Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies if the commission receives an application under section 10 for an authorisation certificate.
(2) The commission must issue an authorisation certificate (a casino gaming machine authorisation certificate ) to the casino licensee for the maximum number of authorisations for casino gaming machines stated in the application if the commission—
(a) has taken into consideration the social impact assessment for the application and any submission made on the assessment within the comment period under section 9 (Social impact assessment—publication); and
(b) is satisfied the issue of the authorisation certificate is appropriate.
Note An authorisation acquired by the casino licensee under s 16 is a restricted authorisation until certain conditions are met (see s 21 and s 22). Casino gaming machines are not to be operated under restricted authorisations (see s 18 (2)).