Victorian Numbered Acts

GAMBLING REGULATION AMENDMENT (LICENSING) ACT 2010 (NO. 56 OF 2010) - SECT 69

For section 24 of the Gambling Regulation Further Amendment Act 2009 substitute —

        '     24     Determination of application

After section 3.4.20(2) of the Principal Act insert —

    "(2A)     In the case of a proposed amendment to increase the number of gaming machines permitted in an approved venue, the Commission must use its reasonable endeavours to decide whether to make the proposed amendment within the required period.

    (2B)     For the purposes of subsection (2A) the required period is—

        (a)     60 days after receiving notification from the municipal council under section 3.4.18C that it does not intend to make a submission under section 3.4.19 (whether or not a submission has been made on the request before the request was amended);

        (b)     if a submission is made by the municipal council under section 3.4.19 and no amendment in respect of the request has been submitted to the Commission, 60 days after the making of the submission;

        (c)     if an amendment in respect of the request has been submitted to the Commission and a submission has been made by the municipal council under section 3.4.19 in relation to the request as amended, 60 days after the making of the submission.

    (2C)     Subsection (2B)(c) applies even if the municipal council has made a submission under section 3.4.19 on the request before the request was amended.

    (2D)     If the Commission does not make a decision within the required period specified under subsection (2A), the Commission is taken to have refused to make the proposed amendment.".'.