New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

GAMING MACHINES REGULATION 2002 - REG 40B

40B Exemption from operation of section 37B (4) of the Act for club premises in retail shopping centres

(1) For the purposes of section 37B (5) (a) of the Act, the prescribed number of shops is 40.

(2) If an application is granted under the Liquor Act 2007 that results in the removal of a club licence, or the extension of the premises of a registered club, to premises that are part of a retail shopping centre, the registered club is exempt from the operation of section 37B (4) of the Act in relation to those premises if:

(a) the club was occupying premises in that same retail shopping centre as at 2 April 2002, and

(b) patrons will not be able to gain access to the club’s premises directly from the retail shopping centre, and

(c) the gaming machine threshold for the club’s premises is no more than the gaming machine threshold for the club’s premises immediately before the club licence was removed or the premises were extended.