Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsThe main purposes of this Act are—
(a) to amend the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 to make special provision for gaming machine entitlements that take effect on or after 16 August 2022, including by—
(i) providing a scheme for the surrender of those entitlements; and
(ii) providing for the Minister to declare what percentage of those entitlements must be club gaming machine entitlements and what percentage must be hotel gaming machine entitlements; and
(iii) providing different taxation arrangements in relation to those entitlements; and
(iv) changing the amount that a venue operator must pay to the Treasurer on transferring any of those entitlements to another venue operator; and
(v) providing for those entitlements to expire after 20 years; and
(b) to further amend the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 —
(i) to provide for the assignment of gaming machine entitlements; and
(ii) for an increase in the number of club gaming machine entitlements in which a venue operator may have an interest; and
(iii) to provide different arrangements for Responsible Gambling Codes of Conduct and self-exclusion programs; and
(iv) to provide for the Minister to make standard conditions that deal with matters relating to gaming machine entitlements, the provision of monitoring services and the provision of responsible gambling services; and
(v) in relation to agreements between venue operators and other persons; and
(vi) in relation to cashless gaming, cash, cheques, credit cards, debit cards and electronic funds transfers; and
(vii) to replace references to the Melbourne Statistical Division with references to metropolitan Melbourne; and
(c) to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts.