Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person (including a person other than a licensee) may apply in writing to the commission for a permit (a multi-user permit ) to operate a linked-jackpot arrangement between gaming machines operated under 2 or more authorisation certificates.
Note 1 If a form is approved under the Control Act
, s 53D for an application, the form must be used.
Note 2 A fee may be determined under s 177 for this provision.
(2) The application must include details of the event or events by reference to which linked jackpots are to be payable under the proposed arrangement.
(3) The commission must issue the multi-user permit if—
(a) the commission is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the applicant is an eligible person; and
(b) each licensee consents to the arrangement; and
(c) each gaming machine proposed to be linked under the proposed arrangement—
(i) is the same class; and
(ii) offers the same chance of winning linked jackpots as each other gaming machine in the arrangement, if played with the same stakes; and
(d) the financial and operational aspects of the proposed arrangement is in accordance with the regulation; and
(e) the commission is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the proposed arrangement is satisfactory, having regard to the interests of the people playing the gaming machines in the proposed arrangement.
(4) A multi-user permit must state—
(a) the full name and address of the permit-holder; and
(b) the gaming machines in the linked-jackpot arrangement for which the permit is issued, and the authorised premises where they are situated; and
(c) the conditions to which the permit is subject.