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This legislation has been repealed.

CASINO CONTROL ACT 1988 (REPEALED) - SECT 133

Regulation-making power

    (1)     The Executive may make regulations for this Act.

Note      Regulations must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act 2001 .     

    (2)     The regulations may—

        (a)     make provision in relation to the control of the casino or of the operations of the casino; or

        (b)     make provisions in relation to the quality, type or identification of gaming equipment to be used in the casino; or

        (c)     make provision in relation to the maintenance or use of gaming equipment in the casino; or

        (d)     make provision in relation to the control of chip stock; or

        (e)     prescribe standards or procedures for the testing, repair or overhaul of gaming equipment; or

        (f)     make provision in relation to the handling of chips by casino employees or the use of chips by patrons of the casino; or

        (g)     make provision in relation to the transportation of gaming equipment or chips to or from the casino; or

        (h)     make provision in relation to the security arrangements to be applied in relation to the casino; or

              (i)     prescribe, for the purposes of security and orderly gaming, requirements for the layout of the casino relating to—

              (i)     the siting of gaming tables, gaming equipment, counting rooms, cages and other facilities provided for operations in the casino; and

              (ii)     the method of installation of any closed-circuit television system, the position and field of coverage of cameras associated with the system and the height of the cameras above the gaming operations in the casino; and

              (iii)     the position and type of any catwalk surveillance system for use in connection with the direct visual monitoring of operations of the casino; and

              (iv)     the communications facilities provided for persons maintaining operations in the casino, whether by means of a closed-circuit television system, a catwalk surveillance system or by some other means; and

              (v)     the office and related facilities to be provided for inspectors;

        (j)     prescribe procedures for the payment of winning wagers; or

        (k)     prescribe procedures for the supervision and control of the counting of money; or

        (l)     specify the amount, or prescribe procedures for specifying the amount, of any bet to be made in connection with the playing of an authorised game; or

        (m)     prescribe procedures for the reconciliation of disputes arising out of the conduct of gaming in the casino; or

        (n)     prescribe accounts or other records to be kept by the casino licensee; or

        (o)     prescribe requirements to be observed by the casino licensee in relation to the publication of information about the casino and its activities; or

        (p)     make provision in relation to notices to be displayed in the casino by the casino licensee; or

        (q)     make provision in relation to the control of commission-based player schemes; or

        (r)     make provision in relation to the method of identification of a casino employee who is exercising duties in relation to gaming; or

        (s)     prescribe criteria for the grant of a casino licence or a casino employee's licence, including matters relating to the control of any corporation affected by this Act or to substantial shareholders of, foreign participation in, or persons who are associates of, such a corporation; or

        (t)     prescribe conditions to be applicable to a casino licence; or

        (u)     require that any matter affected by the regulations be subject to the approval, or satisfaction, of a specified body, or a person holding or occupying a particular office, so as to authorise such a body or person to exercise a discretionary authority.

    (3)     The regulations may also prescribe offences for contraventions of the regulations and prescribe maximum penalties of not more than 10 penalty units for offences against the regulations.

    (4)     In making regulations in relation to a matter of a kind referred to in subsection (2) (a), the Executive must have regard to any recommendations made by the commission.



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