South Australian Numbered Acts

GAMING MACHINES (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO 46 OF 2004) - SECT 8

8—Amendment of section 15—Eligibility criteria

        (1)         Section 15—After subsection (1) insert:

        (1a)         Club One is eligible to hold a gaming machine licence for particular premises if it holds a licence under the Liquor Licensing Act 1997 in respect of the premises as required by subsection (1).

        (2)         Section 15(5)—delete subsection (5) and substitute:

        (5)         In determining an application for a gaming machine licence, the Commissioner must—

            (a)         have regard to the likely social effect of the grant of the licence on the local community and, in particular, the likely effect on problem gambling within the local community; and

            (b)         in that regard, take into consideration any guidelines issued by the Authority,

but must not have regard to the economic effect that the granting of the licence might have on the business of other licensed premises in the relevant locality (except insofar as that economic effect may be relevant to an assessment of the likely social effect of the grant of the licence on the local community).