Casino Control Act 1982

Before the start of each financial year—

the Minister must fix the total amount of the supervision levy that is payable for the financial year for all casino licences (the total levy amount); and

the chief executive must notify the amount fixed by the Minister by publishing a notice on the department’s website.

In deciding the total levy amount for a financial year, the Minister must have regard to the amount likely to be needed for the purpose stated in section 50.

For each financial year, a casino licensee is liable for the proportion of the total levy amount prescribed by regulation.

To remove any doubt, it is declared that a regulation under subsection (3) may prescribe different proportions for different casino licensees.

Before recommending to the Governor in Council the making of a regulation prescribing the proportion of the total levy amount payable by a casino licensee for a financial year, the Minister may have regard to the amounts that are, or are estimated to be—

the total casino gross revenue for the casino for the months in 1 or more previous financial years; and

the total amount of casino gross revenue for all casinos for the months in the same previous financial years.

If a casino licensee starts or stops holding a casino licence during a financial year, the amount for which the casino licensee is liable for the financial year under subsection (3) is not affected.

Despite subsection (1), the Minister may fix the total levy amount for a financial year, and the chief executive may notify the amount fixed, after 1 July in the financial year with retrospective operation to 1 July in the financial year.

Subsection (7) applies despite the Statutory Instruments Act 1992, section 34.