New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAMING MACHINES ACT 2001 - SECT 37

37 Provisions relating to increased gaming machine thresholds when LIA approved

(1) Class 1 LIA approvals If a class 1 LIA is approved in connection with a threshold increase application and the relevant venue’s gaming machine threshold is increased accordingly, the venue has up to 2 years from the date of the approval in which to acquire poker machine entitlements for the number of gaming machines to which the increase relates (referred to as the venue’s "class 1 quota").

(2) If, at the end of that 2-year period the relevant venue has not acquired poker machine entitlements for its class 1 quota, the Authority is to decrease the gaming machine threshold for the venue in accordance with the portion of the class 1 quota that is not used during that period.

(3) Class 2 LIA approvals If a class 2 LIA is approved in connection with a threshold increase application and the relevant venue’s gaming machine threshold is increased accordingly, the venue has up to 5 years from the date of the approval in which to acquire poker machine entitlements for the number of gaming machines to which the increase relates (referred to as the venue’s "class 2 quota").

(4) If, at the end of that 5-year period the relevant venue has not acquired poker machine entitlements for its class 2 quota, the Authority is to decrease the gaming machine threshold for the venue in accordance with the portion of the class 2 quota that is not used during that period.