Gambling Act 2003

Schedule 1AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

You could also call this:

"Rules to help when the Gambling Act 2003 changed"

You need to know about some rules that apply when the Gambling Act 2003 changed. These rules are about things like annual reports and how they are made. They also talk about what happens when some parts of the act changed. When the act changed, some things that happened before the change are still dealt with under the old rules. For example, if a corporate society did something before the change, they can choose to follow the old rules about publishing information. This is instead of following the new rules that came in with the change. There are also rules about agreements between venues and other parties. If these agreements are inconsistent with new regulations, they are deemed to be amended to be consistent. This means that any parts of the agreement that are not allowed under the new regulations are deleted or changed. You can find more information about these changes in sections like section 108 and section 110 of the principal Act.

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377: Decisions during transitional period, or

"What happens to your application during the change from old to new gambling laws"

Schedule 1: Conditions that may attach to casino licence, or

"Rules casinos must follow to help keep people safe"

1AATransitional, savings, and related provisions Empowered by s 8AA

1Annual reports

Section 108 of the principal Act as in force before the commencement of section 21 of the Gambling Amendment Act (No 2) 2015 continues to apply to any annual report that relates to a period that commenced before that commencement.

2Publication requirements

A corporate society may, in respect of any matter that occurred before the commencement of section 22 of the Gambling Amendment Act (No 2) 2015, choose to comply with section 110 of the principal Act as in force before that commencement instead of section 110 of the principal Act as in force on that commencement.

3Certain venue agreements deemed to be amended

A venue agreement that is in force on the commencement of regulations made under section 371(1)(dd) is, to the extent of any inconsistency with those regulations, deemed, on and from that commencement, to be amended so as to make that agreement consistent with those regulations, and, in particular, any provision in that agreement—
is deemed to be deleted so far as it provides for the payment of a matter for which the venue operator may not be paid under those regulations; and
that provides for payment in excess of a limit prescribed by those regulations is deemed to be reduced so as not to exceed that limit.

4No judicial review unless and until appeal rights exercised

Section 235A of the principal Act as inserted by section 28 of the Gambling Amendment Act (No 2) 2015 applies to decisions by the Secretary made on or after the commencement of that section 28, but does not apply to decisions made before that commencement.