Gaming Control Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2022

Gaming Control Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2022

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Gaming Control Act 1993 .

20 June 2022

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON

Treasurer

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Gaming Control Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2022 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 1 July 2022.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Gaming Control Regulations 2014 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)

Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of nominated associate and substituting the following definition:

nominated associate means a person who is named –

(a) in an application for a prescribed licence, or the renewal of a prescribed licence, as an associate of the applicant; or

(b) as a new associate of the holder of a prescribed licence in a notification of change, under section 161 of the Act, in relation to the prescribed licence.

5.    Regulation 8A inserted

After regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted:

8A.   Pro-rata calculation of licence fees

(1)  In this regulation –

licensing period means the 12-month period commencing on 1 July 2022.

(2)  Despite regulation 4, the applicable fee payable under section 148 of the Act in respect of a licensed premises gaming licence issued for a part of the licensing period is to be calculated in accordance with the following formula:

where –

A is the annual licence fee specified in Schedule 1;

R is the number of days for which the licence will be in effect during the licensing period;

F is the number of days in the licensing period.

6.    Schedule 1 amended (Fees)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting items 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 and substituting the following:

2.	Application under section 36 of the Act for licensed premises gaming licence in relation to keno –
	(a) base fee; and	833
	(b) additional fee if licensed premises gaming licence has not been held previously in respect of premises.	121
3.	Application under section 36 of the Act for licensed premises gaming licence in relation to gaming machines or keno and gaming machines –
	(a) base fee; and	975
	(b) additional fee if application is accompanied by community interest submission.	1 147
4.	Application under section 43B of the Act for renewal of licensed premises gaming licence in relation to keno.	556
5.	Application under section 43B of the Act for renewal of licensed premises gaming licence in relation to gaming machines or keno and gaming machines.	656

(b) by omitting items 7 , 8 and 9 and substituting the following:

7.	Application under section 51 of the Act for special employee's licence.	132
8.	Application under section 51 (as applied under section 68 ) of the Act for technician's licence.	132

(c) by omitting items 12 and 13 and substituting the following:

12.	Application under section 60 of the Act for renewal of special employee's licence.	132
13.	Application under section 60 (as applied under section 68 ) of the Act for renewal of technician's licence.	132

(d) by omitting item 24 and substituting the following:

24.

Notification under section 161 of the Act of change of nominated associate.

103

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 29 June 2022

These regulations are administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Gaming Control Regulations 2014 by amending certain fees payable under the Gaming Control Act 1993.