1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Gaming Machines (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 2002.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 11 January 2002.
3 Definition
In this Regulation:the Act means the Gaming Machines Act 2001.
4 Construction of certain references
(1) A reference in section 44 of the Act:(a) to an approved gaming machine in a hotel is taken to be a reference to an approved gaming device within the meaning of the Liquor Act 1982, and(b) to an approved gaming machine in a registered club is taken to be a reference to an approved gaming device within the meaning of the Registered Clubs Act 1976, and(c) to a hotelier or a hotel is a reference to a hotelier or a hotel within the meaning of the Liquor Act 1982, and(d) to a registered club is a reference to a registered club within the meaning of the Registered Clubs Act 1976.(2) This clause ceases to have effect on the commencement of section 4 of the Act.
5 Approval of different shutdown periods for “early openers”
(1) If a hotel or registered club to which section 41 of the Act applies closes, on any particular day of the week, for a consecutive period of at least 3 hours (the closure period), any 3-hour consecutive period that falls within the closure period is, for the purposes of that section, taken to be the different 3-hour shutdown period for that day as approved by the Board in respect of the hotel or club.(2) Subclause (1) ceases to apply in relation to any such hotel or registered club on 2 June 2002.(3) However, if an application is made under section 41 of the Act before 2 June 2002 for the Board’s approval of the hotel or club having a different 3-hour shutdown period from the interim 3-hour shutdown referred to in section 38 of the Act, subclause (1) continues to apply in relation to the hotel or club for the particular day concerned until such time as the application is determined by the Board.cl 5: Ins 28.3.2002.