Gaming Control Amendment (Jackpot Increments) Regulations 2023
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 .
29 May 2023B. BAKER
Governor
By Her Excellency's Command,
MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON
Treasurer
These regulations may be cited as the Gaming Control Amendment (Jackpot Increments) Regulations 2023 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Gaming Control Regulations 2022 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 18C inserted
After regulation 18B of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted:18C. Transitional regulation for calculation of community support levy
(1) In this regulation –changeover day means 1 July 2023;former Act means the Act as in force immediately before the changeover day;jackpot increment, for a hotel or club gaming machine, means the amount by which a gaming jackpot prize on that gaming machine increases from its approved initial value by the contributions from turnover;transitional casino licence holder means the holder of a general casino licence who held a casino licence under the former Act.(2) Any jackpot special prize pool held by a transitional casino licence holder under the former Act immediately before the changeover day is to be included, for the purposes of calculating the community support levy under section 151 of the Act, in the gross profits derived by that licence holder from gaming machine games during the month immediately following the changeover day.(3) A jackpot increment paid to the holder of a venue licence under clause 10(3) of Part 8 of Schedule 5 to the Act is to be included, for the purposes of calculating the community support levy under section 151 of the Act, in the gross profits derived by that licence holder from gaming machine games during the month immediately following the changeover day.(4) The holder of a gaming operator’s licence under the former Act may, for the purposes of calculating the community support levy under section 151 of the former Act, deduct from its monthly gross profits for the month of June 2023 any payment made under clause 10(3) of Part 8 of Schedule 5 of the Act.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 7 June 2023
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 2022 by providing for the adjustment of gross profit adjustments for the purposes of calculating the community support levy consequent on the commencement of the Gaming Control Amendment (Future Gaming Market) Act 2021 .