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Gaming Machine (Amendment) Act 1995

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Gaming Machine (Amendment) Act 1995

No. 8 of 1995
Certified on: 15 May 1995

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

1. Interpretation (Amendment of Section 2).
2. Establishment, etc., of the National Gaming Control Board (Amendment of Section 3).
3. Membership of the Board (Amendment of Section 6).
4. Registrar (Amendment of Section 18).
5. Repeal and Replacement of Section 20.

"20. STAFF."

6. Board may grant operator's Licences (Amendment of Section 34).
7. Application for Gaming Machine Technician's Licence (Amendment of Section 44).
8. Applications to be advertised (Amendment of Section 53).
9. Definitions (Amendment of Section 65).
10. Distribution of profits (Amendment of Section 67).
11. Interpretation (Amendment of Section 69).
12. Removal of Gaming Machine (Amendment of Section 72).
13. Unlawful interference with Gaming Machine (Amendment of Section 79).

AN ACT

entitled

Gaming Machine (Amendment) Act 1995,

Being an Act to amend the Gaming Machine Act 1993,

MADE by the National Parliament.

1. INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2).

Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by repealing the definition of "manufacture"; and
(b) in the definition of " 'permit holder' or 'holder of a permit' ", by repealing the words 'bottle shop" and replacing them with the following:-

• "restaurant"; and

(c) in the definition of "site", by repealing the words "bottle shop" and replacing them with the following:-

• "restaurant"; and

(d) in the definition of "site owner", by repealing the words "bottle shop" and replacing them with the following:-

• "restaurant".

2. ESTABLISHMENT, ETC., OF THE NATIONAL GAMING CONTROL BOARD (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3).

Section 3(4) of the Principal Act is repealed.

3. MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6).

Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in Subsection (1) -

• (i) by repealing Paragraph (b) and replacing it with the following:-
  • "(b) one member nominated by the Papua New Guinea Council of Churches;"; and
• (ii) by repealing Paragraph (c) and replacing it with the following:-
  • "(c) one member representing the industry appointed by the Minister;"; and

(b) in Subsection (2)(b), by repealing the words "five years" and replacing them with the following:-

• "three years".

4. REGISTRAR (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 18).

Section 18(2) of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in Paragraph (a), by repealing the words "the Board" and replacing them with the following:-

• "the Minister"; and

(b) in Paragraph (b), by repealing the words "four years" and replacing them with the following:-

• "three years"; and

(c) in Paragraph (d), by repealing with words "the Board" and replacing them with the following:-

• "the Minister".

5. REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SECTION 20.

Section 20 of the Principal Act is repealed and is replaced with the following:-

"20. STAFF.
The Registrar may, with the consent of the Board, employ such other persons as are necessary but subject to a staff ceiling approved by the Department responsible for personnel management matters.".

6. BOARD MAY GRANT OPERATOR'S LICENCES (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 34).

Section 34(1)(a) of the Principal Act is repealed.

7. APPLICATION FOR GAMING MACHINE TECHNICIAN'S LICENCE (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 44).

Section 44(2)(e) of the Principal Act is repealed.

8. APPLICATIONS TO BE ADVERTISED (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 53).

Section 53(1) (c) of the Principal Act is amended by repealing the words "or any variations or renewals thereof".

9. DEFINITIONS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 65).

Section 65 of the Principal Act is repealed -

(a) in the definition of "cancelled credits payment", by repealing the words in parenthesis "(otherwise than directly, from the gaming machine)"; and
(b) by repealing the definition of "payouts" and replacing it with the following:-

• " 'payouts' means cancelled credit payments and jackpot payments;"; and

(c) by repealing the definition of "refill"; and
(d) by repealing the definition of "revenue" and replacing it with the following:-

• "'revenue' from a gaming machine means money invested by players of a machine in order to play a machine;"; and

(e) by repealing the definition of "short pay".

10. DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 67).

Section 67 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in Subsection (1), by repealing the percentage "60%" and replacing it with the following;-

• "100%"; and

(b) in Subsection (2) -

• (i) in Paragraph (b), by repealing the words "opened and operated by and in the name" and replacing them with the following:-
  • "opened and operated by the Board and in the name"; and
• (ii) by repealing Paragraph (c) and replacing it with the following:-
  • "(c) 5% to a trust account for the purpose opened by the Board on behalf of the Department responsible for finance and planning matters;".

11. INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 69).

Section 69 of the Principal Act is amended in the definition of "relevant matter" by repealing the word "manufacture".

12. REMOVAL OF GAMING MACHINE (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 72).

Section 72(2) of the Principal Act is amended by repealing the words "together with any money that was in it" and "money".

13. UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE WITH GAMING MACHINE (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 79).

Section 79(2) of the Principal Act is amended by repealing the words "a coin of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea or other object" and replacing them with the following:-

"an object".

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Gaming Machine (Amendment) Act 1995 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.

I hereby certify that the Gaming Machine (Amendment) Act 1995 was made by the National Parliament on 16 March 1995.

Speaker of the National Parliament.