Victorian Numbered Acts

GAMBLING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (TRANSITION) ACT 2012 (NO. 32 OF 2012) - SECT 1

The purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 and the Gambling Regulation Amendment (Licensing) Act 2009 —

              (i)     to extend the types of cash facilities that are captured by the proposed prohibition on automatic teller machines in approved venues; and

              (ii)     to ensure that a person who provides services to a venue operator or the monitoring licensee for the installation, service, repair or maintenance of gaming machines is to be listed on the Roll of Manufacturers, Suppliers and Testers; and

              (iii)     to make it an offence for the monitoring licensee or a third party service provider to employ or engage a person to install, service, repair or maintain gaming machines or monitoring equipment unless the person holds a gaming industry employee's licence; and

              (iv)     to make further transitional and consequential amendments in relation to the expiry of the gaming operator's licences and the wagering licence in August 2012; and

        (b)     to amend these Acts and the Gambling Regulation Further Amendment Act 2009 to make further minor amendments; and

        (c)     to amend the Casino Control Act 1991 to extend the types of cash facilities that are captured by the proposed prohibition on automatic teller machines in the casino.