Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

GAMING MACHINE ACT 2004 - SECT 173D

    (1)     This section applies if a licensee notifies the commission about a notifiable action.

    (2)     The notification must—

        (a)     be in writing; and

        (b)     be given to the commission at least the prescribed number of days before the day the licensee undertakes the notifiable action; and

Note     For how documents may be given, see the Legislation Act

, pt 19.5.

        (c)     include anything else required by regulation.

Note 1     It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement, give false or misleading information or produce a false or misleading document (see Criminal Code

, pt 3.4).

Note 2     If a form is approved under the Control Act

, s 53D for this provision, the form must be used.

Note 3     A fee may be determined under s 177 for this provision.

Note 4     It is a condition of a licence that the licensee give the commission written notice of the details of a gaming machine installed on authorised premises within 3 days after the day the gaming machine is installed or the commission gives the licensee a notice under s 124 (see s 45).

It is also a condition of a licence that the licensee not allow the gaming machine to be operated on the authorised premises until the notice under s 45 has been given to the commission (see s 46).

    (3)     On receiving a notification, the commission may, by notice, ask the following people for additional information about the notifiable action:

        (a)     the person giving the notification;

        (b)     if the notifiable action relates to the trading of a gaming machine under division 6A.6 (Trading of authorisations and gaming machines)—

              (i)     the disposing licensee; and

              (ii)     the acquiring licensee.

Note     For how documents may be given, see the Legislation Act

, pt 19.5.

    (4)     If the commission gives a notice under subsection (3), the notice must state a reasonable time within which the information must be given.

Note     A failure to comply with this section is a ground for disciplinary action (see s 57 (1) (c)).

    (5)     In this Act:

"prescribed number of days" means—

        (a)     10 business days; or

        (b)     if a regulation prescribes a different number of days—that number of days.