Gaming Machines Act 2001

If an LIA is required to be provided with a threshold increase application, the application cannot be approved unless the Authority approves the LIA.

The applicant is liable to meet any costs incurred by the Authority in connection with its determination of the LIA. The Authority may refuse to determine the LIA until any such costs are paid to the Secretary or provision, satisfactory to the Authority, has been made for their payment.

The Authority may approve an LIA only if it is satisfied that—

the LIA complies with the requirements of this Division and the regulations in relation to the LIA, and

the LIA has demonstrated that gambling activities in the relevant venue will be conducted in a responsible manner, and

in the case of a class 1 LIA—

the proposed increase in the gaming machine threshold for the relevant venue will provide a positive contribution towards the local community where the venue is situated, and

the relevant venue is not, if the venue is a new hotel or comprises new club premises, situated in the immediate vicinity of a school, hospital or place of public worship, and

the LIA has adequately addressed any community concerns arising out of the consultation process under the regulations, and

in the case of a class 2 LIA—

the proposed increase in the gaming machine threshold for the relevant venue will have an overall positive impact on the local community where the venue is situated, and

the relevant venue is not, if the venue is a new hotel or comprises new club premises, situated in the immediate vicinity of a school, hospital or place of public worship, and

the LIA has adequately addressed any community concerns arising out of the consultation process under the regulations, and

it is otherwise appropriate that the LIA be approved.

The regulations may specify other grounds on which the Authority may refuse to approve an LIA.

If any submissions are made in relation to an LIA in accordance with the regulations, the Authority must take those submissions into consideration in deciding whether to approve the LIA.

The Authority may, in any case it considers appropriate, partly approve an LIA, in which case the Authority may increase the relevant venue’s gaming machine threshold by a number that is less than the number to which the threshold increase application relates.

Without limiting any other provision of this Division, the approval of an LIA is subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Authority. The LIA has no effect if any such conditions are not complied with.