GAMING MACHINE RULES 2001
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
GAMING MACHINE RULES 2001
As in force at 21 December 2022
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 One gaming machine per person .................................................... 1
3 Reservation of gaming machine ...................................................... 1
4 Refusal to pay cancelled credit or jackpot payout............................ 1
5 Report of refusal .............................................................................. 1
6 Payment of cancelled credit or jackpot payout ................................ 2
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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As in force at 21 December 2022
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GAMING MACHINE RULES 2001
Rules under the Gaming Machine Act 1995
1 Citation
These Rules may be cited as the Gaming Machine Rules 2001.
2 One gaming machine per person
A machine manager may determine that one gaming machine only
may be played by a person at any one time.
3 Reservation of gaming machine
A person may reserve a gaming machine without play for a
maximum period of 3 minutes.
4 Refusal to pay cancelled credit or jackpot payout
A machine manager must refuse to pay a cancelled credit or
jackpot payout if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that:
(a) the gaming machine credits were not accumulated, or the
winning combination was not obtained, during permitted hours
of gaming under section 88 of the Act;
(b) the person claiming the cancelled credit or jackpot payout is
not the person entitled to the payment or a person acting on
behalf of that person; or
(c) the Act or the Regulations have been contravened by the
person claiming the cancelled credit or jackpot payout.
5 Report of refusal
As soon as practicable after refusing to pay a cancelled credit or
jackpot payout under rule 4, a machine manager must submit a
report of the incident to the Director.
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6 Payment of cancelled credit or jackpot payout
(1) The licensee must pay a person entitled to a cancelled credit or a
jackpot payout using one or more of the methods specified in
section 94(2) of the Act, as chosen by the person.
Note for subrule (1)
The methods of payment are: gaming tokens, cheque, a combination of
Australian currency, gaming tokens and cheque and electronic transfer.
(2) Despite subrule (1):
(a) any payment in cash must not exceed $2 500; and
(b) any payment by cheque must be:
(i) posted to the address of the person within 24 hours after
the claim is made; or
(ii) given to the person on the licensed premises without
delay.
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1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Gaming Machine Rules (SL No. 34, 2001)
Notified 29 June 2001
Commenced 29 June 2001
Gaming Machine Amendment Rules 2007 (SL No. 42, 2007)
Notified 24 December 2007
Commenced 24 December 2007
Licensing (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 (Act No. 44, 2014)
Assent date 5 December 2014
Commenced 1 January 2015 (Gaz S130, 19 December 2014, p 2)
Gaming Machine Amendment Rules 2017 (SL No. 30, 2017)
Notified 22 November 2017
Commenced 22 November 2017
Licensing (Director-General) Repeal Act 2020 (Act No. 4, 2020)
Assent date 9 March 2020
Commenced 14 April 2020 (Gaz G13, 1 April 2020, p 2)
Gaming Machine Amendment Rules 2022 (SL No. 23, 2022)
Notified 21 December 2022
Commenced 21 December 2022
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: r 1.
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4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 5 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87
r 6 sub No. 42, 2007, r 3
amd No. 30, 2017, r 4; No. 23, 2022, r 4
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