(1)  A person may apply to the Commission for the approval of a machine type or a machine game.

(1A)  An application under subsection (1) must be in a form approved by the Commission and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(1B)  On receipt of an application under subsection (1) , the Commission is to conduct an evaluation of the machine type or machine game.

(2)  The Commission may require a person who submits an application under subsection (1) to provide any additional information or material that the Commission considers necessary for the evaluation and to pay the costs incurred by the Commission in undertaking the evaluation.

(2A)  The Commission may require rules under which a machine game is to be played.

(2B)  If the Commission requires rules under which a machine game is to be played, the Commission may–

(a) approve the rules; or

(b) refuse to approve the rules.

(2C)  A venue operator, casino operator or monitoring operator must not permit a machine game that requires rules under this section to be played in the venue unless the machine game is played in accordance with those rules as approved by the Commission.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units.

(3)  If a machine type or machine game that is the subject of an application under subsection (1) is considered by the Commission to be suitable for use in gaming, the Commission must approve the machine type or game subject to such conditions (if any) as it determines.

(4)  The Commission must reject all machine types or machine games that are the subject of an application under subsection (1) which it considers are not suitable for gaming.

(5)  If a machine type or a machine game differs in any material particular from the machine type or game approved by the Commission, the machine type or machine game ceases to be approved under this section.

(6)  The Commission may repeal or vary any rules approved under subsection (2B) .

(7)  The holder of a general casino licence must not permit –

(a) a gaming machine or an FATG machine to be installed in a casino unless that type of gaming machine or FATG machine has been approved by the Commission under subsection (3) ; or

(b) a machine game to be installed on a gaming machine or an FATG machine in a casino unless that game has been approved by the Commission under subsection (3) .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units.

(8)  A venue operator or monitoring operator must not permit –

(a) a gaming machine to be installed in a venue unless that type of gaming machine has been approved by the Commission under subsection (3) ; or

(b) a machine game to be installed on a gaming machine in a venue unless that machine game has been approved by the Commission under subsection (3) .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units.