2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —
“credit” includes any form of financial accommodation;
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“current demerit points” means demerit points that have been recorded in the demerit points register and have not been cancelled;
“demerit points offence” means an offence under section 28(1)(c) of the Act for contravening a condition of a licence;
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“fun fair” means an amusement fair which is, or may be, established and operated at a particular place or premises for a continuous period of not more than 31 days, being a place or premises to which the public or any class of the public has access, whether gratuitously or otherwise;
“licence” means a licence issued or renewed under the Act authorising —
(a)
the provision of any public entertainment in a particular place or premises in respect of which a Class 1A or Class 1B liquor licence is granted under the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015;
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(b)
the provision of any of the following public entertainment at a particular place or premises:
(i)
an amusement centre;
(ii)
a billiard saloon;
(iii)
a computer games centre; or
(c)
the provision of any public entertainment which is any machine or device by the manipulation of which chances are given of obtaining prizes in money or kind, at a particular place or premises except at a fun fair;
“licensee” means the holder of a licence;
“Licensing Officer” means the Public Entertainment Licensing Officer;
“merchant voucher”, means any voucher (including any virtual voucher such as a QR code) that, on the redemption of the voucher and the fulfilment of the conditions specified in the voucher, entitles the holder of the voucher to —
(a)
receive, free of charge, the goods and services specified by the voucher; or
(b)
pay a reduced price for, or receive a rebate upon purchasing, the goods and services specified by the voucher;
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“money equivalent” has the meaning given by section 14 of the Gambling Control Act 2022, except that a reference to “any gambling” in that section is to be read as a reference to “any public entertainment”;
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“new licence” means a licence that —
(a)
is issued on or after 1 August 2017 in respect of a particular place or premises and authorising the provision of a specified public entertainment; and
(b)
is not issued in substitution for a licence in respect of the same place or premises and for the same type of public entertainment, and which has expired immediately before its issue;
“probation period”, for a licensee holding a new licence, means a period —
(a)
starting from the day on which the licensee is issued the licence; and
(b)
ending 12 consecutive months after the date in paragraph (a);
“restricted prize” means a prize that —
(a)
has a value of $100 or more; or
(b)
is or includes money, a money equivalent, the provision of credit, or a merchant voucher;
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“specified public entertainment” means any type of public entertainment set out in the First Schedule.