New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CASINO CONTROL ACT 1992 - SECT 115

115 Responsible gambling levy and fund

(1) A responsible gambling levy is to be paid to the Secretary in respect of each casino licence.

(2) The amount of the levy is to be--

(a) as agreed from time to time by the Treasurer and the casino operator concerned, or

(b) in the absence of agreement, as determined by the Treasurer from time to time.

(3) The levy is due and payable at the times and in the manner required by the agreement or Treasurer's determination.

(4) The levies paid to the Secretary are to be paid into a Responsible Gambling Fund established in the Special Deposits Account in the Treasury.

(5) The money derived from payment of those levies in respect of a casino licence is to be the subject of the creation and operation of a trust deed appointing trustees and containing provisions approved by the Minister relating to the expenditure of that money for purposes relating to responsible gambling.

(6) The trustees may make recommendations to the Minister as to the application of money (appropriate to the trust deed) for purposes relating to responsible gambling and the Minister may pay money out of the Fund in accordance with any such recommendations.

(7) The trustees, when making recommendations for payment of money out of the Fund, are required to take into account any policy guidelines issued to the trustees by the Minister for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the trust deed relating to expenditure for purposes relating to responsible gambling.

(8) The Minister may also pay money out of the Fund for any purpose that is consistent with the provisions of the trust deed but only after consulting with the trustees on the proposed expenditure.

(9) Amounts paid into the Fund under section 86A (Wagering by minors and excluded persons prohibited) or 90 (Unclaimed winnings) are to be applied under this section in the same way as levies paid into the Fund under this section, and for that purpose a trust deed under this section applies to any such amounts as if they were levies paid into the Fund (but not so as to reduce the levies payable under this section).