Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Actssubstitute
98 Acquisition of gaming machines and peripheral equipment—general
(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person intentionally acquires a gaming machine; and
Note Acquire —see the dictionary.
(b) the person does not have a licence and an authorisation certificate allowing the operation of the gaming machine at the person's premises.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(2) However, a person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if—
(a) the person has been appointed as an external administrator for a licensee; and
(b) the commission has received written notice of the person's appointment, and any additional information requested by the commission, under section 110A (Appointment of external administrator).
(3) A licensee commits an offence if—
(a) the licensee intentionally acquires a gaming machine or peripheral equipment for a gaming machine; and
(b) the gaming machine or peripheral equipment is not approved under section 69 (Approval of gaming machines and peripheral equipment).
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(4) A licensee commits an offence if the licensee—
(a) intentionally acquires a gaming machine for authorised premises; and
(b) does not hold an authorisation for the gaming machine.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(5) In this section:
"external administrator"—see section 105A.
99 Acquisition of authorisations and gaming machines—notification
(1) This section applies if a licensee intends to acquire—
(a) an authorisation for a gaming machine for authorised premises; or
(b) a gaming machine for authorised premises.
(2) The licensee must notify the commission about the proposed acquisition.
Note 1 The acquisition of an authorisation or gaming machine is a notifiable action (see pt 13A and sch 2).
Note 2 It is a condition of a licence that the licensee give the commission written notice of the details of a gaming machine installed on authorised premises within 3 days after the day the gaming machine is installed or the commission gives the licensee a notice under s 124 (see s 45).
It is also a condition of a licence that the licensee not allow the gaming machine to be operated on the authorised premises until the notice under s 45 has been given to the commission (see s 46).
100 Acquisition of gaming machines—amendment of authorisation schedule etc
(1) This section applies if a licensee notifies the commission under section 99 about the proposed acquisition of a gaming machine for authorised premises.
(2) The commission must amend the licensee's authorisation schedule for the authorised premises to record the gaming machine's serial number and anything else required by this Act to be included.
Note 1 A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see Legislation Act
, s 104).
Note 2 The licensee must not acquire a gaming machine for premises authorised under an authorisation certificate if the licensee does not hold an authorisation for the gaming machine (see s 98 (4)).
(3) However, if the licensee acquires the gaming machine under division 6.10 (Trading of authorisations and gaming machines), the commission must amend the licensee's authorisation schedule to remove 1 authorisation for a gaming machine for every 4 authorisations for gaming machines the licensee acquires.
Note 1 On receiving a notice under this section, the commission must also amend the register of licences and authorisations to include details about the maximum number of authorisations for gaming machines to be held by the licensee after acquiring the gaming machines mentioned in the notice (see s 37H (2)).
Note 2 Maximum number of authorisations—see the dictionary.
(4) The commission may amend any other record the commission holds to include the information contained in the notice.
(5) Subsection (3) and this subsection expire on the commencement of the Gaming Machine (Reform) Amendment Act 2015 , schedule 1 (Other amendments—compulsory surrender).