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Registered Clubs Act 1976
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#### 17B Transitional provisions
17B Transitional provisions
> > (1) Where an application for a licence is made, but not determined, before the appointed day, the applicant is, between the commencement of that day and—
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> > > (a) where the application is refused—the time the applicant is notified of the refusal by posting advice of the refusal to the address of the applicant last known to the Board, or
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> > > (b) where the application is granted—the expiration of 14 days after the applicant is, in the same way, notified of the granting of the licence,
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> > taken to be the holder of a licence of the kind applied for.
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> > (2) If the Licensing Court, upon cause shown, so directs, subclause (1) ceases to apply to a specified applicant to whom or to which, but for this clause and the direction, it would apply.
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> > (3) Subject to any directions given by the Board to a particular licensee, or to licensees of a particular class of licensees, a reference in this Act to an established poker machine includes a reference to a poker machine (not being an approved poker machine)—
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> > > (a) that, immediately before the appointed day, was in the possession of a person who, on the appointed day is, or is taken to be, a licensee, or
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> > > (b) that is manufactured on or after the appointed day by a person who, at the time of the manufacture is, or is taken to be, the holder of a dealer’s licence, or
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> > > (c) that, on or after the appointed day, is the subject of a contract—
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> > > > (i) entered into by any person before the appointed day, or
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> > > > (ii) entered into on or after the appointed day by a person who is, or is taken to be, a licensee.
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> > (4) The Board may, by notification in the Gazette, terminate the operation of subclause (3).
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> > (5) This clause is taken to have commenced on 21 May 1986 (the date of assent to the amending Act).
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> > (6) Subclauses (1)–(4) re-enact (with minor modifications) clauses 2–4 of Schedule 3 to the amending Act. Subclauses (1)–(4) are transferred provisions to which section 30A of the [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015) applies.
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> > (7) In this clause—
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> > amending Act means the [Registered Clubs (Amendment) Act 1986](/view/pdf/asmade/act-1986-78).
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> > appointed day means the day appointed under section 116, as inserted by the amending Act.