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Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Licensing of class 4 gambling - Particular limits on numbers of gaming machines

89: Notification required

You could also call this:

"Tell the government about your gaming machines within a month of the law starting"

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If you operate gaming machines, you must tell the Secretary some information. You have one month to do this after the law starts. You need to say which venues have gaming machines, how many machines are at each venue, and the serial number and model of each machine. You must give the Secretary this information in the way they ask for it. The Secretary wants to know about the machines that were being used legally three days after the law started.

If you do not give the Secretary the information they need, they might cancel your licence. The Secretary does not have to follow the usual procedure to cancel your licence if you do not comply. If the Secretary cancels your licence, they will tell you and you cannot appeal the decision, as stated in the law related to section 59.

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Part 2Gambling
Licensing of class 4 gambling: Particular limits on numbers of gaming machines

89Notification required

  1. A society that operates gaming machines on the commencement of this section must notify the Secretary, in the manner that the Secretary reasonably requests, within 1 month after the commencement of this section of—

  2. the class 4 venues where the gaming machines were lawfully operated (on the day 3 days after the commencement of this section); and
    1. the number of gaming machines lawfully operated at each class 4 venue (on the day 3 days after the commencement of this section); and
      1. the serial number and model of each gaming machine at each class 4 venue (on the day 3 days after the commencement of this section).

        1. If the Secretary decides to cancel a class 4 operator’s licence because a society has not complied with subsection (1)—

        2. the Secretary is not required to follow the cancellation procedure under section 59; and
          1. the Secretary must notify the society that the class 4 operator’s licence is cancelled from the date of notification; and
            1. there is no right of appeal from the decision.