(1) This section applies to the following applications made in accordance with this Act:
(a) initial licence applications;
(b) licence amendment applications if the application is to increase the number of gaming machines authorised to be operated under the licence.
(2) However, this section does not apply to the application if—
(a) the applicant has been authorised to operate 1 or more gaming machines because of the application; or
(b) the application has been refused.
(3) Applications to which this section applies must be dealt with in the order in which they are received by the commission.
(4) However, if an application does not contain sufficient information to allow the commission to decide the application, subsection (3) applies to the application as if it were received by the commission when sufficient information is given to the commission to allow the commission to decide it.