New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAMING MACHINES ACT 2001 - SECT 21

21 Other provisions relating to transfer of poker machine entitlements

(1) In the case of a hotel licence that is held in relation to a country hotel, no more than one block of poker machine entitlements allocated in respect of the licence may be transferred in any period of 12 months to a hotel licence held in relation to a hotel that is situated in a metropolitan area.

(2) If, in the case of a registered club that has more than one set of premises, poker machine entitlements allocated in respect of one of those sets of premises ( "the transferring premises") are transferred to another set of the club’s premises:

(a) the forfeiture to the Authority of one entitlement per transfer block is not required if the transferring premises and the other set of premises are situated in the same local government area, and

(b) if the transferring premises and the other set of premises are situated in different local government areas-the forfeiture to the Authority of one entitlement for every 2 transfer blocks is required.

(4) If for the time being the number of poker machine entitlements allocated in respect of the premises of a registered club is 10 or less ( "the remaining entitlements"), the club cannot transfer any of those remaining entitlements unless the transfer has been approved in principle at an extraordinary general meeting of the ordinary members of the club (being an approval supported by a majority of the votes cast at the meeting).

(5) If a liquidator has been appointed for a registered club and any poker machine entitlements allocated in respect of any of the premises of the club are proposed to be transferred, the forfeiture to the Authority of one entitlement per transfer block is required.

(6) If a registered club ( "the dissolved club") amalgamates with another registered club ( "the parent club") as referred to in Division 1A of Part 2 of the Registered Clubs Act 1976 , any poker machine entitlements allocated in respect of the premises of the dissolved club are taken to be transferred to those same premises without the forfeiture of any entitlement to the Authority.