(1) Except as provided by section 61B, an application for authorisation to
keep an MTGM on the premises of a club cannot be granted if--
(a) the total
number of terminals forming part of MTGMs kept on the premises is more than
15% of the total number of gaming machine entitlements held in respect of the
club licence concerned, or
(b) the authorisation would result in the total
number of terminals forming part of MTGMs kept on the premises being more than
15% of the total number of gaming machine entitlements held in respect of the
club licence concerned.
(2) Subsection (1) applies only if the application
relates to an increase in the number of MTGMs authorised to be kept on the
club premises.
(3) If, at the commencement of this section (as substituted by
the Gaming Machines Amendment Act 2008 ) the total number of terminals
forming part of MTGMs kept on the premises of a club is more than 15% of the
total number of gaming machine entitlements held in respect of the
club licence concerned, the club must, within 5 years of that commencement,
reduce the total number of those terminals to no more than 15% of the total
number of entitlements so held.
(4) If, by the end of that 5-year period, the
club has not reduced the total number of terminals in accordance with
subsection (3), the authorisation to keep any MTGM that is over the 15%
threshold is automatically cancelled.
