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TASMANIA
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GAMING CONTROL
AMENDMENT BILL 2010
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Act binds Crown
5. Section 127 amended
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GAMING CONTROL AMENDMENT BILL 2010
(Brought in by Kim Dion Booth MP)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Gaming Control Act 1993 to provide for a
one dollar bet limit for electronic gaming machines, otherwise
known as poker machines.
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Gaming Control Amendment Act
2010.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.
Principal Act
3. In this Act, the Gaming Control Act 1993 * is referred to as the
Principal Act.
Act binds Crown
4. This Act binds the Crown in right of Tasmania and, so far as
the legislative power of Parliament permits, in all its other
capacities.
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(No. 94 of 1993)
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Section 127 amended
5. Section 127 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after
subsection (1) the following new subsections (1A) and (1B):
(1A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the
Minister has no power to make a direction to the
Commission that sets a bet limit higher than $1 per spin
for a gaming machine in any gaming venue.
(1B) The Commission must ensure that any standards,
directions or other instructions it applies in Tasmania
set bet limits on gaming machines of no higher than $1
per spin.
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