Gaming Machines Act 2001

Except as provided by section 61B, an application for authorisation to keep an MTGM on the premises of a club cannot be granted if—

the total number of terminals forming part of MTGMs kept on the premises is more than 15% of the total number of gaming machine entitlements held in respect of the club licence concerned, or

the authorisation would result in the total number of terminals forming part of MTGMs kept on the premises being more than 15% of the total number of gaming machine entitlements held in respect of the club licence concerned.

Subsection (1) applies only if the application relates to an increase in the number of MTGMs authorised to be kept on the club premises.

If, at the commencement of this section (as substituted by the Gaming Machines Amendment Act 2008) the total number of terminals forming part of MTGMs kept on the premises of a club is more than 15% of the total number of gaming machine entitlements held in respect of the club licence concerned, the club must, within 5 years of that commencement, reduce the total number of those terminals to no more than 15% of the total number of entitlements so held.

If, by the end of that 5-year period, the club has not reduced the total number of terminals in accordance with subsection (3), the authorisation to keep any MTGM that is over the 15% threshold is automatically cancelled.

An application for authorisation to keep an MTGM on the premises of a club cannot be granted if the application relies on an increase in the number of gaming machine entitlements held by the club that results from a lease of those gaming machine entitlements.