Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A gaming operator must, from the gross profits derived from gaming machine games in each month, pay to the Treasurer a community support levy.
(2) The community support levy is a sum equal to 4% of those monthly gross profits.
(3) A community support levy must be paid to the Treasurer on or before the 7th day of the month immediately following the month to which it relates.
(3A) Without further appropriation than this section, the Treasurer must, to the payments made under subsection (1) in respect of a month, add an amount equivalent to 4% of the Tasmanian commission for the same month.
(4) The Treasurer must distribute the total community support levy as follows:
(a) 25% for the benefit of sport and recreation clubs;
(b) 25% for the benefit of charitable organizations;
(c) 50% for the provision of–
(i) research into gambling; and
(ii) services for the prevention of compulsive gambling; and
(iii) treatment or rehabilitation of compulsive gamblers; and
(iv) community education concerning gambling; and
(v) other health services.
(5) The Treasurer must –
(a) cause an independent review of the social and economic impact of gambling in Tasmania to be carried out every 3 years; and
(b) cause the findings of each such review (or a report of those findings) to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 20 sitting days of that House after the completion of the review.
(6) In this section –
"independent review" means a review by persons (only one of whom may be employed by the State of Tasmania or a State Service Agency) who, in the Treasurer's opinion, possess appropriate expertise or qualifications to carry out the review;
"Tasmanian commission" means that part of the commission referred to in section 150A(7A)(b) as is attributable to the brokered wagers of Tasmanian registered players;
"total community support levy" means the payments made under subsection (1) and the amounts added under subsection (3A).