61ALimit on number of MTGMs in clubs

#### 61A Limit on number of MTGMs in clubs 61A Limit on number of MTGMs in clubs > > (1) Except as provided by section 61B, an application for authorisation to keep an MTGM on the premises of a club cannot be granted if— > > > > > (a) the total number of terminals forming part of MTGMs kept on the premises is more than 15% of the total number of gaming machine entitlements held in respect of the club licence concerned, or > > > > > (b) the authorisation would result in the total number of terminals forming part of MTGMs kept on the premises being more than 15% of the total number of gaming machine entitlements held in respect of the club licence concerned. > > > (2) Subsection (1) applies only if the application relates to an increase in the number of MTGMs authorised to be kept on the club premises. > > > (3) If, at the commencement of this section (as substituted by the [Gaming Machines Amendment Act 2008](/view/html/repealed/current/act-2008-099)) the total number of terminals forming part of MTGMs kept on the premises of a club is more than 15% of the total number of gaming machine entitlements held in respect of the club licence concerned, the club must, within 5 years of that commencement, reduce the total number of those terminals to no more than 15% of the total number of entitlements so held. > > > (4) If, by the end of that 5-year period, the club has not reduced the total number of terminals in accordance with subsection (3), the authorisation to keep any MTGM that is over the 15% threshold is automatically cancelled. > > > (5) An application for authorisation to keep an MTGM on the premises of a club cannot be granted if the application relies on an increase in the number of gaming machine entitlements held by the club that results from a lease of those gaming machine entitlements. > > **s 61A:** Ins 2008 No 6, Sch 1 \[8\]. Subst 2008 No 99, Sch 1 \[61\]. Am 2011 No 72, Sch 3 \[1\] \[3\] \[64\] \[65\]; 2013 No 34, Sch 1 \[2\]; 2018 No 9, Schs 1 \[31\], 2 \[5\].