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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
South Australia
Statutes Amendment (Gaming Area Prohibitions and Barring
Orders) Bill 2016
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Casino
Act 1997
; the
Gaming
Machines Act 1992
and the
Independent
Gambling Authority Act 1995
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Casino
Act 1997
4Amendment of section
42B—Provisions relating to gaming machines and automated table
games
Part 3—Amendment of Gaming Machines
Act 1992
5Amendment of section 51A—Cash facilities
not to be provided within gaming areas
51CCoin machines
not to be provided on licensed premises
7Amendment of section
53A—Prohibition of certain gaming machines
8Amendment of Schedule 1—Gaming machine
licence conditions
Part 4—Amendment of Independent
Gambling Authority Act 1995
9Amendment of section 15C—Barring
orders
10Amendment of section 15I—Powers to
remove etc
11Amendment of section 19—Annual
report
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Statutes Amendment (Gaming Area
Prohibitions and Barring Orders) Act 2016.
(1) Subject to
subsections
(2)
and
(3)
, this Act will come into operation 1 month after it is assented to by the
Governor.
(2)
Section 4
will come into operation—
(a) on 1 January 2017 immediately after section 42B(7) of the
Casino
Act 1997
(to be inserted into that Act by section 40 of the
Statutes
Amendment (Gambling Reform) Act 2013
) comes into operation; or
(b) 1 month after the day on which this Act is assented to by the
Governor,
whichever occurs later.
(3)
Section 7
will come into operation—
(a) on 1 January 2017 immediately after section 53A(4) of the
Gaming
Machines Act 1992
(to be inserted into that Act by section 96 of the
Statutes
Amendment (Gambling Reform) Act 2013
) comes into operation; or
(b) 1 month after the day on which this Act is assented to by the
Governor,
whichever occurs later.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Casino Act 1997
4—Amendment
of section 42B—Provisions relating to gaming machines and automated table
games
Section 42B(7)—delete "$5" and substitute:
$1
Part 3—Amendment
of Gaming Machines
Act 1992
5—Amendment
of section 51A—Cash facilities not to be provided within gaming
areas
Section 51A(1)—delete "other than an EFTPOS facility"
After section 51B insert:
51C—Coin machines not to be provided on licensed
premises
The holder of a gaming machine licence must not provide, or allow another
person to provide, a machine designed to change a monetary note into coins on
the licensed premises.
Maximum penalty: $35 000.
7—Amendment
of section 53A—Prohibition of certain gaming machines
Section 53A(4)—delete "$5" and substitute:
$1
8—Amendment
of Schedule 1—Gaming machine licence conditions
Schedule 1, paragraph (nd)—delete paragraph (nd)
Part 4—Amendment
of Independent Gambling Authority
Act 1995
9—Amendment
of section 15C—Barring orders
(1) Section 15C(1)—after paragraph (a) insert:
(ab) at the request of a gambling provider if the gambling provider
satisfies the Authority that the provider has a reasonable apprehension that the
person may suffer harm, or may cause serious harm to family members, because of
problem gambling; or
(2) Section 15C(2)(b)—delete paragraph (b) and substitute:
(b) if there is a reasonable apprehension that the person may suffer harm,
or may cause serious harm to family members, because of problem
gambling.
(3) Section 15C(4)—delete subsection (4) and substitute:
(4) If no decision is made within 14 days after the making of a
request—
(a) by a person under subsection (1)(a) or (2)(a); or
(b) by a gambling provider under subsection (1)(ab),
the Authority or the gambling provider (as the case may be) will be taken,
for the purposes of this Part, to have made a decision to refuse the
request.
(4) Section 15C(8)—delete subsection (8) and substitute:
(8) If a gambling
provider makes or requests the making of a barring order, or receives a request
to make a barring order, the provider must—
(a) make a record of
the order or request in a manner required by the Authority and containing the
particulars required by
subsection (9)
; and
(b) within 7 days after making an order, or making a decision to
refuse a request to make a barring order, notify the Authority of the order or
decision (in a manner, and containing the particulars, required by the
Authority).
(9) A record under
subsection (8)(a)
in respect of a gambling provider making or requesting the making of a
barring order must contain the following particulars:
(a) the reason for making or requesting the barring order;
(b) any observations by the gambling provider as to behaviour exhibited by
the barred person or proposed barred person that indicated to the provider the
reasonable apprehension that the person may have suffered harm, or may have
caused serious harm to family members, because of problem gambling;
(c) the number of times the barred person, or proposed barred person, was
observed by the gambling provider, or an agent or employee of the gambling
provider, making multiple cash withdrawals from a cash facility on premises
where gambling activities are undertaken;
(d) any other particulars as required by the Authority.
10—Amendment
of section 15I—Powers to remove etc
Section 15I—after subsection (2) insert:
(2a) If an authorised
person requires a person to leave a place under section 15I(1), the authorised
person must make a record of that fact in a form required by the
Authority.
(2b) A gambling provider must, on or before 30 September in each year,
provide any records made under
subsection (2a)
to the Authority in respect of that year.
11—Amendment
of section 19—Annual report
Section 19(3)—after paragraph (b) insert:
and
(c) in relation to barring orders under Part 4—
(i) the number of requests received by the Authority for the making of a
barring order under sections 15C(1)(a) and 15C(ab); and
(ii) the number of barring orders made by the Authority and whether the
order was made pursuant to section 15C(1)(a), 15C(1)(ab) or 15C(1)(b);
and
(iii) the number of barring orders made by a gambling provider under
section 15C(2).