Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

GAMING MACHINE ACT 2004 - SECT 52A

    (1)     It is a condition of a licence for a club that, if the licensee is related to the casino licensee and operates a gaming machine within 200m of the boundary of the casino, the gaming machine must be operated in accordance with the Casino (Electronic Gaming) Act 2017

, section 26 (Acquiring casino gaming machine under authorisation) and part 7 (Casino gaming machines—pre-commitment system).

    (2)     For subsection (1), the Casino (Electronic Gaming) Act 2017

, section 26 and part 7 apply to the operation of the gaming machine as if a reference to—

        (a)     a casino gaming machine included a reference to a gaming machine; and

        (b)     a casino gaming machine authorisation included a reference to an authorisation; and

        (c)     a casino licensee included a reference to a class C licensee.

    (3)     For this section, a licensee is related to the casino licensee if 1 or more of the following apply:

        (a)     the licensee and the casino licensee are related bodies corporate under the Corporations Act

, section 50;

        (b)     the licensee and the casino licensee are associated entities under the Corporations Act

, section 50AAA;

        (c)     the same person is an influential person for the licensee and the casino licensee;

        (d)     the licensee and the casino licensee have the same registered office;

        (e)     the licensee and the casino licensee have an arrangement or agreement with each other to share employees, resources, facilities or services;

        (f)     there is a financial interdependency between the licensee and the casino licensee;

        (g)     the licensee and the casino licensee have an arrangement or agreement with each other that gives members of each licensee access to reciprocal benefits from the other licensee;

        (h)     the licensee and the casino licensee use common branding or advertise publicly as related clubs;

              (i)     any other circumstance prescribed by regulation.

    (4)     In this section:

"casino" means the casino under the Casino Control Act 2006

.

"casino licensee"—see the Casino Control Act 2006

, dictionary.