Gaming Machines Regulation 2019

If a threshold increase application requiring an LIA is made to the Authority, the applicant must, within 7 days of making the application—

provide a copy of the application and the LIA to each of the following—

the local council for the area in which the relevant venue is situated,

the local police, and

notify each of the following that the application has been made, that the LIA has been provided with the application and that the application and the LIA may be inspected on the Liquor & Gaming NSW website—

the local health district for the area in which the relevant venue is situated,

any organisation that is located in the local government area in which the relevant venue is situated and that receives funding from the Responsible Gambling Fund under the Casino Control Act 1992 for the specific purpose of providing gambling-related counselling or treatment services,

any other community services organisation listed by the local council for the area in which the relevant venue is situated as an organisation engaged in the provision, in the local community, of services relating to welfare, emergency relief, financial assistance, Aboriginal health, Aboriginal legal assistance or gambling and addiction counselling or treatment.

The applicant must advise each of the persons and bodies referred to in subclause (1) that they may make a written submission to the Authority in relation to the application and the LIA within 60 days (for a class 1 LIA) or 90 days (for a class 2 LIA) after the date notified on the Liquor & Gaming NSW website as the date on which the application was posted on that website.

The applicant must provide the Authority with a list (verified by statutory declaration of the hotelier or secretary of the club concerned) of the community services organisations that have been provided with a copy of the application.

In addition to subclause (1), the applicant must, within 7 days of making the application—

publish a notice in a way the applicant considers appropriate to bring the notice to the attention of members of the public in the area in which the relevant venue is situated, and

display a notice in a conspicuous area outside the relevant venue (or on the perimeter of the site if the venue has not been built).

The notices must—

state that the application has been made and that the LIA has been provided with the application, and

explain the nature of the application, and

advise that the application and the LIA may be inspected on the Liquor & Gaming NSW website, and

advise that any person may make a submission to the Authority in relation to the application and the LIA within 60 days (for a class 1 LIA) or 90 days (for a class 2 LIA) after the date notified on the Liquor & Gaming NSW website as the date on which the application was posted on that website.