South Australia
Gaming Machines (Hours of Operation) Amendment Bill 2008
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Gaming Machines Act 1992.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Gaming Machines Act 1992
4	Amendment of section 27—Conditions
Schedule 1—Transitional provision
1	Transitional provision

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Gaming Machines (Hours of Operation) Amendment Act 2008.
2—Commencement
This Act will come into operation on 1 July 2009.
3—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Gaming Machines Act 1992
4—Amendment of section 27—Conditions
Section 27(7)(b)(ii)—delete subparagraph (ii) and substitute:
	(ii)	that gaming operations cannot be conducted on the premises between 3 a.m. and 9 a.m. on any other day.

Schedule 1—Transitional provision
1—Transitional provision
	(1)	In this clause—
gaming machine licence means a gaming machine licence under the Gaming Machines Act 1992.
	(2)	If, on the commencement of this Act, a gaming machine licence does not include a condition that ensures that gaming operations cannot be conducted pursuant to the licence between 3 a.m. and 9 a.m. on any day, the conditions to which the licence is subject will be taken to be varied by force of this clause to the extent necessary to ensure that gaming operations cannot be conducted between those times.
	(3)	A variation under subclause (2) does not affect any other times during which gaming operations cannot be conducted under the conditions of a gaming machine licence.