1GAMING MACHINE RULES 2001

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA GAMING MACHINE RULES 2001 As in force at 21 December 2022 Table of provisions 1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1 2 One gaming machine per person .................................................... 1 3 Reservation of gaming machine ...................................................... 1 4 Refusal to pay cancelled credit or jackpot payout............................ 1 5 Report of refusal .............................................................................. 1 6 Payment of cancelled credit or jackpot payout ................................ 2 ENDNOTES

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As in force at 21 December 2022

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GAMING MACHINE RULES 2001 Rules under the Gaming Machine Act 1995 1 Citation These Rules may be cited as the Gaming Machine Rules 2001. 2 One gaming machine per person A machine manager may determine that one gaming machine only may be played by a person at any one time. 3 Reservation of gaming machine A person may reserve a gaming machine without play for a maximum period of 3 minutes. 4 Refusal to pay cancelled credit or jackpot payout A machine manager must refuse to pay a cancelled credit or jackpot payout if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that: (a) the gaming machine credits were not accumulated, or the winning combination was not obtained, during permitted hours of gaming under section 88 of the Act; (b) the person claiming the cancelled credit or jackpot payout is not the person entitled to the payment or a person acting on behalf of that person; or (c) the Act or the Regulations have been contravened by the person claiming the cancelled credit or jackpot payout. 5 Report of refusal As soon as practicable after refusing to pay a cancelled credit or jackpot payout under rule 4, a machine manager must submit a report of the incident to the Director.

Gaming Machine Rules 2001 2 6 Payment of cancelled credit or jackpot payout (1) The licensee must pay a person entitled to a cancelled credit or a jackpot payout using one or more of the methods specified in section 94(2) of the Act, as chosen by the person. Note for subrule (1) The methods of payment are: gaming tokens, cheque, a combination of Australian currency, gaming tokens and cheque and electronic transfer. (2) Despite subrule (1): (a) any payment in cash must not exceed $2 500; and (b) any payment by cheque must be: (i) posted to the address of the person within 24 hours after the claim is made; or (ii) given to the person on the licensed premises without delay.

ENDNOTES Gaming Machine Rules 2001 3 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 Rules (SL No. 34, 2001) Notified 29 June 2001 Commenced 29 June 2001 Gaming Machine Amendment Rules 2007 (SL No. 42, 2007) Notified 24 December 2007 Commenced 24 December 2007 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 Rules 2017 (SL No. 30, 2017) Notified 22 November 2017 Commenced 22 November 2017 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 Amendment Rules 2022 (SL No. 23, 2022) Notified 21 December 2022 Commenced 21 December 2022 3 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: r 1.