Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In this section:
"Casino Act" means the Act repealed by section 81(1).
"former Commission" means the Gaming Control Commission established by the Lotteries Act.
"Lotteries Act" means the Act repealed by section 81(2).
(2) On the commencement of this Act:
(a) the person who, immediately before that commencement, was the Director of Gaming, within the meaning of the Lotteries Act, shall be deemed to have been appointed the Director of Gaming under this Act;
(b) a person who, immediately before that commencement, was a member of the former Commission shall be deemed to be appointed as a member of the Commission for the remainder of the period for which the person was appointed under the Lotteries Act;
(c) a person who, immediately before that commencement, was a deputy of a member of the former Commission shall be deemed to be appointed as the deputy of the member under this Act;
(d) a person who, immediately before that commencement, was a Treasury Gaming Inspector under the Casino Act shall be deemed to have been appointed a gaming inspector under this Act;
(e) the Lotteries Fund and the Sports and Recreational Development Fund established under the Lotteries Act shall be deemed to be the Lotteries Fund and the Sports and Recreational Development Fund required to be established under this Act;
(f) the trust account opened for the purposes of section 37AB of the Lotteries Act shall be deemed to be the trust account that may be established under section 50;
(g) a licence granted under the Casino Act shall be deemed to be a licence granted under this Act subject to the same terms and conditions to which it was subject under the Casino Act;
(h) a permit, determination, declaration, approval, permission or direction granted, made or given under the Lotteries Act that was in force immediately before that commencement shall be deemed to be a permit, determination, declaration, approval, permission or direction granted, made or given under the equivalent section, if any, of this Act subject to the same terms, conditions and limitations to which it was subject under the Lotteries Act;
(j) guidelines promulgated under the Lotteries Act that were in force immediately before that commencement shall be deemed to be guidelines promulgated under this Act;
(k) a game that, immediately before that commencement, was an authorised game under the Casino Act shall be deemed to be a game approved under this Act; and
(m) a direction under the Casino Act that was in force immediately before that commencement shall be deemed to be a direction given under the equivalent section, if any, of this Act.
(3) An appointment under the Lotteries Act or the Casino Act deemed under this section to be an appointment under this Act may be terminated in accordance with this Act.
(4) A permit, declaration, approval, permission or direction under the Lotteries Act or a direction under the Casino Act deemed by this section to be a permit, declaration, approval, permission or direction under this Act may be cancelled, suspended, varied or otherwise dealt with under this Act.
(5) On the commencement of this Act, premises specified in a licence granted under the Casino Act shall be deemed to be a place approved under this Act at which the Licensee may conduct the business specified in the licence and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the agreement or the licence, the Minister may, in accordance with this Act, from time to time, approve such other place or places at which the Licensee may conduct that business.
(6) A licence granted under the Casino Act to be deemed in pursuance of this section to be a licence under this Act may be cancelled, suspended, varied or otherwise dealt with under this Act.
(7) The Lotteries and Gaming Regulations , as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall continue in force after that commencement as if they had been made under this Act and may be amended or repealed under this Act, and a reference in those Regulations to a section of the Lotteries Act shall be construed, where possible, as a reference to the appropriate or relevant section of this Act.