32Gaming machine thresholds for venues

#### 32 Gaming machine thresholds for venues 32 Gaming machine thresholds for venues > > (1) The Authority may, for each hotel and each set of club premises, set the maximum number of approved gaming machines that may be authorised under Part 5 to be kept in the hotel or on those premises. > > > (2) Any such maximum number is the gaming machine threshold for the hotel or club premises concerned. > > > (3) The gaming machine threshold for a hotel is subject to section 11. > > > (4) In the case of a new hotel or new club premises, the gaming machine threshold for the hotel or club premises may be set at zero. > > > (5) The gaming machine threshold for a hotel or the premises of a club may be increased or otherwise varied by the Authority in accordance with this Act. > > > (6) For the purposes of this Division and any regulations made under this Division, a hotel or club premises cease to be a new hotel or new club premises (as the case requires) once the gaming machine threshold for the hotel or club premises is increased or a gaming machine entitlement held by the hotel or club has been leased (whether or not the lease is still in force). > > > > Note. > > > > If the licence for the venue is subsequently removed under the [Liquor Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-090) to another venue, the other venue would be considered a new hotel or new club premises (as the case requires). > > **s 32:** Am 2002 No 102, Sch 1 \[20\]; 2003 No 58, Sch 1 \[18\]; 2007 No 92, Sch 3 \[17\] \[22\]. Subst 2008 No 99, Sch 1 \[44\]. Am 2011 No 72, Sch 3 \[1\] \[3\] \[44\]–\[46\]; 2015 No 15, Sch 1.12; 2018 No 9, Sch 2 \[4\].