(1) Except as provided by this section, a threshold increase application must
be accompanied by a local impact assessment (
"LIA" ). An LIA, if required, is to be a
"class 1 LIA" or a
"class 2 LIA" as determined by this section.
(c) the relevant venue and the transferring/lessor venue are situated in the
same local government area and the classification of the
local statistical area in which the transferring/lessor venue is situated is
the same as or ranked higher than the classification of the
local statistical area in which the relevant venue is situated,
(b)
an application under and in accordance with the arrangements referred to in
section 26 for the acquisition by the relevant venue of permits.
(2B) If a
threshold increase application that is not required to be accompanied by an
LIA is approved, the applicant must within 1 month after the approval provide
a local impact statement for the venue (containing such information about the
venue and the impact of the approved increase as the Authority may determine)
to such persons and bodies as the applicant would have been required to notify
of the proposed application had it been required to be accompanied by a
class 2 LIA.
(5) For the purposes of this section, a
"low-range increase" , a
"mid-range increase" or a
"high-range increase" in a gaming machine threshold for a venue is to be
determined in accordance with the regulations.
(6) The regulations may make
provision for or with respect to the following--
(a) the information to be
provided by an LIA,
(b) the requirements that must be complied with in
relation to an LIA, which may include a requirement to verify any information
by statutory declaration,
(c) the matters to be assessed or addressed by an
LIA,
(d) the advertising of LIAs,
(e) the making of submissions in relation
to LIAs.
(7) The regulations may also create exceptions to this section and
provide for the conditions to which any such exception is subject.
(8) Except
to the extent to which the regulations make provision, an LIA is to be
provided in the form and manner approved by the Authority.