EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

POKER MACHINE CONTROL (AMENDMENT) ORDINACE 1986

No 42, 1986

The Poker Machine Control (Amendment) Ordinance 1986 amends the Poker Machine Control Ordinance 1975 (the Principal Ordinance) to enable the Minister to determine fees for the purposes of the Principal Ordinance by notice by notice published in the Gazette.  Details of the amending Ordinance are as follows:

Section 1, 2 and 3 dealt with citation, commencement and interpretation.

Section 4 amends section 3 of the Principal Ordinance by adding a definition of “determined fee” in terms of the new Section 51A.

Section 5, 6 and 7 amend sub-sections 1(1), 23(4) and 38(3) of the Principal Ordinance respectively by replacing references in those sub-sections to prescribed fees with references to determined fees.  This will allow the fees for the issue and renewal of a Poker Machine Licence pursuant to sub-sections 19(1) and 23(4) respectively and the issue of a Repairman’s Certificate pursuant to sub-section 38(3) to be set by determination.

Section 8 adds a new section 51a to the Principal Ordinance which provides that the Minister may determine fees for the purposes of the Principal Ordinance by notice in writing published in the Gazette.

Section 9 amends 52 of the Principal Ordinance which gives the Minister power to make regulations, by omitting paragraph (b) which allowed the Minister to make regulations prescribing fees for the purposes of the Ordinance.

Ord 57/86