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Queensland
Gambling Legislation
Amendment Bill 2007
Queensland
Gambling Legislation Amendment
Bill 2007
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Part 2 Amendment of Casino Control Act 1982
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Amendment of s 62 (Gaming equipment and chips) . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Insertion of new s 62AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
62AA Approval of security devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6 Amendment of s 85E (Appointment and qualifications) . . . . . . . . 8
7 Amendment of s 102 (Provisions relating to minors in respect of
casinos) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8 Amendment of s 103 (Cheating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9 Amendment of s 120 (Proceedings for offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
10 Insertion of new pt 11, div 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Division 6 Transitional provision for Gambling Legislation
Amendment Act 2007
144 Approved security devices--s 62AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
11 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Part 3 Amendment of Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999
12 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
13 Insertion of new pt 3, div 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Division 1A Third party operator agreements
22A Agreement to help in relation to an art union . . . . . . . 12
22B Notice to chief executive of intention to enter third
party operator agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
22C Notice to chief executive of intention to amend third
party operator agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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22D Copy of third party operator agreement to chief
executive .............................. 14
22E Notice to chief executive of cancellation of third party
operator agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
14 Amendment of s 43 (Application for issue or renewal of a
general licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
15 Amendment of s 46 (Suitability of applicant to hold general
licence) ..................................... 15
16 Amendment of s 77 (General gaming records to be kept for
required period) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
17 Insertion of new s 84A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
84A False or misleading returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
18 Amendment of s 101 (Advertising) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
19 Amendment of s 111 (Appointment and qualifications) . . . . . . . . 17
20 Insertion of new ss 183A and 183B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
183A Prohibition on control of application for category 3
gaming licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
183B Prohibition on control of category 3 gaming
operations ............................ 18
21 Insertion of new s 184A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
184A Chief executive may issue guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
22 Insertion of new pt 10, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Division 3 Transitional provisions for Gambling
Legislation Amendment Act 2007
199 Third party operator agreements--pt 3, div 1A . . . . . 19
23 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Part 4 Amendment of Gaming Machine Act 1991
24 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
25 Amendment of s 5 (Meaning of associate). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
26 Omission of s 48 (Approved evaluators). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
27 Amendment of s 50 (Delegations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
28 Insertion of new s 55H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
55H Limit on category 2 gaming machine licences for
clubs ................................ 22
29 Amendment of s 56 (Application for gaming machine licences). . 22
30 Amendment of s 68 (Issue of gaming machine licences
generally) ..................................... 22
31 Amendment of s 86 (Proposals to decrease approved number of
gaming machines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
32 Omission of s 86A (Restriction on applying for decrease for
category 1 licensed premises) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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33 Amendment of s 87 (Decision on decrease proposal) . . . . . . . . . 23
34 Amendment of s 96 (Action affecting gaming machine licences
based on action affecting liquor licences). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
35 Amendment of s 99 (Suspension of gaming machine licence for
non-payment of gaming machine tax, levy or penalty) . . . . . . . . . 23
36 Omission of s 109J (Chief executive to review particular
provisions of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
37 Replacement of pt 4, hdg (Licensing of monitoring operators
and dealers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
38 Amendment of s 112 (Suitability of applicants for, and holders
of, suppliers' licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
39 Amendment of s 113 (Suitability of associates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
40 Amendment of s 123 (Conditions of licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
41 Amendment of s 125 (Duration of licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
42 Amendment of s 127 (Changing conditions of licence) . . . . . . . . 25
43 Amendment of s 131 (Renewal of licence--decision) . . . . . . . . . 26
44 Amendment of s 139 (Grounds for suspension or cancellation). . 26
45 Amendment of s 147 (Decision of commission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
46 Amendment of s 156 (Returns about employees) . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
47 Insertion of new s 162A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
162A Application of sdiv 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
48 Amendment of s 229 (Advertisements relating to gaming) . . . . . 27
49 Amendment of s 232 (Approvals for gaming related systems) . . . 27
50 Amendment of s 267 (Possession etc. of gaming equipment and
other things by licensed major dealers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
51 Amendment of s 267A (Possession etc. of particular gaming
equipment by approved evaluator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
52 Amendment of s 268 (Possession etc. of restricted components
by licensed secondary dealers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
53 Amendment of s 272 (Possession etc. of gaming machines etc.
by other persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
54 Amendment of s 281 (Approval and rejection of gaming
machines and games) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
55 Amendment of s 288 (Decisions about approvals for linked
jackpot arrangements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
56 Amendment of s 325A (Appointment and qualifications) . . . . . . . 30
57 Amendment of s 326 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
58 Amendment of s 327 (Directions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
59 Amendment of s 329 (General powers of inspectors) . . . . . . . . . 31
60 Amendment of s 330 (Offences relating to inspectors) . . . . . . . . 31
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61 Amendment of s 335 (Minister may order inquiry) . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
62 Amendment of s 336 (Review and termination of agreements) . . 32
63 Amendment of s 341A (Restriction on membership of
management committee or board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
64 Amendment of s 347 (Financial connections and interests of
restricted officials) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
65 Amendment of s 350 (Forgery and like offences). . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
66 Insertion of new pt 12, div 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Division 13 Provision for Gambling Legislation
Amendment Act 2007
446 Application for gaming machine licence--s 56. . . . . . 33
67 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Part 5 Amendment of Interactive Gambling (Player Protection) Act
1998
68 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
69 Amendment of s 186 (Appointment and qualifications) . . . . . . . . 35
70 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Part 6 Amendment of Keno Act 1996
71 Act amended in pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
72 Amendment of s 159A (Keno gaming by keno agent or keno
agent's employees). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
73 Amendment of s 167 (Appointment and qualifications) . . . . . . . . 36
74 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Part 7 Amendment of Lotteries Act 1997
75 Act amended in pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
76 Amendment of s 153 (Appointment and qualifications) . . . . . . . . 37
Part 8 Amendment of Wagering Act 1998
77 Act amended in pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
78 Amendment of s 229 (Appointment and qualifications) . . . . . . . . 38
79 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2007
A Bill
for
An Act to amend Acts administered by the Deputy Premier,
Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure
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Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Gambling Legislation 4
Amendment Act 2007. 5
Clause 2 Commencement 6
Sections 13, 14, 15(2) and (3), 22, 23, 25, 26, 37 to 55, 57 to 7
62, 64, 65 and 67(1), (2), (5) and (6) commence on a day to be 8
fixed by proclamation. 9
Part 2 Amendment of Casino Control 10
Act 1982 11
Clause 3 Act amended in pt 2 12
This part amends the Casino Control Act 1982. 13
Clause 4 Amendment of s 62 (Gaming equipment and chips) 14
(1) Section 62(4) and (4B), `locks'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`approved security devices'. 17
(2) Section 62(4A), `a lock'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`an approved security device'. 20
(3) Section 62(4C), (4D) and (4E)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
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`(4C) A casino operator must ensure-- 1
(a) the method of activating 1 of the approved security 2
devices mentioned in subsections (4) and (4B) is under 3
the exclusive control of the casino operator; and 4
(b) the method of activating the other approved security 5
device is different from the method mentioned in 6
paragraph (a) and is under the control of an inspector at 7
the casino. 8
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units. 9
`(4D) A casino operator must ensure the method of activating the 10
approved security device mentioned in subsection (4A) is 11
under the exclusive control of the casino operator. 12
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units. 13
`(4E) A casino operator must ensure each approved security device 14
mentioned in subsection (4), (4A) or (4B) is not able to be 15
inactivated by the method of inactivating any other approved 16
security device at the casino. 17
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 18
(4) Section 62(4G), after `ensure'-- 19
insert-- 20
`an approved security device used to secure'. 21
(5) Section 62(4G), `locked or unlocked'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`activated or inactivated'. 24
(6) Section 62-- 25
insert-- 26
`(11) In this section-- 27
approved security device means a security device approved by 28
the chief executive under section 62AA.'. 29
Clause 5 Insertion of new s 62AA 30
After section 62-- 31
insert-- 32
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`62AA Approval of security devices 1
`(1) A casino operator may apply to the chief executive, in writing, 2
for approval of a security device for the purpose of section 62. 3
`(2) If the chief executive is satisfied the security device is suitable 4
for the purpose for which it is to be used under section 62, the 5
chief executive may approve the security device. 6
`(3) The chief executive must give the casino operator written 7
notice of the chief executive's decision to approve or not to 8
approve a security device. 9
`(4) If the chief executive decides not to approve a security device, 10
the chief executive must tell the casino operator-- 11
(a) the reasons for the decision; and 12
(b) the changes to the device that are necessary for the 13
device to be approved.'. 14
Clause 6 Amendment of s 85E (Appointment and qualifications) 15
Section 85E(2)(b)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(b) the chief executive is satisfied the person is qualified for 18
the appointment because-- 19
(i) the person has the necessary expertise or 20
experience; or 21
(ii) the chief executive considers the person has the 22
ability to quickly acquire the necessary expertise; 23
and'. 24
Clause 7 Amendment of s 102 (Provisions relating to minors in 25
respect of casinos) 26
(1) Section 102(3), penalty-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
`Maximum penalty-- 29
(a) for a casino operator--100 penalty units; or 30
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(b) for an employee or agent of a casino operator--40 1
penalty units.'. 2
(2) Section 102-- 3
insert-- 4
`(3A) An adult must not aid or enable a person under 18 years to 5
enter or remain in a casino during the hours of operation of the 6
casino. 7
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units. 8
`(3B) A casino operator or an employee or agent of a casino 9
operator employed in or acting in connection with the casino 10
must not allow a person under 18 years to gamble or attempt 11
to gamble in the casino. 12
Maximum penalty-- 13
(a) for a casino operator--200 penalty units; or 14
(b) for an employee or agent of a casino operator--40 15
penalty units. 16
`(3C) A casino operator or an employee or agent of a casino 17
operator employed in or acting in connection with the casino 18
who finds a person under 18 years gambling or attempting to 19
gamble in the casino must immediately prevent the person 20
from gambling or attempting to gamble. 21
Maximum penalty-- 22
(a) for a casino operator--200 penalty units; or 23
(b) for an employee or agent of a casino operator--40 24
penalty units. 25
`(3D) Subsection (3E) applies for the purpose of prosecuting a 26
casino operator or an employee or agent of a casino operator 27
for-- 28
(a) allowing a person under 18 years to attempt to gamble in 29
a casino; or 30
(b) if the operator, employee or agent finds a person under 31
18 years attempting to gamble in a casino--not 32
immediately preventing the person from attempting to 33
gamble. 34
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`(3E) For deciding whether a person under 18 years attempted to 1
gamble in a casino, the Criminal Code, section 4, applies as if 2
gambling by a person under 18 years in a casino were an 3
offence committed by the person against this Act.'. 4
(3) Section 102(5), `subsection (3) to establish'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`subsection (3), (3A), (3B) or (3C) to establish'. 7
(4) Section 102(5)(b)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(b) that at the time of the offence, the defendant had 10
obtained from the person in question a certificate 11
mentioned in subsection (4), or acceptable evidence of 12
age, indicating that the person was 18 years or more.'. 13
Clause 8 Amendment of s 103 (Cheating) 14
(1) Section 103, after `security'-- 15
insert-- 16
`(a relevant benefit)'. 17
(2) Section 103, penalty-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`Maximum penalty-- 20
(a) if the relevant benefit obtained or induced is not more 21
than $50000 in value--200 penalty units or 2 years 22
imprisonment; or 23
(b) if the relevant benefit obtained or induced is more than 24
$50000 in value--500 penalty units or 5 years 25
imprisonment.'. 26
Clause 9 Amendment of s 120 (Proceedings for offences) 27
Section 120-- 28
insert-- 29
`(3A) A person against whom proceedings are taken summarily 30
under this section for an offence against section 103 to which 31
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paragraph (b) of the penalty for that section would otherwise 1
apply is liable on conviction to a penalty of not more than 300 2
penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.'. 3
Clause 10 Insertion of new pt 11, div 6 4
Part 11-- 5
insert-- 6
`Division 6 Transitional provision for Gambling 7
Legislation Amendment Act 2007 8
`144 Approved security devices--s 62AA 9
`(1) This section applies to a lock mentioned in section 62 and in 10
use under section 62 as in force immediately before the 11
commencement of this section. 12
`(2) On the commencement, the lock is taken to be an approved 13
security device for section 62.'. 14
Clause 11 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 15
Schedule, definition problem gambler-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`problem gambler means a person whose behaviour relating 18
to gambling-- 19
(a) is characterised by difficulties in limiting the amount of 20
money or time the person spends on gambling; and 21
(b) leads to adverse consequences for the person, other 22
persons or the community.'. 23
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Part 3 Amendment of Charitable and 1
Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999 2
Clause 12 Act amended in pt 3 3
This part amends the Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act 4
1999. 5
Clause 13 Insertion of new pt 3, div 1A 6
Part 3, after section 22-- 7
insert-- 8
`Division 1A Third party operator agreements 9
`22A Agreement to help in relation to an art union 10
`(1) This section applies for the purpose of an eligible association 11
entering into an agreement (a third party operator agreement) 12
with another entity (a third party operator) for the third party 13
operator to help the eligible association with any of the 14
following matters in relation to an art union-- 15
(a) the sale of tickets in the art union; 16
(b) receiving and banking money from the sale; 17
(c) accounting for the proceeds of the sale. 18
`(2) A third party operator agreement must-- 19
(a) be in writing; and 20
(b) be signed by both the eligible association and the third 21
party operator; and 22
(c) provide for the arrangements between the association 23
and the operator relating to the art union; and 24
(d) state details of the help the operator will give the 25
association. 26
Note-- 27
Under section 46(f) and (g), a contravention of subsection (2) may be a 28
relevant consideration in deciding whether an applicant for a licence is a 29
suitable person to hold the licence. 30
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`(3) Failure to comply with subsection (2) does not affect the 1
validity of the agreement or its status as a third party operator 2
agreement. 3
`(4) A third party operator who enters into a third party operator 4
agreement with an eligible association is taken to be a 5
business associate of the eligible association. 6
`(5) An eligible association that enters into a third party operator 7
agreement continues to be responsible under this Act for the 8
conduct of the art union to which the agreement relates. 9
`(6) An agreement between an eligible association and a person in 10
the person's capacity as an employee of the association or a 11
commission agent is not a third party operator agreement. 12
`(7) In this section-- 13
commission agent, in relation to an eligible association, 14
means an individual, other than an employee of the 15
association, who receives payment for selling art union tickets 16
on behalf of the association. 17
`22B Notice to chief executive of intention to enter third 18
party operator agreement 19
`(1) An eligible association must not enter into a third party 20
operator agreement unless it has given the chief executive a 21
copy of the proposed agreement at least 28 days before it 22
enters into the agreement. 23
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 24
`(2) If the parties to the proposed agreement make a material 25
change to the agreement before it is entered into, the 26
association must, as soon as practicable after the change is 27
made, give the chief executive a copy of the proposed 28
agreement as changed. 29
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 30
`22C Notice to chief executive of intention to amend third 31
party operator agreement 32
`(1) An eligible association that intends amending a third party 33
operator agreement the association has entered into must, at 34
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least 28 days before the amending agreement is to take effect, 1
give the chief executive a copy of the proposed agreement. 2
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 3
`(2) If the parties to the proposed amending agreement materially 4
further change the agreement before it is entered into, the 5
association must, as soon as practicable after the change is 6
made, give the chief executive a copy of the proposed 7
agreement as changed. 8
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 9
`22D Copy of third party operator agreement to chief 10
executive 11
`An eligible association that enters into a third party operator 12
agreement or an agreement amending a third party operator 13
agreement must, as soon as practicable after entering into the 14
agreement, give the chief executive a copy of the agreement. 15
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 16
`22E Notice to chief executive of cancellation of third party 17
operator agreement 18
`If a third party operator agreement is rescinded or otherwise 19
comes to an end, the eligible association that is a party to the 20
agreement must, as soon as practicable after the agreement 21
ends, give the chief executive notice that the agreement has 22
ended. 23
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.'. 24
Clause 14 Amendment of s 43 (Application for issue or renewal of a 25
general licence) 26
Section 43-- 27
insert-- 28
`(1A) Subsection (1B) applies if-- 29
(a) the application is for, or for the renewal of, a category 3 30
gaming licence; and 31
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(b) at the time the application is made, the applicant intends 1
entering into a third party operator agreement. 2
`(1B) The applicant must include a copy of the proposed agreement 3
with the application. 4
Note-- 5
See part 3, division 1A (Third party operator agreements).'. 6
Clause 15 Amendment of s 46 (Suitability of applicant to hold 7
general licence) 8
(1) Section 46-- 9
insert-- 10
`(da) for an application for a category 3 gaming licence or a 11
special category 3 gaming licence--whether the 12
applicant has in place adequate corporate governance 13
practices for the planning, supervising and reporting of 14
category 3 games;'. 15
(2) Section 46-- 16
insert-- 17
`(db) if the application is for a category 3 gaming licence and 18
the applicant intends entering into a third party operator 19
agreement--the proposed agreement including whether 20
it complies with section 22A(2); 21
(dc) if the application is for a category 3 gaming licence and 22
the applicant has entered into a third party operator 23
agreement--the agreement including whether it 24
complies with section 22A(2);'. 25
(3) Section 46(da) to (e)-- 26
renumber as section 46(e) to (h). 27
Clause 16 Amendment of s 77 (General gaming records to be kept 28
for required period) 29
(1) Section 77, heading and subsections (1) and (2)-- 30
omit, insert-- 31
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`77 Period for which general gaming records to be kept 1
`(1) A person required to keep general gaming records must keep 2
the records for 5 years after the end of the game to which the 3
records relate. 4
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 5
(2) Section 77(3), `a record'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`records'. 8
(3) Section 77(3)(a), `it'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`the records'. 11
(4) Section 77(3)(b), `it has'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`the records have'. 14
(5) Section 77(4), `the record'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`records'. 17
(6) Section 77(3) and (4)-- 18
renumber as section 77(2) and (3). 19
Clause 17 Insertion of new s 84A 20
Part 5, division 5-- 21
insert-- 22
`84A False or misleading returns 23
`(1) A person must not give the chief executive a return, under 24
section 82, 83 or 84, the person knows is false or misleading 25
in a material particular. 26
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units. 27
`(2) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence 28
against subsection (1) to state that the return was `false or 29
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misleading' to the person's knowledge, without specifying 1
which.'. 2
Clause 18 Amendment of s 101 (Advertising) 3
Section 101-- 4
insert-- 5
`Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.'. 6
Clause 19 Amendment of s 111 (Appointment and qualifications) 7
Section 111(2)(b)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(b) the chief executive is satisfied the person is qualified for 10
the appointment because-- 11
(i) the person has the necessary expertise or 12
experience; or 13
(ii) the chief executive considers the person has the 14
ability to quickly acquire the necessary expertise; 15
and'. 16
Clause 20 Insertion of new ss 183A and 183B 17
After section 183-- 18
insert-- 19
`183A Prohibition on control of application for category 3 20
gaming licence 21
`(1) A person, other than an approved person, must not have or 22
gain-- 23
(a) control over an application, or the content of an 24
application, by an eligible association; or 25
(b) the ability to control an application or the content of an 26
application by an eligible association; or 27
(c) the ability to interpose between the holder of a category 28
3 gaming licence and the chief executive in relation to 29
an application made by the holder. 30
s 20 18 s 20
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Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 1
`(2) In this section-- 2
application means an application for, or to renew, a category 3 3
gaming licence. 4
approved person, in relation to an application by an eligible 5
association, means a person who is, and is acting in the 6
capacity of, the secretary, an executive officer or a member of 7
the association. 8
`183B Prohibition on control of category 3 gaming 9
operations 10
`(1) A person, other than an approved person, must not have or 11
gain-- 12
(a) control over the conduct of a category 3 game; or 13
(b) the ability to control the conduct of a category 3 game. 14
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 15
`(2) For subsection (1), a person has or gains control over, or has 16
or gains the ability to control, the conduct of a category 3 17
game if the person-- 18
(a) has or gains the capacity to dominate, directly or 19
indirectly, decision-making about policies for the 20
conduct of the game; or 21
(b) has or gains the capacity to enjoy the majority of the 22
benefits, and to be exposed to the majority of the risks, 23
associated with the conduct of the game. 24
`(3) In this section-- 25
approved person, in relation to the conduct of a category 3 26
game, means a person who is, and is acting in the capacity of, 27
the secretary, an executive officer or a member of the eligible 28
association that holds the category 3 gaming licence for the 29
conduct of the game.'. 30
s 21 19 s 22
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Clause 21 Insertion of new s 184A 1
After section 184-- 2
insert-- 3
`184A Chief executive may issue guidelines 4
`(1) The chief executive may issue guidelines to inform persons 5
about-- 6
(a) the attitude the chief executive is likely to adopt on a 7
particular matter; or 8
(b) how the chief executive administers this Act. 9
Example-- 10
The chief executive may issue a guideline about corporate governance 11
practices for the planning, supervising and reporting of category 3 12
games. 13
`(2) The chief executive must keep copies of the guidelines 14
available for inspection, free of charge, by members of the 15
public at-- 16
(a) the department's head office and regional offices; and 17
(b) other places the chief executive considers appropriate. 18
`(3) Also, the chief executive must, if asked by a person, give the 19
person a copy of a guideline, or an extract from a guideline, 20
free of charge.'. 21
Clause 22 Insertion of new pt 10, div 3 22
After section 198-- 23
insert-- 24
`Division 3 Transitional provisions for 25
Gambling Legislation Amendment 26
Act 2007 27
`199 Third party operator agreements--pt 3, div 1A 28
`(1) This section applies if, on its commencement, an eligible 29
association has entered into an agreement with an entity for 30
the entity to help the eligible association with any of the 31
following matters in relation to an art union-- 32
s 22 20 s 22
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(a) the sale of tickets in the art union; 1
(b) receiving and banking money from the sale; 2
(c) accounting for the proceeds of the sale. 3
`(2) On the commencement-- 4
(a) the entity is taken to be a third party operator; and 5
(b) the agreement is taken to be a third party operator 6
agreement. 7
`(3) If the agreement is in writing, the eligible association must, 8
within 28 days after the commencement, give a copy of the 9
agreement to the chief executive. 10
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 11
`(4) If the agreement is not in writing, within 28 days after the 12
commencement or, if the chief executive has approved a 13
longer period, within the longer period-- 14
(a) the eligible association and the third party operator must 15
reduce the terms of the agreement to writing; and 16
(b) the eligible association must give a copy of the written 17
agreement to the chief executive. 18
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 19
`(5) The chief executive may approve a longer period if-- 20
(a) the eligible association asks the chief executive to 21
approve a longer period and gives reasons for the 22
request; and 23
(b) the chief executive is satisfied that, for the reasons 24
given, the longer period is necessary. 25
Example of reason-- 26
The parties have not reached agreement about the written terms 27
of the third party operator agreement. 28
`(6) Sections 22C and 22D apply to an amendment of an 29
agreement entered into before the commencement and taken, 30
under subsection (1), to be a third party operator agreement.'. 31
s 23 21 s 27
Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
Clause 23 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 1
Schedule 2-- 2
insert-- 3
`third party operator see section 22A(1). 4
third party operator agreement see section 22A(1).'. 5
Part 4 Amendment of Gaming 6
Machine Act 1991 7
Clause 24 Act amended in pt 4 8
This part amends the Gaming Machine Act 1991. 9
Clause 25 Amendment of s 5 (Meaning of associate) 10
Section 5(a)(vi)(C), `maintenance or repair of gaming 11
equipment'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`maintenance, repair or testing of gaming equipment'. 14
Clause 26 Omission of s 48 (Approved evaluators) 15
Section 48-- 16
omit. 17
Clause 27 Amendment of s 50 (Delegations) 18
Section 50-- 19
insert-- 20
`(1A) The Minister may delegate, to the chief executive, the 21
Minister's power under section 24(1), to appoint a 22
commissioner to act as chairperson of the commission.'. 23
s 28 22 s 31
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Clause 28 Insertion of new s 55H 1
Part 3, division 3-- 2
insert-- 3
`55H Limit on category 2 gaming machine licences for 4
clubs 5
`(1) A club can not hold more than 1 gaming machine licence for 6
category 2 licensed premises (a category 2 gaming machine 7
licence). 8
`(2) If an application for more than 1 category 2 gaming machine 9
licence is made by a club, the commission must refuse to 10
grant the application. 11
`(3) If an application for a category 2 gaming machine licence is 12
made by a club that already holds a category 2 gaming 13
machine licence, the commission must refuse to grant the 14
application.'. 15
Clause 29 Amendment of s 56 (Application for gaming machine 16
licences) 17
Section 56(5)(m)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(m) must be accompanied by a compliance program 20
document for the licence; and'. 21
Clause 30 Amendment of s 68 (Issue of gaming machine licences 22
generally) 23
Section 68(2)(d)(iv)-- 24
omit. 25
Clause 31 Amendment of s 86 (Proposals to decrease approved 26
number of gaming machines) 27
Section 86(1A)-- 28
omit. 29
s 32 23 s 35
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Clause 32 Omission of s 86A (Restriction on applying for decrease 1
for category 1 licensed premises) 2
Section 86A-- 3
omit. 4
Clause 33 Amendment of s 87 (Decision on decrease proposal) 5
Section 87(2)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(2) The chief executive may approve a decrease that is less than 8
the decrease sought in a decrease proposal.'. 9
Clause 34 Amendment of s 96 (Action affecting gaming machine 10
licences based on action affecting liquor licences) 11
Section 96(1A)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(1A) However, an associated gaming licence is not taken to be 14
cancelled under subsection (1) if-- 15
(a) the special facility liquor licence for the associated 16
gaming licence is surrendered merely because the 17
licensee for the associated gaming licence is issued with 18
a general liquor licence for the associated gaming 19
licence; or 20
(b) the general liquor licence for the associated gaming 21
licence is surrendered merely because the licensee for 22
the associated gaming licence is issued with a special 23
facility liquor licence for the associated gaming 24
licence.'. 25
Clause 35 Amendment of s 99 (Suspension of gaming machine 26
licence for non-payment of gaming machine tax, levy or 27
penalty) 28
Section 99(5), `(1)'-- 29
omit, insert-- 30
`(3)'. 31
s 36 24 s 39
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Clause 36 Omission of s 109J (Chief executive to review particular 1
provisions of Act) 2
Section 109J-- 3
omit. 4
Clause 37 Replacement of pt 4, hdg (Licensing of monitoring 5
operators and dealers) 6
Part 4, heading-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Part 4 Licensing of monitoring 9
operators, dealers and testing 10
facility operators'. 11
Clause 38 Amendment of s 112 (Suitability of applicants for, and 12
holders of, suppliers' licences) 13
(1) Section 112(1)(a), `an operator's'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`a monitoring operator's'. 16
(2) Section 112(1)-- 17
insert-- 18
`(d) an applicant (also the involved body) for a testing 19
facility operator's licence, or a licensed testing facility 20
operator (also the involved body), is a suitable person to 21
hold a testing facility operator's licence.'. 22
Clause 39 Amendment of s 113 (Suitability of associates) 23
(1) Section 113(1)(a), `an operator's'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`a monitoring operator's'. 26
(2) Section 113(1)-- 27
insert-- 28
s 40 25 s 42
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`(d) an associate of an applicant for a testing facility 1
operator's licence, or a licensed testing facility operator, 2
is a suitable person to be associated with the testing 3
operations of a licensed testing facility operator.'. 4
Clause 40 Amendment of s 123 (Conditions of licences) 5
Section 123(1)(c)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(c) for the proper conduct of the licensed supplier's supply 8
operations, including-- 9
(i) for a licensed monitoring operator--its operations 10
involving electronic monitoring systems; or 11
(ii) for a licensed testing facility operator--its 12
operations involving the testing of gaming 13
equipment.'. 14
Clause 41 Amendment of s 125 (Duration of licence) 15
(1) Section 125(1), `An operator's'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`A monitoring operator's'. 18
(2) Section 125-- 19
insert-- 20
`(3) A testing facility operator's licence remains in force for 5 21
years from its date of issue.'. 22
Clause 42 Amendment of s 127 (Changing conditions of licence) 23
Section 127(1)(c)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`(c) for the proper conduct of the licensed supplier's supply 26
operations, including-- 27
(i) for a licensed monitoring operator--its operations 28
involving electronic monitoring systems; or 29
s 43 26 s 46
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(ii) for a licensed testing facility operator--its 1
operations involving the testing of gaming 2
equipment.'. 3
Clause 43 Amendment of s 131 (Renewal of licence--decision) 4
(1) Section 131(5), definition standard licence period, paragraph 5
(a), `an operator's'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`a monitoring operator's'. 8
(2) Section 131(5), definition standard licence period-- 9
insert-- 10
`(c) for a testing facility operator's licence--5 years.'. 11
Clause 44 Amendment of s 139 (Grounds for suspension or 12
cancellation) 13
Section 139(2)-- 14
insert-- 15
`(e) the licensed supplier is a licensed testing facility 16
operator and gives the chief executive a written report of 17
a test of gaming equipment that the supplier knows is 18
false or misleading in a material particular.'. 19
Clause 45 Amendment of s 147 (Decision of commission) 20
Section 147(2)(f), `its operator's'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`its monitoring operator's'. 23
Clause 46 Amendment of s 156 (Returns about employees) 24
Section 156(1), after `A licensed supplier'-- 25
insert-- 26
`, other than a licensed testing facility operator,'. 27
s 47 27 s 49
Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
Clause 47 Insertion of new s 162A 1
Part 4, division 8, subdivision 1, before section 163-- 2
insert-- 3
`162A Application of sdiv 1 4
`This subdivision does not apply to a licensed testing facility 5
operator.'. 6
Clause 48 Amendment of s 229 (Advertisements relating to gaming) 7
Section 229(1)(c), `maintenance or repair of gaming 8
equipment'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`maintenance, repair or testing of gaming equipment'. 11
Clause 49 Amendment of s 232 (Approvals for gaming related 12
systems) 13
(1) Section 232(2), from `evaluated', 1st mention-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`tested, the chief executive may-- 16
(a) carry out the test; or 17
(b) direct the applicant-- 18
(i) to arrange to have the system tested by a licensed 19
testing facility operator; and 20
(ii) to give the chief executive a written report of the 21
test in the approved form.'. 22
(2) Section 232(3) and (4)(a), `an evaluation'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`a test'. 25
(3) Section 232(3)(a), `evaluation'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`test'. 28
s 50 28 s 52
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Clause 50 Amendment of s 267 (Possession etc. of gaming 1
equipment and other things by licensed major dealers) 2
Section 267(3)(a), `evaluation'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`testing'. 5
Clause 51 Amendment of s 267A (Possession etc. of particular 6
gaming equipment by approved evaluator) 7
(1) Section 267A, heading, `approved evaluator'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`licensed testing facility operator'. 10
(2) Section 267A(1)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(1) A licensed testing facility operator is authorised to obtain and 13
be in possession of gaming equipment or restricted 14
components for testing the equipment or components.'. 15
(3) Section 267A(2), `An approved evaluator'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`A licensed testing facility operator'. 18
(4) Section 267A(4), definition designated equipment, paragraph 19
(b), `an approved evaluator'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`a licensed testing facility operator'. 22
(5) Section 267A(4), definition designated equipment, paragraph 23
(b), `evaluator's'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`operator's'. 26
Clause 52 Amendment of s 268 (Possession etc. of restricted 27
components by licensed secondary dealers) 28
Section 268(2)(a), `evaluation'-- 29
s 53 29 s 54
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omit, insert-- 1
`testing'. 2
Clause 53 Amendment of s 272 (Possession etc. of gaming 3
machines etc. by other persons) 4
Section 272(2), `obtain or be in possession of'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`obtain, be in possession of or test'. 7
Clause 54 Amendment of s 281 (Approval and rejection of gaming 8
machines and games) 9
(1) Section 281(2), `evaluation'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`testing'. 12
(2) Section 281(3)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(3) If the chief executive accepts a gaming machine type or game 15
for testing, the chief executive must-- 16
(a) carry out the test; or 17
(b) direct the applicant-- 18
(i) to arrange to have the gaming machine type or 19
game tested by a licensed testing facility operator; 20
and 21
(ii) to give the chief executive a written report of the 22
test in the approved form.'. 23
(3) Section 281(4) and (7)(a), `the evaluation'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`the test'. 26
(4) Section 281(5)(b), `evaluation'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
`test'. 29
s 55 30 s 56
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(5) Section 281(7), (9)(a) and (10), `an evaluation'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`a test'. 3
Clause 55 Amendment of s 288 (Decisions about approvals for 4
linked jackpot arrangements) 5
(1) Section 288(2), from `evaluated', 1st mention-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`tested, the chief executive may-- 8
(a) carry out the test; or 9
(b) direct the applicant-- 10
(i) to arrange to have the arrangement tested by a 11
licensed testing facility operator; and 12
(ii) to give the chief executive a written report of the 13
test in the approved form.'. 14
(2) Section 288(3) and (4)(a), `an evaluation'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`a test'. 17
(3) Section 288(3)(a), `the evaluation'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`the test'. 20
Clause 56 Amendment of s 325A (Appointment and qualifications) 21
Section 325A(2)(b)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(b) the chief executive is satisfied the person is qualified for 24
the appointment because-- 25
(i) the person has the necessary expertise or 26
experience; or 27
(ii) the chief executive considers the person has the 28
ability to quickly acquire the necessary expertise; 29
and'. 30
s 57 31 s 60
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Clause 57 Amendment of s 326 (Interpretation) 1
(1) Section 326, definition article, paragraph (k)(ii), 2
`maintenance or repair of gaming equipment'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`maintenance, repair or testing of gaming equipment'. 5
(2) Section 326, definition records, paragraph (b), `maintenance 6
or repair of gaming equipment'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`maintenance, repair or testing of gaming equipment'. 9
Clause 58 Amendment of s 327 (Directions) 10
(1) Section 327(1)(d) and (e)-- 11
renumber as section 327(1)(e) and (f). 12
(2) Section 327(1)-- 13
insert-- 14
`(d) a licensed testing facility operator about the testing of 15
gaming equipment; or'. 16
Clause 59 Amendment of s 329 (General powers of inspectors) 17
(1) Section 329(1)(a), `repaired or kept'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`repaired, tested or kept'. 20
(2) Section 329(1)(d)(ii)(B), (3)(d)(ii), and (3)(g)(iii), 21
`maintenance or repair of gaming equipment'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`maintenance, repair or testing of gaming equipment'. 24
Clause 60 Amendment of s 330 (Offences relating to inspectors) 25
Section 330(d)(iii), `maintenance or repair of gaming 26
equipment'-- 27
s 61 32 s 64
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omit, insert-- 1
`maintenance, repair or testing of gaming equipment'. 2
Clause 61 Amendment of s 335 (Minister may order inquiry) 3
Section 335(1)(c), `maintenance or repair of gaming 4
equipment'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`maintenance, repair or testing of gaming equipment'. 7
Clause 62 Amendment of s 336 (Review and termination of 8
agreements) 9
Section 336(4)(b)(iii), `maintenance or repair of gaming 10
equipment'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`maintenance, repair or testing of gaming equipment'. 13
Clause 63 Amendment of s 341A (Restriction on membership of 14
management committee or board) 15
Section 341A(4)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(4) The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after giving 18
an authorisation for subsection (2)(b), give and maintain 19
notice of the authorisation on the department's website. 20
Editor's note-- 21
The Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation website address is 22
.'. 23
Clause 64 Amendment of s 347 (Financial connections and interests 24
of restricted officials) 25
Section 347(5)(b), `maintenance or repair of gaming 26
equipment'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
`maintenance, repair or testing of gaming equipment'. 29
s 65 33 s 67
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Clause 65 Amendment of s 350 (Forgery and like offences) 1
Section 350(f), `statement or affidavit'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`statement, affidavit, or report on the testing of gaming 4
equipment'. 5
Clause 66 Insertion of new pt 12, div 13 6
Part 12-- 7
insert-- 8
`Division 13 Provision for Gambling Legislation 9
Amendment Act 2007 10
`446 Application for gaming machine licence--s 56 11
`Section 56(5)(m) as in force immediately before the 12
commencement of this section applies to an application made 13
but not decided before the commencement.'. 14
Clause 67 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 15
(1) Schedule, definitions approved evaluator, gaming equipment 16
and licensed monitoring operator-- 17
omit. 18
(2) Schedule-- 19
insert-- 20
`gaming equipment-- 21
(a) means the following-- 22
(i) a gaming machine; 23
(ii) linked jackpot equipment; 24
(iii) an electronic monitoring system; 25
(iv) a centralised credit system; 26
(v) a part of, or replacement part for, anything 27
mentioned in subparagraph (i) to (iv); and 28
s 67 34 s 67
Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
(b) in relation to the testing operations of a licensed testing 1
facility operator, includes-- 2
(i) gaming machine types; and 3
(ii) mathematics, artwork and software for a game. 4
licensed monitoring operator means the holder of a 5
monitoring operator's licence in force under this Act. 6
licensed testing facility operator means the holder of a testing 7
facility operator's licence in force under this Act. 8
testing operations, of a licensed testing facility operator, 9
means operations conducted by the operator under the 10
operator's licence.'. 11
(3) Schedule, definition problem gambler-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`problem gambler means a person whose behaviour relating 14
to gambling-- 15
(a) is characterised by difficulties in limiting the amount of 16
money or time the person spends on gambling; and 17
(b) leads to adverse consequences for the person, other 18
persons or the community.'. 19
(4) Schedule, definition category 1 licensed premises, `Surfers 20
Paradise Sports Club Inc.'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`Gold Coast Commerce Club Inc.'. 23
(5) Schedule, definition licensed supplier-- 24
insert-- 25
`(d) a licensed testing facility operator.'. 26
(6) Schedule, definition supplier's licence-- 27
insert-- 28
`(d) a testing facility operator's licence.'. 29
s 68 35 s 70
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Part 5 Amendment of Interactive 1
Gambling (Player Protection) 2
Act 1998 3
Clause 68 Act amended in pt 5 4
This part amends the Interactive Gambling (Player 5
Protection) Act 1998. 6
Clause 69 Amendment of s 186 (Appointment and qualifications) 7
Section 186(2)(b)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(b) the chief executive is satisfied the person is qualified for 10
the appointment because-- 11
(i) the person has the necessary expertise or 12
experience; or 13
(ii) the chief executive considers the person has the 14
ability to quickly acquire the necessary expertise; 15
and'. 16
Clause 70 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 17
Schedule 3, definition problem gambler-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`problem gambler means a person whose behaviour relating 20
to gambling-- 21
(a) is characterised by difficulties in limiting the amount of 22
money or time the person spends on gambling; and 23
(b) leads to adverse consequences for the person, other 24
persons or the community.'. 25
s 71 36 s 74
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Part 6 Amendment of Keno Act 1996 1
Clause 71 Act amended in pt 6 2
This part amends the Keno Act 1996. 3
Clause 72 Amendment of s 159A (Keno gaming by keno agent or 4
keno agent's employees) 5
(1) Section 159A, heading and subsection (1)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`159A Keno gaming by appointed agent or agent's employees 8
`(1) An appointed agent or an employee of the agent must not take 9
part in keno gaming at a place where the agent conducts keno 10
gaming. 11
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 12
(2) Section 159A(3), definition employee, `a keno agent'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`an appointed agent'. 15
Clause 73 Amendment of s 167 (Appointment and qualifications) 16
Section 167(2)(b)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(b) the chief executive is satisfied the person is qualified for 19
the appointment because-- 20
(i) the person has the necessary expertise or 21
experience; or 22
(ii) the chief executive considers the person has the 23
ability to quickly acquire the necessary expertise; 24
and'. 25
Clause 74 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 26
Schedule 4, definition problem gambler-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
s 75 37 s 77
Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
`problem gambler means a person whose behaviour relating 1
to gambling-- 2
(a) is characterised by difficulties in limiting the amount of 3
money or time the person spends on gambling; and 4
(b) leads to adverse consequences for the person, other 5
persons or the community.'. 6
Part 7 Amendment of Lotteries Act 7
1997 8
Clause 75 Act amended in pt 7 9
This part amends the Lotteries Act 1997. 10
Clause 76 Amendment of s 153 (Appointment and qualifications) 11
Section 153(2)(b)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(b) the chief executive is satisfied the person is qualified for 14
the appointment because-- 15
(i) the person has the necessary expertise or 16
experience; or 17
(ii) the chief executive considers the person has the 18
ability to quickly acquire the necessary expertise; 19
and'. 20
Part 8 Amendment of Wagering Act 21
1998 22
Clause 77 Act amended in pt 8 23
This part amends the Wagering Act 1998. 24
s 78 38 s 79
Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
Clause 78 Amendment of s 229 (Appointment and qualifications) 1
Section 229(2)(b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) the chief executive is satisfied the person is qualified for 4
the appointment because-- 5
(i) the person has the necessary expertise or 6
experience; or 7
(ii) the chief executive considers the person has the 8
ability to quickly acquire the necessary expertise; 9
and'. 10
Clause 79 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 11
Schedule 2, definition problem gambler-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`problem gambler means a person whose behaviour relating 14
to gambling-- 15
(a) is characterised by difficulties in limiting the amount of 16
money or time the person spends on gambling; and 17
(b) leads to adverse consequences for the person, other 18
persons or the community.'. 19
© State of Queensland 2007
AMENDMENTS TO BILL
Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill
2007
Amendments agreed to during Consideration
1 Clause 27 (Amendment of s 50 (Delegations))
At page 21, lines 21 to 23--
omit, insert--
`(1A) The Minister may delegate the following to the chief
executive--
(a) the Minister's power under section 24(1) to appoint a
commissioner to act as chairperson of the commission;
(b) the Minister's power under section 322(6) to cause
amounts to be paid out of the gambling community
benefit fund for the benefit of the community.'.'.
© State of Queensland 2008
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