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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 7 Hansard (1 July) . . Page.. 1935 ..
MS CARNELL
Mister Speaker, the Gambling and Racing Control (Consequential Provisions) Bill 1999 gives effect to the structure established under the Gaming and Racing Control Bill 1998 and will enable the ACT Gambling and Racing Commission to effectively function as the key regulatory body in the control and administration of gambling and racing in the ACT. I commend this Bill to the Assembly.
Debate (on motion by Mr Quinlan ) adjourned.
MS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (10.55): Mr Speaker, I present the Gaming Machine (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1999, together with its explanatory memorandum.
Title read by Clerk.
MS CARNELL: I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Mr Speaker, I ask that my tabling statement be incorporated in Hansard. I might just make the comment at this stage that this Bill will be coming on later today for debate.
Leave granted.
The speech read as follows:
Mr Speaker, the Government Response to the Report of the Select Committee on Gambling was circulated to members on 2 June 1999.
A number of the Committee's recommendations have been agreed or not opposed by Government. Of these, quite a number require amendment to legislation. The majority of the amendments are to be moved by the Government in debate of the Gaming and Racing Control Bill 1998.
However, amendment of the Gaming Machine Act 1987 is necessary to ensure that the cap of 5,200 on the number of poker machines in the Territory remains in place. Without this amendment the cap and its associated provisions lapse on 9 July 1999.
Mr Speaker, the Gaming Machine (Amendment) Bill (No 2) Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 ensures that the cap continues until 10 July 2000.
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