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GAMING MACHINE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
MR SPEAKER: I am a little bit at a loss. Were you wishing to make a personal explanation, Mr Stevenson?
Mr Stevenson: Yes, on behalf of Mr Clampett and because of incorrect statements made in this house by Mr Terry Connolly.
MR SPEAKER: I would ask you to save that until the adjournment debate, please, Mr Stevenson. Please proceed, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General) (9.54): Mr Speaker, I present the Gaming Machine (Amendment) Bill 1990. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Mr Speaker, the Gaming Machine Act 1987 provides for the licensing of gaming machine operators and regulates the operation of gaming machines. The Bill, which gives effect to decisions taken as part of the budget, amends the Gaming Machine Act 1987 in three principal respects. Firstly, it increases the maximum denomination of coins which gaming machines in club premises may lawfully accept from 20 cents to $2; secondly, it increases from three to 10 the maximum number of class B gaming machines - in general terms, machines other than poker machines - which can be approved for installation in hotels which have at least 12 accommodation rooms; and, thirdly, it implements a new graduated scale of fees payable by clubs on the monthly gross revenue received from gaming machines.
Mr Speaker, the new graduated scale of fees is expected to increase revenue to the Government from gaming machines by $1.8m per annum. It will also have the effect of providing a more equitable distribution of the amount of fees payable by different sized clubs. The current scale favours the larger clubs at the expense of the smaller ones. The Bill also incorporates an amendment to correct a grammatical error contained in a previous amendment to the Act. I present the explanatory memorandum for this Bill.
Debate (on motion by Ms Follett) adjourned.
PAWNBROKERS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 [No. 2]
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General) (9.56): Mr Speaker, I present the Pawnbrokers (Amendment) Bill 1990. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
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