section 67(1) of the Act) 20 revenue units
Application for renewal of
repairer's, service contractor's
or machine manager's licence
(section 71(2)(c) of the Act) 55 revenue units
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Schedule 6 Basic monitoring service
regulation 6B
Information, services and support
A monthly report, in a form approved by the Director, to the licensee
and the Director of daily gaming machine performance.
Read-only gaming machine data, and an events log, in respect the
licensed premises.
At the end of each financial year, a hard copy statement to the licensee
of gaming machine performance on the licensed premises during that
year.
Meter information to the licensed premises when a gaming machine
malfunctions.
Facilitation of changes to games and gaming machine configurations,
e.g. a change in the gaming token denomination of a gaming machine
or the return to players from a gaming machine.
Help desk support to licensed premises and licensed repairers during
hours of play at the licensed premises to assist with the following:
(a) resolving payment disputes;
(b) explaining variances in gaming machines;
(c) repairing minor faults with gaming machines, resetting gaming
machines and cancelling credit procedures on gaming
machines;
(d) verifying the integrity of gaming machine software.
The automatic shutdown of a gaming machine in the event of the
non-compliance of the gaming machine or to enforce the hours of
gaming under the gaming machine licence.
Dial-in, read-only access of the monitoring service database by the
Director.
ENDNOTES
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Gaming Machine Regulations (SL No. 40, 1995)
Notified 19 December 1995
Commenced 19 December 1995
Amendments of Gaming Machine Regulations (SL No. 25, 1996)
Notified 12 June 1996
Commenced 12 June 1996
Amendments of Gaming Machine Regulations (SL No. 7, 1998)
Notified 11 March 1998
Commenced 11 March 1998
Financial Relations Agreement (Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 (Act No. 32, 2000)
Assent date 27 June 2000
Commenced 1 July 2000 (s 2(2))
Amendment of Gaming Machine Regulations (SL No. 21, 2001)
Notified 11 April 2001
Commenced 11 April 2001
Amendments of Gaming Machine Regulations (SL No. 33, 2001)
Notified 29 June 2001
Commenced rr 17 and 18: 1 July 2001 (r 1(1)); rem: 29 June 2001 (r 1(2),
s 2 Gaming Machine Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001 (Act No. 5,
2001) and Gaz S34, 29 June 2001)
Statute Law Revision Act 2002 (Act No. 18, 2002)
Assent date 7 June 2002
Commenced 7 June 2002
Treasury Legislation Amendment (Revenue Units) Regulations 2006 (SL No. 33, 2006)
Notified 18 October 2006
Commenced 18 October 2006
ENDNOTES
Gaming Machine Regulations 1995 37
Gaming Machine Amendment Regulations 2006 (SL No. 44, 2006)
Notified 20 December 2006
Commenced 20 December 2006
Gaming Machine Amendment Regulations 2007 (SL No. 37, 2007)
Notified 19 December 2007
Commenced 19 December 2007
Gaming Machine Amendment (Anti-Proliferation) Act 2008 (Act No. 29, 2008)
Assent date 22 November 2008
Commenced s 10: 1 January 2009 (Gaz G50, 17 December 2008, p 3);
rem: 18 July 2008 (s 2)
Fees and Charges Amendment Regulations 2009 (SL No. 34, 2009)
Notified 14 December 2009
Commenced 1 January 2010 (r 2)
Penalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013)
Assent date 12 July 2013
Commenced 28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2)
Licensing (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 (Act No. 44, 2014)
Assent date 5 December 2014
Commenced 1 January 2015 (Gaz S130, 19 December 2014, p 2)
Gaming Machine Amendment (Aggregate Number of Gaming Machines)
Regulations 2014 (SL No. 41, 2014)
Notified 24 December 2014
Commenced 1 January 2015 (r 2)
Gaming Machine Amendment (Maximum Number of Gaming Machines)
Regulations 2014 (SL No. 42, 2014)
Notified 24 December 2014
Commenced 1 July 2015 (r 2)
Gaming Machine Amendment (Levies) Regulations 2014 (SL No. 44, 2014)
Notified 24 December 2014
Commenced 1 January 2015 (r 2, s 2 Licensing (Repeals and
Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 (Act No. 40, 2014) and
Gaz S130, 19 December 2014, p 2)
Gaming Machine Amendment (Levy) Regulations 2015 (SL No. 4, 2015)
Notified 29 April 2015
Commenced 29 April 2015
Gaming Machine Amendment (Aggregate Number of Gaming Machines)
Regulations 2016 (SL No. 41, 2016)
Notified 14 November 2016
Commenced 14 November 2016
Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (Act No. 13, 2017)
Assent date 27 June 2017
Commenced 1 July 2017 (s 2)
Gaming Machine Amendment Regulations 2017 (SL No. 39, 2017)
Notified 29 November 2017
Commenced 29 November 2017
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Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 14, 2018)
Assent date 28 June 2018
Commenced pts 3, 4 and 6 (except ss 34 and 36(3)): 1 May 2018;
pt 2, divs 1 and 2, pt 5, ss 34 and 36(3) and pt 7: 1 July 2018;
pt 2, div 3 and pt 8: 1 July 2019 (s 2)
Gaming Machine Amendment Regulations 2018 (SL No. 15, 2018)
Notified 4 July 2018
Commenced 4 July 2018
Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (Act No. 22, 2019)
Assent date 21 June 2019
Commenced pt 3: 21 June 2019; rem: 8 February 2019 (s 2)
Gaming Machine Amendment Regulations 2020 (SL No. 1, 2020)
Notified 12 February 2020
Commenced 12 February 2020
Licensing (Director-General) Repeal Act 2020 (Act No. 4, 2020)
Assent date 9 March 2020
Commenced 14 April 2020 (Gaz G13, 1 April 2020, p 2)
Gaming Machine Further Amendment Regulations 2020 (SL No. 8, 2020)
Notified 13 May 2020
Commenced 13 May 2020
Gaming Machine Amendment Regulations 2022 (SL No. 15, 2022)
Notified 13 October 2022
Commenced 13 October 2022 (r 2)
Gaming Machine Amendment Regulations 2023 (SL No. 15, 2023)
Date made 13 June 2023
Commenced 14 June 2023 (r 2)
3 SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
r 26 Amendments of Gaming Machine Regulations (SL No. 33, 2001)
4 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1 and 39.
5 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 2 amd No. 7, 1998, r 1; No. 44, 2006, r 3
pt 1A hdg ins Act No. 29, 2008, s 9
rep No. 41, 2014, r 4
ins No. 41, 2016, r 3
ENDNOTES
Gaming Machine Regulations 1995 39
r 2AA ins Act No. 29, 2008, s 9
rep No. 41, 2014, r 4
ins No. 41, 2016, r 3
amd No. 15, 2018, r 4
sub No. 1, 2020, r 4
amd No. 15, 2023, r 4
sr 2A ins No. 7, 1998, r 2
sub No. 44, 2006, r 4
r 3 amd No. 21, 2001; No. 42, 2014, r 4
r 3A ins No. 33, 2001, r 3
amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 5 rep No. 33, 2001, r 4
pt 3 hdg amd No. 33, 2001, r 5
r 6 amd No. 33, 2001, r 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
rr 6A – 6D ins No. 33, 2001, r 7
r 6E ins No. 33, 2001, r 7
amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 8 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;
Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 9 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6
r 9A ins No. 33, 2001, r 8
amd No. 33, 2006, r 5
r 10 amd No. 37, 2007, r 3
r 11 rep No. 33, 2001, r 9
r 12 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 12A ins No. 33, 2001, r 10
amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 13 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6
r 14 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 15 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;
Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 16 amd No. 33, 2001, r 11
r 17 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6
r 18A ins No. 33, 2001, r 12
amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 19 sub No. 33, 2001, r 12
amd No. 33, 2006, r 5
r 20 sub No. 33, 2001, r 12
amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 21 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6
r 22 sub No. 33, 2001, r 13
amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 24 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 24A ins No. 33, 2001, r 14
amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 26 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 27 amd No. 25, 1996, r 1; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; No. 39, 2017, r 4;
Act No. 4, 2020, s 87; No. 15, 2022, r 4
r 28 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act
No. 4, 2020, s 87
rr 29 – 30 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6
pt 7 hdg amd No. 33, 2001, r 15; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 31A ins No. 44, 2014, r 4
r 31B ins No. 4, 2015, r 3
r 32 amd No. 33, 2001, r 16
r 32A ins No. 33, 2001, r 17
amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
ENDNOTES
Gaming Machine Regulations 1995 40
r 33 amd Act No. 32, 2000, s 41
sub No. 33, 2001, r 17; Act No. 29, 2008, s 10; Act No. 13, 2017, s 18
amd Act No. 14, 2018, s 38
sub Act No. 22, 2019, s 6
amd No. 8, 2020 r 4
r 34 amd No. 33, 2001, r 18
r 37 amd No. 33, 2001, r 19; No. 33, 2006, r 5; No. 34, 2009, r 10; Act No. 44,
2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 37A ins No. 33, 2001, r 20
rep No. 33, 2006, r 3
r 38 amd No. 33, 2001, r 21; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; No. 44, 2014, r 5; Act No. 4,
2020, s 87
r 38A ins No. 44, 2014, r 6
amd Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 39 amd No. 25, 1996, r 2; No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44,
2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
sch 1 amd No. 25, 1996, r 3
sub No. 33, 2001, r 22
amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
sch 2 sub No. 33, 2001, r 22
sch 3 sub No. 33, 2001, r 22
amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
sch 4 amd No. 33, 2001, r 23
sch 5 amd No. 33, 2001, r 24; Act No. 18, 2002, s 7; No. 33, 2006, rr 4 and 5;
No. 34, 2009, r 10
sch 6 ins No. 33, 2001, r 25
amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87