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New South Wales
Liquor Amendment (Gaming Machine
Restrictions) Bill 2001
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Liquor Act 1982 No 147 2
4 Consequential amendment of Liquor Regulation 1996 2
Schedule 1 Amendment of Liquor Act 1982 3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, has
finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of NEW
SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2001
New South Wales
Liquor Amendment (Gaming Machine
Restrictions) Bill 2001
Act No , 2001
An Act to amend the Liquor Act 1982 to restrict the keeping of additional gaming
machines in hotels; and for related purposes.
I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill as
finally passed by both Houses.
Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1 Liquor Amendment (Gaming Machine Restrictions) Bill 2001
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Liquor Amendment (Gaming Machine Restrictions)
Act 2001.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent.
3 Amendment of Liquor Act 1982 No 147
The Liquor Act 1982 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
4 Consequential amendment of Liquor Regulation 1996
The Liquor Regulation 1996 is amended by omitting clause 46AA.
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Liquor Amendment (Gaming Machine Restrictions) Bill 2001
Amendment of Liquor Act 1982 Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment of Liquor Act 1982
(Section 3)
Part 11, Division 2B
Insert after Division 2A of Part 11:
Division 2B Freeze on number of approved gaming
devices in hotels
182D Definitions
(1) In this Division:
application for additional gaming devices means an
application by a hotelier to the court or the Board to impose,
vary or revoke a condition of the hotelier's licence so as to
authorise the acquisition, keeping, or the use or operation of
more approved gaming devices than were lawfully acquired,
kept in the hotel and used or operated in the hotel immediately
before the period of the freeze.
period of the freeze means the period:
(a) commencing on 19 April 2001 (being the date on which
clause 46AA of the Liquor Regulation 1996 took
effect), and
(b) ending on the date appointed by proclamation.
(2) The date appointed for the end of the period of the freeze may
be altered by a further proclamation or proclamations published
before the date so appointed.
182E Number of approved gaming devices in hotels not to be
increased during the period of the freeze
(1) It is a condition of a hotelier's licence that the hotelier cannot
acquire, keep in the hotel, or permit the use or operation in the
hotel of, any approved gaming device so as to exceed the
maximum number of approved gaming devices that were
lawfully acquired, kept in the hotel and used or operated in the
hotel immediately before the period of the freeze.
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Liquor Amendment (Gaming Machine Restrictions) Bill 2001
Schedule 1 Amendment of Liquor Act 1982
(2) A hotelier cannot, during the period of the freeze, make an
application for additional gaming devices.
(3) The court or the Board cannot, during the period of the freeze,
determine an application for additional gaming devices.
(4) This section is subject to the other provisions of this Division.
182F Miscellaneous provisions
(1) This Division does not prevent the acquisition, keeping, use or
operation of:
(a) an approved gaming device in accordance with:
(i) a condition imposed before the period of the
freeze under section 171F (2) (a), or
(ii) an application granted before the period of the
freeze under section 171F (2) (b), or
(b) a poker machine in accordance with a permit issued
before the period of the freeze by the Minister under
section 182C.
(2) This Division applies to approved gaming devices even if they
are part of an authorised linked gaming system under Part 12.
(3) Damages or compensation are not payable by or on behalf of
the Crown:
(a) because of the enactment or operation of this Division
or the operation of clause 46AA of the Liquor
Regulation 1996, or
(b) for the consequences of that enactment or any such
operation, or
(c) because of a representation or conduct of any kind about
any limitation on the keeping of approved gaming
devices by hoteliers.
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Liquor Amendment (Gaming Machine Restrictions) Bill 2001
Amendment of Liquor Act 1982 Schedule 1
(4) In subsection (3), the Crown means the Crown within the
meaning of the Crown Proceedings Act 1988, and includes the
Board or any officer, employee or agent of the Crown or the
Board.
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