Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 (14 of 2014)

Schedule 1   Encouraging responsible gambling

Part 1   Amendments

National Gambling Reform Act 2012

12   Chapter 2

Repeal the Chapter, substitute:

Part 2 - Encouraging responsible gambling

19 - Encouraging responsible gambling

(1) The Commonwealth recognises the importance of meaningful measures to encourage responsible gambling.

(2) The Commonwealth supports voluntary pre-commitment on gaming machines.

(3) Voluntary pre-commitment allows a player of a gaming machine to set a limit on the amount that the player is prepared to lose from playing gaming machines, and helps the player keep to the limit. The player chooses whether to set a limit.

20 Developing and implementing voluntary pre-commitment measure

(1) The Commonwealth will work with Governments of the States and Territories, the gaming industry, academics and the community sector:

(a) to develop and implement a voluntary pre-commitment scheme on gaming machines; and

(b) to develop a realistic timetable for implementing this measure.

(2) The Commonwealth will work with Governments of the States and Territories and the gaming industry:

(a) to ensure that all gaming machines are capable of supporting a venue-based voluntary pre-commitment scheme; and

(aa) to ensure that a venue-based voluntary pre-commitment scheme operating in a State or Territory is capable of connecting to a State or Territory wide voluntary pre-commitment scheme that operates within the State or Territory; and

(b) to develop a realistic timetable for implementing these capabilities.

21 Administration of voluntary pre-commitment measure

The Commonwealth will work with Governments of the States and Territories on the most appropriate way of administering the voluntary pre-commitment measure referred to in subsection 20(1).