Victorian Current Acts

GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 3.3.8

S. 3.3.8(1) substituted by No. 30/2023 s. 19(1).

    (1)     The Commission must determine an application by either granting or refusing to grant approval of the premises as suitable for gaming.

S. 3.3.8(1A) inserted by No. 58/2009 s. 16 (as amended by No. 56/2010 s. 65).

    (1A)     The Commission must use its reasonable endeavours to determine an application within the required period.

S. 3.3.8(1B) inserted by No. 58/2009 s. 16 (as amended by No. 56/2010 s. 65).

    (1B)     For the purposes of subsection (1A) the required period is—

        (a)     60 days after receiving a notification from the relevant responsible authority under section 3.3.5B that it does not intend to make a submission under section 3.3.6 (whether or not a submission has been made on the application before the application was amended);

        (b)     if a submission is made by the authority under section 3.3.6 and no amendment in respect of the application has been submitted to the Commission, 60 days after the making of the submission;

        (c)     if an amendment in respect of the application has been submitted to the Commission and a submission has been made by the authority under section 3.3.6 in relation to the application as amended, 60 days after the making of the submission.

S. 3.3.8(1C) inserted by No. 58/2009 s. 16 (as amended by No. 56/2010 s. 65).

    (1C)     Subsection (1B)(c) applies even if the relevant responsible authority has made a submission under section 3.3.6 on the application before the application was amended.

S. 3.3.8(1D) inserted by No. 58/2009 s. 16 (as amended by No. 56/2010 s. 65).

    (1D)     If the Commission does not determine the application within the required period specified under subsection (1A), the Commission is to be taken to have refused to grant the approval.

    (2)     An approval must specify—

        (a)     the number of gaming machines permitted; and

S. 3.3.8(2)(b) amended by No. 30/2023 s. 19(2)(a)(i).

        (b)     the gaming machine areas approved for the premises.

S. 3.3.8(2)(c) repealed by No. 30/2023 s. 19(2)(a)(ii).

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S. 3.3.8(3) repealed by No. 30/2023 s. 19(2)(b).

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    (4)     The Commission must give written notice of its decision on an application to—

        (a)     the applicant; and

        (b)     the relevant responsible authority, if that authority made a submission under section 3.3.6 on the application.