2006 No 244

New South Wales

Gaming Machines Amendment (Payment of Prize Money) Regulation 2006
under the

Gaming Machines Act 2001

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Gaming Machines Act 2001.

GRANT McBRIDE, M.P., Minister for Gaming and Racing

Explanatory note
Clause 30 of the Gaming Machines Regulation 2002 currently provides that if the total prize money payable to a person (in relation to a gaming machine) exceeds $1,000, the amount by which the total prize money exceeds $1,000 must be paid to the person by the relevant hotelier or registered club by cheque or by means of electronic funds transfer. The object of this Regulation is to increase the threshold from $1,000 to $2,000. This Regulation is made under the Gaming Machines Act 2001, including section 210 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 66 of 19 May 2006, page 3088

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2006 No 244
Clause 1 Gaming Machines Amendment (Payment of Prize Money) Regulation 2006

Gaming Machines Amendment (Payment of Prize Money) Regulation 2006
under the

Gaming Machines Act 2001
1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Gaming Machines Amendment (Payment of Prize Money) Regulation 2006.
2 Amendment of Gaming Machines Regulation 2002

The Gaming Machines Regulation 2002 is amended by omitting the matter "$1,000" wherever occurring in clause 30 (1) and (2) and by inserting instead the matter "$2,000".

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