AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Poker Machine Control (Amendment) Ordinance 1986
No. 42 of 1986
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910. 
Dated 14 August 1986.
	N. M. STEPHEN
	Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. SCHOLES
Minister of State for Territories

An Ordinance to amend the Poker Machine Control Ordinance 1975
Short title
1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Poker Machine Control (Amendment) Ordinance 1986.1
Commencement
2.  This Ordinance shall come into operation on such date as is fixed by the Minister of State for Territories by notice in the Gazette.
Principal Ordinance
3.  In this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the Poker Machine Control Ordinance 1975.2
Interpretation
4.  Section 3 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after the definition of “Court” the following definition:
“ ‘determined fee’ means the fee determined pursuant to section 51A for the purposes of the provision in which the expression appears;”.
Issue and variation of licences
5.  Section 19 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “prescribed fee therefor” and substituting “determined fee”.
Authority conferred by licence
6.  Section 23 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-section (4) “prescribed fee therefor” and substituting “determined fee”.
Authorised persons
7.  Section 38 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-section (3) “prescribed” and substituting “determined”.
Minister’s power to determine fees
8.  After section 51 of the Principal Ordinance the following section is inserted:
“51A.  The Minister may, by notice in writing published in the Gazette, determine fees for the purposes of this Ordinance.”.
Regulations
9.  Section 52 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting paragraph (b).

NOTES
1.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 August 1986.
2.	No. 24, 1975 as amended by No. 61, 1976; No. 26, 1977; No. 46, 1978; Nos. 7 and 37, 1979; No. 11, 1981; Nos. 38 and 92, 1982; No. 24, 1984.