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Queensland
GAMING MACHINE
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
Queensland
GAMING MACHINE
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Insertion of new ss 6A6C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6A Meaning of "jackpot payout" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6B Meaning of "metered payouts" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6C Meaning of "percentage return to player" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6 Amendment of s 39 (Application for gaming machine licences) . . . . . . . . 6
7 Omission of s 44 (Schedule of gaming machines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Amendment of s 45 (Gaming machine licences and schedules to
be displayed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Amendment of s 55 (Chief executive may alter or remove
gaming machines etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 Amendment of s 58 (Modification or relocation of gaming
machine areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Amendment of s 98A (Licensee's register of gaming machines) . . . . . . . . 8
12 Amendment of s 130 (Recognised manufacturers and suppliers of
gaming machines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Amendment of s 135 (Manufacture, sale, supply, obtaining or
possession of gaming machines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
14 Replacement of s 141D (Operator's and financier's registers of
gaming machines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
141D Licensed operators and approved financiers must keep
registers of gaming machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2
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15 Insertion of new s 146A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
146A Changes to approved games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
16 Amendment of s 149 (Linked jackpots) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
17 Amendment of s 153 (Protection of sensitive areas of gaming
equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
18 Amendment of s 161 (Audit of accounts of licensee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
19 Amendment of s 206 (Proceedings for offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Gaming Machine Act 1991
s1 4 s4
Gaming Machine Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Gaming Machine Amendment Act 1998. 3
4
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 5
amended 6
Act
Clause 3. This Act amends the Gaming Machine Act 1991. 7
of s 3 (Definitions) 8
Amendment
Clause 4.(1) Section 3, definitions "jackpot", "linked jackpot arrangement", 9
"metered payouts" and "schedule of gaming machines"-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Section 3-- 12
insert-- 13
` "approved trust account" means an account-- 14
(a) established with a financial institution for holding multiple site 15
jackpot increments; and 16
(b) approved by the chief executive. 17
"jackpot payout" see section 6A. 18
"linked jackpot arrangement" means an arrangement under which 2 or 19
more gaming machines are linked to a device recording a winning 20
result or other event resulting in an amount, part of an amount, or 21
something else, being won by a player. 22
"metered amount" means the amount displayed on the total wins meter of 23
a gaming machine or on a progressive jackpot prize meter. 24
s5 5 s5
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"metered payouts" see section 6B. 1
"percentage return to player" see section 6C. 2
"progressive jackpot prize meter" means a device for recording amounts 3
that, if won by a player, would be payable by a licensee as a jackpot 4
payout. 5
"promotions" means an amount, part of an amount, or something else, 6
able to be won on a gaming machine, whether or not a winning result 7
is obtained, and made available by the licensee or licensed operator. 8
"total wins meter" means a device for recording amounts that, if won by a 9
player, would be payable by a licensee other than as a jackpot payout.'. 10
(3) Section 3, definition "linked jackpot equipment", `jackpot 11
meter'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`meter'. 14
(4) Section 3, definition "monthly taxable metered win", from `less 15
the'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`less-- 18
(a) the amount for the period, other than promotions, paid into an 19
approved trust account maintained by a licensed operator for 20
multiple site jackpot increments; and 21
(b) the amount prescribed for the period under a regulation.'. 22
of new ss 6A6C 23
Insertion
Clause 5. After section 6-- 24
insert-- 25
of "jackpot payout" 26
`Meaning
`6A.(1) For this Act, a "jackpot payout" is a payment by a licensee to a 27
player for a winning result on a gaming machine if the payment-- 28
(a) does not increase the credit meter of the gaming machine; and 29
s6 6 s7
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(b) is not discharged from the hopper. 1
`(2) In this section, a payment by a licensee for a winning result does not 2
include a promotion. 3
of "metered payouts" 4
`Meaning
`6B.(1) For this Act, "metered payouts", for a licensed premises for an 5
assessment period, means the metered amount won by players for winning 6
results on gaming machines on the premises in the assessment period. 7
`(2) In this section, the metered amount won does not include an amount 8
payable under this Act from an approved trust account. 9
of "percentage return to player" 10
`Meaning
`6C.(1) For this Act, the "percentage return to player", for a game, is 11
the percentage calculated using the formula-- 12
W x 100 13
B 14
where-- 15
"B" is the amount that will be bet if bets are made on every result in the 16
game. 17
"W" is the amount that can be won, other than promotions, if all winning 18
results in the game are obtained.'. 19
of s 39 (Application for gaming machine licences) 20
Amendment
Clause 6. Section 39(3)(i)-- 21
omit. 22
of s 44 (Schedule of gaming machines) 23
Omission
Clause 7. Section 44-- 24
omit. 25
s8 7 s 10
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of s 45 (Gaming machine licences and schedules to be 1
Amendment
displayed) 2
Clause 8.(1) Section 45, heading, `and schedules'-- 3
omit. 4
(2) Section 45, from `and' to `gaming machines'-- 5
omit. 6
of s 55 (Chief executive may alter or remove gaming 7
Amendment
machines etc.) 8
Clause 9. Section 55(2), `effect a change in the game,'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`change the game to be played on the gaming machine or change the'. 11
of s 58 (Modification or relocation of gaming machine 12
Amendment
areas) 13
Clause 10.(1) Section 58, heading-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Relocation of gaming machine areas'. 16
(2) Section 58(1), `modify or'-- 17
omit. 18
(3) Section 58(2), from `by--' to `subsection (3).'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`by a plan of the premises indicating the proposed locations on the 21
premises where it is intended to install gaming machines.'. 22
(4) Section 58(3)-- 23
omit. 24
(5) Section 58(4)(b), `modified or'-- 25
omit. 26
s 11 8 s 12
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(6) Section 58(4), `modify or'-- 1
omit. 2
(7) Section 58(8), `modification or'-- 3
omit. 4
(8) Section 58(8), `modified or'-- 5
omit. 6
of s 98A (Licensee's register of gaming machines) 7
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 98A-- 8
insert-- 9
`(3) In this section-- 10
"leased" includes supplied under a hire-purchase agreement under the 11
Hire-purchase Act 1959.'. 12
of s 130 (Recognised manufacturers and suppliers of 13
Amendment
gaming machines) 14
Clause 12. Section 130(2)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(2) The chief executive must cause to be listed on the roll-- 17
(a) the name of any tenderer under section 144 who the chief 18
executive considers complies with this Act; and 19
(b) the name of any other person who the chief executive considers is 20
an appropriate person to be listed on the roll. 21
`(3) A person can not be an appropriate person for subsection (2)(b) 22
unless the person has submitted a gaming machine type or game for 23
evaluation under section 146 and the gaming machine type or game was 24
approved under the section.'. 25
s 13 9 s 13
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of s 135 (Manufacture, sale, supply, obtaining or 1
Amendment
possession of gaming machines) 2
Clause 13.(1) Section 135(1C)(a) and (b)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(a) if the buyer is a licensed operator-- 5
(i) selling, or owning and leasing, the machine to a licensee for 6
the conduct of gaming or a gaming trainer for conducting a 7
genuine training course relating to the conduct of gaming; or 8
(ii) owning and leasing the machine to another licensed operator 9
for subleasing the machine to a licensee for the conduct of 10
gaming or a gaming trainer for conducting a genuine training 11
course relating to the conduct of gaming; or 12
(b) if the buyer is an approved financier--owning and leasing the 13
machine to-- 14
(i) a licensed operator for subleasing the machine to a licensee 15
for the conduct of gaming or a gaming trainer for conducting 16
a genuine training course relating to the conduct of 17
gaming; or 18
(ii) another approved financier for subleasing to-- 19
(A) a licensed operator for further subleasing by the 20
operator to a licensee for the conduct of gaming or a 21
gaming trainer for conducting a genuine training course 22
relating to the conduct of gaming; or 23
(B) a licensee for the conduct of gaming; or 24
(C) a gaming trainer for conducting a genuine training 25
course relating to the conduct of gaming; or 26
(iii) a licensee for the conduct of gaming; or 27
(iv) a gaming trainer for conducting a genuine training course 28
relating to the conduct of gaming; or'. 29
(2) Section 135(1D)-- 30
omit, insert-- 31
`(1D) To avoid doubt, it is declared that-- 32
s 14 10 s 14
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(a) a licensed operator can sublease a gaming machine only to a 1
licensee or a gaming trainer; and 2
(b) an approved financier can sublease a gaming machine only to a 3
licensed operator, licensee or gaming trainer; and 4
(c) a licensee and a gaming trainer cannot lease a gaming machine to 5
another person. 6
`(1E) A licensed operator's right to sublease or further sublease a 7
gaming machine to someone else is subject to the lease or sublease under 8
which the operator leases the gaming machine. 9
`(1F) An approved financier's right to sublease a gaming machine to 10
someone else is subject to the lease under which the financier leases the 11
gaming machine.'. 12
(3) Section 135-- 13
insert-- 14
`(6A) In this section-- 15
"leasing" includes supplying under a hire-purchase agreement under the 16
Hire-purchase Act 1959.'. 17
of s 141D (Operator's and financier's registers of 18
Replacement
gaming machines) 19
Clause 14. Section 141D-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
operators and approved financiers must keep registers of 22
`Licensed
gaming machines 23
`141D.(1) A licensed operator and an approved financier must each keep 24
a register listing-- 25
(a) for a licensed operator--all gaming machines owned or 26
monitored by the operator or leased or subleased by the operator 27
from another person; and 28
(b) for an approved financier--all gaming machines owned by the 29
financier or leased by the financier from another approved 30
financier. 31
s 15 11 s 16
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Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment. 1
`(2) The register must be in the approved form. 2
`(3) In this section-- 3
"leased" includes supplied under a hire-purchase agreement under the 4
Hire-purchase Act 1959.'. 5
of new s 146A 6
Insertion
Clause 15. After section 146-- 7
insert-- 8
to approved games 9
`Changes
`146A.(1) A licensed operator or licensee may change, or cause to be 10
changed, the percentage return to player for a game approved under 11
section 146. 12
`(2) A person must not make, or cause to be made, a change under 13
subsection (1) for a game more than once in the period prescribed under a 14
regulation. 15
Maximum penalty for subsection (2)--200 penalty units or 1 year's 16
imprisonment.'. 17
of s 149 (Linked jackpots) 18
Amendment
Clause 16.(1) Section 149, heading-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`Approval of linked jackpot arrangements'. 21
(2) Section 149(1), after `licensed premises'-- 22
insert-- 23
`, or licensed operator,'. 24
(3) Section 149(1)(c)-- 25
omit. 26
s 16 12 s 16
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(4) Section 149(2)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(2) A licensee or licensed operator applying for an approval under 3
subsection (1) must pay the fee prescribed under a regulation.'. 4
(5) Section 149(4)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(4) A licensee or a licensed operator approved to operate, or participate 7
in the operation of, an arrangement under subsection (1) must not stop 8
operating, or participating in the operation of, the arrangement without the 9
chief executive's approval. 10
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.'. 11
(6) Section 149(5), after `A licensee'-- 12
insert-- 13
`or licensed operator'. 14
(7) Section 149(5), `arrangement or system'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`arrangement'. 17
(8) Section 149(5)(b), `, or system'-- 18
omit. 19
(9) Section 149(7)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(7) In each assessment period for licensed premises, a licensed operator 22
must-- 23
(a) pay into the approved trust account-- 24
(i) all multiple site jackpot increments for the arrangement for 25
the previous assessment period; and 26
(ii) interest earned on the account; and 27
(b) pay out of the approved trust account amounts prescribed under a 28
regulation.'. 29
s 17 13 s 18
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(10) Section 149-- 1
insert-- 2
`(7A) A licensed operator must not pay an amount out of an approved 3
trust account unless the amount is prescribed under a regulation. 4
Maximum penalty--400 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.'. 5
(11) Section 149(8), after `must'-- 6
insert-- 7
`, after deducting amounts to be paid out under subsection (7)(b),'. 8
(12) Section 149(9)-- 9
omit. 10
of s 153 (Protection of sensitive areas of gaming 11
Amendment
equipment) 12
Clause 17.(1) Section 153(5), `effect a change in the game,'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`change the game to be played on the gaming machine or change the'. 15
(2) Section 153(6)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(6) Subsection (1)(a) to (j) does not apply to-- 18
(a) an electronic monitoring system not on licensed premises; or 19
(b) another type of gaming equipment-- 20
(i) not connected to an electronic monitoring system; and 21
(ii) not installed in a gaming machine area.'. 22
of s 161 (Audit of accounts of licensee) 23
Amendment
Clause 18.(1) Section 161(1)-- 24
insert-- 25
` "prescribed licensee" means a licensee prescribed under a regulation.'. 26
s 18 14 s 18
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(2) Section 161(2), `A licensee,'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`A prescribed licensee,'. 3
(3) Section 161(2), at the end-- 4
insert-- 5
`Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.'. 6
(4) Section 161(3)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(3) If a prescribed licensee ceases to be a licensee under this Act, the 9
person (the "former licensee") must, at the former licensee's own expense 10
and within 1 month of ceasing to be a licensee or a further period approved 11
in writing by the chief executive-- 12
(a) prepare a statement of receipts and payments for gaming and the 13
conduct of gaming on the former licensee's licensed premises for 14
the period-- 15
(i) if an audit under subsection (2)(b) has been done--starting 16
on the day to which the accounts were last audited under 17
subsection (2)(b) and ending on the day the former licensee 18
ceased to be a licensee; or 19
(ii) if an audit under subsection (2)(b) has not been 20
done--starting on the day gaming started and ending on the 21
day the former licensee ceased to be a licensee; and 22
(b) cause the accounts for the gaming and the conduct of gaming to 23
be audited by an accountant. 24
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.'. 25
(5) Section 161(4), at the end-- 26
insert-- 27
`Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.'. 28
(6) Section 161(5), `A licensee,'-- 29
omit, insert-- 30
`A prescribed licensee or former licensee,'. 31
s 19 15 s 19
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(7) Section 161(5), at the end-- 1
insert-- 2
`Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.'. 3
(8) Section 161(6)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(6) Subsection (7) applies to a prescribed licensee who is a corporation 6
and to whom the subsection is, under a regulation, stated to apply. 7
`(7) A prescribed licensee must, with the copy of the statement submitted 8
under subsection (5), also submit-- 9
(a) a statement specifying the number of members in each class of 10
membership of the licensee at the end of the financial year; and 11
(b) if the licensee is an incorporated association under the 12
Associations Incorporation Act 1981--the statement of affairs for 13
the association last prepared and audited under section 59 of that 14
Act; and 15
(c) a copy of the annual report of the licensee; and 16
(d) a statutory declaration signed by the principal executive officer of 17
the licensee declaring that the proceeds from the conduct of 18
gaming were spent promoting the objects of the licensee; and 19
(e) other things prescribed under a regulation. 20
Maximum penalty for subsection (7)--200 penalty units or 1 year's 21
imprisonment.'. 22
of s 206 (Proceedings for offences) 23
Amendment
Clause 19.(1) Section 206(3), after `140(2),'-- 24
insert-- 25
`149(7A),'. 26
(2) Section 206(4), after `140(2),'-- 27
insert-- 28
`149(7A),' 29
s 19 16 s 19
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(3) Section 206(7), after `140(2),'-- 1
insert-- 2
`149(7A),'. 3
4
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