Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 3.4A.19A(1) amended by No. 28/2022 s. 31.
(1) On the application of a venue operator, the Treasurer may, in accordance with subsections (2) and (3), exempt the operator from a requirement under section 3.4A.18(2), or under section 3.4A.18A(2) or (3), to pay an amount to the Treasurer in relation to the transfer of a gaming machine entitlement.
(2) The Treasurer may only give an exemption under subsection (1) if—
(a) the venue operator who transferred the gaming machine entitlement has sold, or has entered into an agreement to sell, an approved venue to the venue operator to whom the entitlement is transferred; and
(b) the Treasurer is satisfied that the transfer is related to the sale of the approved venue.
(3) The maximum number of gaming machine entitlements that may be exempted under subsection (1) in relation to the sale of a particular approved venue is the number of gaming machines that, immediately before the agreement for the sale was entered into, was specified in the transferor's venue operator's licence under section 3.4.12(2)(b) as the number of gaming machines permitted in the venue.
(4) The Treasurer must not give an exemption under subsection (1) if to do so would contravene subsection (3).
S. 3.4A.20 inserted by No. 29/2009 s. 25, amended by No. 62/2017 s. 25.