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GAMING CONTROL ACT 1993 - SECT 174 Regulations

GAMING CONTROL ACT 1993 - SECT 174

Regulations

(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.
(2)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may be made for or with respect to any of the following:
(a) the activities of persons licensed under this Act;
(b) the activities of persons listed on the Roll;
(ba) the installation, handling, possession, use, operation, control, management, appearance and identification of gaming equipment;
(bb) requirements for the maintenance, security, testing, service, repair and storage of gaming equipment;
(bc) the labelling and sealing of gaming equipment;
(bd) tampering or interfering with gaming equipment;
(be) the storage of information in, and the retrieval of information from, gaming equipment;
(c) the periods within which, and the manner in which, appeals may be made to the Supreme Court under section 173 ;
(d) classes of approved venue and the restrictions and entitlements applying to each class;
(e) facilities and amenities in approved venues, approved locations or classes of approved venues or approved locations;
(f) security arrangements to be taken by persons licensed under this Act or by persons listed on the Roll;
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(h) production, registration, security and confidentiality of gaming chips and gaming tokens;
(i) access to gaming machines and other gaming equipment;
(j) internal controls, administration and accounting procedures to be put in place by prescribed licence holders;
(ja) signage and advertising at approved venues;
(jb) requirements in relation to the offering of keno and casino gaming facilities by licence holders;
(jc) requirements as to the operating hours for casinos;
(jd) the approval by the Commission of plans, diagrams and specifications relating to the conduct of monitoring or operations in casinos, including the amendment of such approvals;
(je) the minimum wager that may be accepted on a specified game, or class of games, played at a high-roller casino;
(k) the collection and security of money in approved venues and approved locations and between approved venues or approved locations and financial institutions;
(l) procedures for the counting of revenue in approved venues;
(m) procedures and standards for the maintenance, security and storage of gaming equipment;
(ma) the establishment and maintenance of a register of gaming machine authorities;
(mb) the basis for allocating gaming machine authorities to be endorsed on new venue licences and for allocating additional gaming machine authorities to be endorsed on existing venue licences;
(mc) conditions and restrictions on the endorsement of gaming machine authorities on venue licences by the Commission;
(n) the manufacture, sale, supply, acquisition, ownership, possession, use, operation, transport, management, disposal and destruction of gaming equipment;
(na) restrictions on the approval of and operation of FATG machines and FATG games;
(nb) the terms and conditions of acquisition (including tendering and the calling of expressions of interest), ownership, disposal and destruction of gaming equipment;
(nc) any matter relating to the operation of an electronic monitoring system;
(nd) any other matter relating to monitoring operator licences;
(o) conditions under which linked jackpot arrangements are permitted;
(p) conditions for the accumulation or contribution of money to jackpot prize pools;
(q) fees for the purposes of this Act;
(qa) the distribution of the money in the Community Support Fund;
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(s) any matter relevant to the conduct of gaming, a gaming activity or a gaming business.
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(3)  The regulations–
(a) may impose a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units for a contravention of or failure to comply with the regulations; and
(b) may be of general or of specially limited application; and
(c) may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance; and
(d) may apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document, code, standard, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any person whether–
(i) wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations; or
(ii) as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the regulations are made or any time before then; or
(iii) as formulated, issued, prescribed or published from time to time; and
(e) may leave any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, dispensed with or regulated by the Commission or an authorized person.
(4)  The regulations may prescribe a fee by specifying –
(a) a set amount; or
(b) any other method of calculating the fee.
(4A)  The regulations may provide for –
(a) the rounding of fees; and
(b) fees that vary according to class of premises or venues; and
(c) the manner of payment of fees; and
(d) the time or times at which fees are to be paid; and
(e) any fee to be paid by instalments.
(5)  Regulations under this section may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act or any Act that amends this Act.
(6)  A provision referred to in subsection (5) may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the commencement of this Act or the Act amending this Act, as the case requires, or a later date.
(7)  If necessary to effect or further a savings or transitional purpose, a provision referred to in subsection (5)  –
(a) need not be consistent with this Act or, if applicable, the amending Act; and
(b) may confer exemptions on persons from the requirements of this Act or the amending Act.