Liquor and Gaming Law Roundtable 2019
Issues covered include: policy changes, machine entitlement leasing, L&GNSW compliance, property and licensing issues
Description
Sydney’s leading liquor and gaming seminar returns with everything you can’t afford to miss to stay up to date in the year to come. Liquor and Gaming NSW, the Australian Hotels Association and leading practitioners in the field will once again provide the timely and practical insights that have made this a can’t miss event every year.
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Substantive Law
This seminar was recorded in NSW on 12 March 2019
Chair: Tony Hatzis, Solicitor Director, Hatzis Cusack Lawyers
9.05am to 9.50am: Gaming Machine Entitlement Leasing for Pubs and Clubs
Brief outline of the changes to the rules concerning how pubs and clubs can increase their gaming machine holdings and the new Guidelines for approval of a Class 1 Local Impact Assessment.
- Problems with the Class 1 Local Impact Assessment Guidelines
- The approved form of Gaming Machine Entitlement Lease, a Government attempt to regulate how Gaming Machine Entitlements are leased between venues, gone wrong
- Supplemental Deed required to fix the problems with the approved form of Gaming Machine Entitlement Lease
Presented by Bruce Bulford, Solicitor/Director, Bulford Legal
9.50m to 10.35am: L&GNSW Compliance Approach to Responsible Conduct of Gambling
- L&GNSW’s increasing operational focus on RCG compliance
- Black letter compliance vs commitment to responsible conduct
- Advertising and external promotion of gaming machines
- Escalating enforcement action: prosecutions and disciplinary complaints
Presented by Sean Goodchild, Director Compliance Operations, Liquor & Gaming NSW
10.35am to 11.20am: Latest Developments in Liquor and Gaming
- The new system of gaming approvals: the 2018 reforms to the Gaming Machines Act
- Significant changes to the Liquor Act and Regulations
- NCAT decisions on liquor appeals
- Supreme Court liquor and gaming decisions
- Significant ILGA decisions and policies
Presented by Tony Hatzis, Solicitor Director, Hatzis Cusack Lawyers
11.35am to 12.20pm: Property and Licensing Issues in the Context of Liquor and Gaming
- Licensing and property due diligence
- The transfer process
- The gaming entitlement: rights, wrongs and warning signs
- Transactions that involve property leases
- Duty liabilities and PPSR
Presented by Chris Thompson, Principal, Gwynne Thompson and Richard Abbott, Partner, HFW Australia
12.20pm to 1.15pm: Interactive Panel Discussion: Urgent Policy Changes Needed After the Election
Facilitator: Tony Hatzis, Solicitor Director, Hatzis Cusack Lawyers
Panellists:
John Green, Director, Australian Hotels Association
Chris Thompson, Principal, Gwynne Thompson
Richard Abbott, Partner, HFW Australia
Bruce Bulford, Solicitor/Director, Bulford Legal