Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The commission may do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions or exercise of its powers under this or another Act.
(2) The commission may issue guidelines.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a guideline may give guidance about—
(a) the attitude the commission is likely to adopt on a particular issue; or
(b) how an applicant for a licence, authorisation or approval should deal with issues involved in the proper formulation of the application or supporting material related to the application.
Examples of subsection (3)—
1 The commission might issue a guideline stating its attitude to gaming machines in shopping centres.
2 The commission might issue a guideline stating how it is likely to decide questions about the location of gaming machines in licensed premises or the proximity of gaming machines to automatic teller machines.
3 The commission might issue a guideline setting out the matters that should be dealt with in a community impact statement accompanying an application.
(4) A guideline may be replaced or varied by a later guideline issued under this section.
(5) The chief executive must keep copies of a guideline issued under this section available for inspection and permit a person—
(a) to inspect the guideline without fee; and
(b) to take extracts from the guideline without fee.
(6) Also, the chief executive must keep copies of the guideline available for supply to persons and permit a person to obtain a copy of the guideline, or a part of the guideline, without fee.
(7) For subsection (5)—
(a) copies of the guideline—
(i) must be kept at the head office and any regional office of the department; and
(ii) may be kept at any other place the chief executive considers appropriate; and
(b) the copies kept under paragraph (a) must be available for inspection during office hours on business days for the office or place.
(8) The commission may on its own initiative, and must if asked by the Minister, provide the Minister with advice on—
(a) the operation of this Act, any other gaming Act that assigns functions to the commission; or
(b) issues related to gambling (including the identification of issues requiring further research) under this Act or another Act that assigns functions to the commission.