Gaming Machine Act 1991

The commissioner may grant to an applicant for a supplier’s licence a provisional licence for the kind of licence applied for.

However, the commissioner may grant a provisional licence only if the commissioner considers—

a decision about the applicant’s application for a supplier’s licence may not be made for some time; and

the conduct of gaming may be prejudiced or disadvantaged if the applicant is not granted the provisional licence; and

the issue of the provisional licence to the applicant will not prejudice or disadvantage gaming or the conduct of gaming.

The commissioner may grant a provisional licence—

on conditions the commissioner considers necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of gaming; and

on other conditions the commissioner considers necessary or desirable in the public interest.

If the commissioner grants a provisional licence to a person, the commissioner must immediately issue the licence to the person.

A provisional licence must be in the approved form.

A provisional licence issued to an applicant for a supplier’s licence remains in force until—

a supplier’s licence of the kind applied for is issued to the applicant; or

the commissioner decides to refuse to grant the application; or

the licence is surrendered or cancelled.

While a provisional licence for a particular kind of supplier’s licence is in force, it has the same effect, and this Act applies to the holder of the licence, as if the licence were a supplier’s licence of that kind.