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New South Wales
Casino Control Amendment Bill 2009
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
Schedule 1 Amendment of Casino Control Act 1992 No 15 3
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New South Wales
Casino Control Amendment Bill 2009
No , 2009
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Casino Control Act 1992 to make further provision with respect
to the casino established under that Act and the control of its operations; and for other
purposes.
Clause 1 Casino Control Amendment Bill 2009
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Casino Control Amendment Act 2009. 3
2 Commencement 4
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 5
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Amendment of Casino Control Act 1992 No 15 Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment of Casino Control Act 1992 1
No 15 2
[1] Section 3 Definitions 3
Insert "(including tokens depicted in an electronic form)" after "tokens" in the 4
definition of chips in section 3 (1). 5
[2] Section 19 Authority to define casino premises 6
Omit "and may be redefined by the Authority from time to time as the 7
Authority thinks fit" from section 19 (1). 8
[3] Section 19 (2) and (2A) 9
Omit section 19 (2). Insert instead: 10
(2) The boundaries of a casino may be redefined by the Authority: 11
(a) on its own initiative, or 12
(b) on the application of the casino operator. 13
(2A) The Authority is not to redefine the boundaries of a casino on its 14
own initiative unless it: 15
(a) notifies the casino operator in writing of the proposed 16
change and gives the casino operator at least 14 days to 17
make submissions to the Authority on the proposal, and 18
(b) takes any such submissions into consideration before 19
deciding whether to redefine the boundaries. 20
[4] Section 31 Regular investigation of operator's suitability etc 21
Omit "not exceeding 3 years" from section 31 (1). 22
Insert instead "not exceeding 5 years". 23
[5] Section 43 Definitions 24
Insert "approved by the Authority under section 68" after "gaming equipment" 25
in the fifth dot point of paragraph (b) of the definition of special employee in 26
section 43 (1). 27
[6] Section 55 Duration of licence 28
Omit "3 years" from section 55 (e). Insert instead "5 years". 29
[7] Section 62 Information relating to licensees to be provided 30
Omit "7 days" from section 62 (1) (a) and (c) wherever occurring. 31
Insert instead "14 days". 32
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Schedule 1 Amendment of Casino Control Act 1992 No 15
[8] Section 65 Casino layout to be as approved by Authority 1
Omit section 65 (2). Insert instead: 2
(2) The Authority may approve plans, diagrams and specifications 3
indicating the following: 4
(a) the situation within the casino of gaming facilities, 5
counting rooms, cages and other facilities provided for 6
operations in the casino, 7
(b) the facilities provided for persons conducting monitoring 8
operations and surveillance operations in the casino. 9
[9] Section 65 (3) 10
Insert "on the application of the casino operator or" after "this section". 11
[10] Section 66 Approval of games and rules for games 12
Omit section 66 (1). Insert instead: 13
(1) The Authority may, by order in writing, approve the games that 14
may be played in a casino and the rules for those games. 15
(1A) Any such order as in force for the time being must be made 16
publicly available on the Authority's website. 17
[11] Section 72 Assistance to patrons 18
Omit "a brochure summarising" from section 72 (1) (c). 19
Insert instead "a summary of". 20
[12] Section 75 Cheques and deposit accounts 21
Omit "20" from section 75 (6A) (a). Insert instead "30". 22
[13] Sections 93 and 97 23
Omit "10 penalty units" wherever occurring. Insert instead "20 penalty units". 24
[14] Section 125 Content of approved system 25
Omit the section. 26
[15] Section 126 Access to bank accounts 27
Omit section 126 (1). Insert instead: 28
(1) It is a condition of a casino licence that the casino operator must: 29
(a) provide the Authority with the details of each bank or other 30
financial institution (whether located in or outside 31
Australia) at which an account is held by the casino 32
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Amendment of Casino Control Act 1992 No 15 Schedule 1
operator for use in connection with its operations under 1
this Act, and 2
(b) provide the Authority, as required, and in a form approved 3
by the Authority, with a written authority addressed to any 4
such bank or other financial institution authorising the 5
bank or financial institution to comply with any 6
requirements of an inspector exercising the powers 7
conferred by this section. 8
[16] Section 126 (2) 9
Omit "that bank, building society or credit union". 10
Insert instead "any such bank or other financial institution". 11
[17] Section 141 Functions of Authority under this Act 12
Omit "directly supervise and" from section 141 (2) (j). 13
[18] Schedule 4 Savings and transitional provisions 14
Insert at the end of clause 1 (1): 15
Casino Control Amendment Act 2009 16
[19] Schedule 4, Part 9 17
Insert after Part 8: 18
Part 9 Provisions consequent on enactment of 19
Casino Control Amendment Act 2009 20
29 Casino licence review period 21
Section 31, as amended by the Casino Control Amendment Act 22
2009, extends to a casino licence in force immediately before the 23
commencement of that amendment. 24
30 Duration of licences of casino employees 25
Section 55 (e), as amended by the Casino Control Amendment 26
Act 2009, extends to a licence in force under Part 4 of this Act 27
immediately before the commencement of that amendment. 28
31 Approval of casino layout 29
An approval in force under section 65 immediately before the 30
amendment to that section by the Casino Control Amendment Act 31
2009 is, on the commencement of that amendment, taken to be an 32
approval in force under that section as so amended. 33
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32 Approval of games and rules for games 1
An order in force under section 66 immediately before the 2
amendment to that section by the Casino Control Amendment Act 3
2009 is, on the commencement of that amendment, taken to be an 4
order in force under that section as so amended. 5
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