Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"arrangement" includes a scheme, understanding, promise or undertaking, whether express or implied.
"approved evaluator" means a person who is approved as an evaluator under section 131(10).
"approved finance provider" means:
(a) a financial institution that is approved as a finance provider under section 129(1); or
(b) a person or body prescribed as a finance provider for the purposes of this Act.
associate has the meaning given by section 5.
"basic monitoring service" means a monitoring service that is prescribed.
"betting unit" means the least valuable bet a player may make on a gaming machine.
"centralised credit system" means an electronic or computer system or device that is so designed that it may be used for, or adapted to enable, the transfer of credits of gaming tokens to or from a gaming machine.
"Chairperson" means:
(a) the Chairperson of the Commission appointed under section 6 of the Northern Territory Licensing Commission Act ; or
(b) a person appointed to act as the Chairperson of the Commission under section 8 of that Act while acting as the Chairperson.
"club" means a body corporate that holds a club liquor licence.
"club liquor licence" means a licence granted under the Liquor Act to a body corporate:
(a) where the primary activity conducted on or at the premises specified in the licence is the sale and consumption of liquor on or at those premises by members and guests of the body corporate; and
(b) that is endorsed with the words " AUTHORITY – CLUB ".
"Commission" means the Northern Territory Licensing Commission established by section 4 of the Northern Territory Licensing Commission Act .
"Community Benefit Fund" means the Community Benefit Fund maintained under section 68A of the Gaming Control Act .
"computer cabinet" means the sealable metal cabinet in a gaming machine which contains the game program storage medium and the random access memory.
conduct of gaming has the meaning given by section 4.
"conviction" includes a finding of guilt, or the acceptance of a plea of guilty, by a court.
"Director" means:
(a) the Director of Licensing appointed under section 22(1) of the Northern Territory Licensing Commission Act ; or
(b) a person appointed to act as the Director under section 22(2) of that Act while acting as the Director.
"electronic monitoring system" means an electronic or computer system or device that is designed so that it may be used, or adapted, to receive data from gaming equipment in relation to the security, accounting or operation of gaming equipment.
"employ" means to employ for fee or reward, to engage in an honorary capacity or to engage without fee or reward.
"executive officer", in relation to a body corporate, means the chairperson, managing director or other principal executive officer of the body corporate and every member of any executive, governing or management body of the body corporate (by whatever name called) and, in relation to an incorporated association, includes the public officer.
"financial institution" means:
(a) the Reserve Bank of Australia;
(b) an authorised deposit-taking institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth (an ADI );
(c) a foreign ADI within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth;
(d) a person who carries on State banking within the meaning of section 51(xiii) of the Commonwealth Constitution;
(e) a body corporate that is or that, if it had been incorporated in Australia, would be a financial corporation within the meaning of section 51(xx) of the Commonwealth Constitution;
(f) the Territory Insurance Office; or
(g) a person or body prescribed as a financial institution for the purposes of this Act.
"game" means a game designed to be played on a gaming machine and identifiable from all other games by differences in rules or programming.
"gaming" means the playing of a gaming machine.
"gaming equipment" means a gaming machine, linked jackpot equipment, electronic monitoring system, centralised credit system or any part of or replacement part for such a machine, equipment or system.
"gaming machine" means a device that is designed so that:
(a) it may be used for the purpose of playing a game of chance or a game of mixed chance and skill; and
(b) it may be operated, wholly or in part:
(i) by the insertion of a gaming token into the device;
(ii) by the use of gaming machine credits;
(iii) by the electronic transfer of credits of gaming tokens to the device; or
(iv) by the use of gaming tokens held, stored or accredited by the device or elsewhere; and
(c) because of making a bet on the device, winnings may become payable,
but does not include any device declared under section 171 not to be a gaming machine.
"gaming machine area" means a location on licensed premises where a licensee is permitted to install a gaming machine.
"gaming machine credit" means a credit of a gaming token registered by a gaming machine.
"gaming machine licence" means a gaming machine licence issued under section 28.
"gaming machine type" means a type of gaming machine in which different games may be installed.
"gaming token" means Australian currency or a token, credit or other thing that enables a bet to be made on a gaming machine, but does not include a gaming machine credit.
"gross monthly profit", in respect of licensed premises, means the monetary amount of all bets made on gaming machines by persons who played those machines on the premises during the period covered by an assessment made under section 148 less the monetary amount of all payments made to those persons in respect of their playing of those machines during that period.
"hotel liquor licence" means a licence granted under the Liquor Act :
(a) where the primary activity conducted on or at the premises specified in the licence is the sale and consumption of liquor on or at those premises; and
(b) that is endorsed with the words " AUTHORITY – PUBLIC HOTEL " or " AUTHORITY – TAVERN ".
"inspector" means an inspector appointed under section 20 and includes an authorised person appointed under section 21 and a gaming inspector appointed under the Gaming Control Act .
"jackpot" means the combination of letters, numbers, symbols or representations required to be displayed on the reels or video screen of a gaming machine so that the maximum winnings in accordance with the prize payout scale displayed on the machine are payable.
"licensed machine manager" means the holder of a machine manager's licence under Part 4.
"licensed premises" means premises on which a licensee is licensed to conduct gaming.
"licensed monitoring provider" means the holder of a monitoring provider's licence under Part 4.
"licensed repairer" means the holder of a repairer's licence under Part 4.
"licensed service contractor" means the holder of a service contractor's licence under Part 4.
"licensee" means the holder of a gaming machine licence.
"linked jackpot arrangement" means an arrangement under which 2 or more gaming machines are linked to a device, being a device:
(a) that records, an amount which, in the event of a jackpot or other result being obtained on one of those machines, may be, or part of the amount may be, payable as winnings;
(b) that, for the purpose of recording the amount referred to in paragraph (a), receives data from each gaming machine to which the device is linked; and
(c) that is not capable of affecting the outcome of a game on a gaming machine to which the device is linked.
"linked jackpot equipment" means a jackpot meter, payout display, linking equipment, computer equipment, programming or other device (other than a gaming machine) forming, or capable of forming, part of a linked jackpot arrangement.
"liquor" has the same meaning as in the Liquor Act .
"liquor licence" means:
(a) a licence granted under the Liquor Act ; or
(b) an authority to sell liquor under a Commonwealth Act.
"listed person" means a person listed on:
(a) the roll of recognised manufacturers and suppliers of gaming machines maintained under section 116; or
(b) the roll of recognised suppliers of restricted components maintained under section 117.
locality has the meaning in section 6A.
"machine manager" means:
(a) a licensed machine manager employed under section 60(3); or
(b) an applicant for a machine manager's licence employed under section 60(4); or
(c) a person employed under section 60(6).
"machine manager's licence" means a machine manager's licence under Part 4.
"money clearance" means the removal of gaming tokens from the drop box of a gaming machine.
"monitoring provider's licence" means a monitoring provider's licence under Part 4.
multiple site linked jackpot arrangement means a linked jackpot arrangement linking gaming machines with other gaming machines on 2 or more licensed premises.
"non-proprietary club" means a club whose rules, constitution or other incorporating documents provide that:
(a) the income, profits and assets of the club are to be applied only in the promotion of its objects; and
(b) the payment of dividends to, or the distribution of income, profits or assets of the club among, its members is prohibited.
"place" includes a house, wharf and premises.
play a gaming machine has the meaning given by section 6.
"premises" includes messuages, buildings, lands, easements, tenements of any tenure, vehicles or vessels.
"principal executive officer", in relation to a body corporate, means the chairperson, managing director and/or other principal executive, governing or management officer (by whatever name called) of the body corporate and, in relation to an incorporated association, includes the public officer.
"public interest" means public interest having regard to the creation and maintenance of public confidence and trust in the credibility or integrity of:
(a) gaming;
(b) the conduct of gaming;
(c) the manufacture, assembly, sale, supply, installation, alteration, obtaining, possession, operation, use, adjustment, maintenance or repair of gaming equipment; or
(d) the administration of licensed premises.
recognised manufacturer or supplier of gaming machines means a person who is approved as a recognised manufacturer or supplier of gaming machines under section 116.
recognised supplier of restricted components means a person who is approved as a recognised supplier of restricted components under section 117.
"repairer's licence" means a repairer's licence under Part 4.
"restricted component" means a component that is prescribed as a restricted component when it does not form part of a gaming machine, linked jackpot equipment, electronic monitoring system or centralised credit system but does not include anything declared under section 171 not to be a restricted component.
"schedule of gaming machines" means the schedule of gaming machines issued under section 29 that, for the time being, is in existence in respect of the licensed premises specified in the schedule.
"seal" means a seal issued or approved by the Director under section 136A.
"service contract" means an agreement to install, alter, adjust, maintain or repair gaming equipment on a licensee's licensed premises.
"service contractor's licence" means a service contractor's licence under Part 4.
"single site linked jackpot arrangement" means a linked jackpot arrangement linking gaming machines with gaming machines on the same licensed premises.
"vehicle" means a motor vehicle, omnibus, coach, cart, sulky, bicycle, velocipede, train, railway carriage, aeroplane, airship, balloon, hovercraft or any other means of conveyance or transit.
"vessel" means a ship, boat, punt, ferry, hovercraft or any other kind of vessel used or apparently designed for use in navigation.