Disposal of authorised progressive gaming machines or systems
82 Disposal of authorised progressive gaming machines or systems
A hotelier or registered club must not—
dispose of an authorised progressive gaming machine, or
dispose of an authorised progressive system, or
dispose of any accumulated progressive jackpot amounts on any such gaming machine or system, or
make alternative use of any such progressive jackpot amounts,
unless the hotelier or club has received the Authority’s written approval to do so.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
A hotelier or registered club must not dispose of an authorised progressive gaming machine or authorised progressive system unless—
all progressive jackpot amounts accumulated on the progressive gaming machine or progressive system have been won, or
any accumulated progressive jackpot amounts are transferred to another authorised progressive gaming machine or other authorised progressive system in the hotel or on the premises of the club, or
any accumulated progressive jackpot amounts are paid to the Secretary, or
the Authority, in exceptional circumstances, approves of an alternative proposal to use any accumulated progressive jackpot amounts and the Authority is satisfied that those amounts are to be used in accordance with that proposal.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
An amount paid to the Secretary under subclause (2)(c) is—
in the case of an amount paid by a hotelier, to be paid into the Community Development Fund, or
in the case of an amount paid by a registered club, to be paid into the ClubGRANTS Fund established under section 17A of the Gaming Machine Tax Act 2001.
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