Casino Control Amendment (Responsible Gambling Practices) Regulation (No 2) 2002 (NSW)

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Casino Control Amendment New South Wales

(Responsible Gambling Practices)

Regulation (No 2) 2002

under the

Casino Control Act 1992

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Casino Control Act 1992.

J. RICHARD FACE, M.P.,

Minister for Gaming and Racing

Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are as follows:

(a)	to require cash-back terminals that are installed in the casino to display problem gambling counselling signage,
(b)	to require the casino operator to keep copies of the player activity statements that are made available by the casino operator,
(c)	to provide that certain offences under the Casino Control Act 1992 in relation to the regulation of promotional prizes and player reward schemes may be dealt with by way of penalty notice,
(d)	tomakeanumberofotherminoramendmentstotheCasinoControl Regulation 2001.

This Regulation is made under the Casino Control Act 1992, including sections 76A, 168A and 170 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 154 of 27 September 2002, page 8373	Page 1
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Clause 1	Casino Control Amendment (Responsible Gambling Practices) Regulation (No 2) 2002

Casino Control Amendment (Responsible Gambling
Practices) Regulation (No 2) 2002

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Casino Control Amendment (Responsible
Gambling Practices) Regulation (No 2) 2002.

2 Amendment of Casino Control Regulation 2001

The Casino Control Regulation 2001 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

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Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]     Clause 30 Signage to be displayed on ATMs and cash-back terminals

Insert “or cash-back terminal” after “(ATM)” in clause 30 (1).

[2]     Clause 30 (1A)

Insert after clause 30 (1):

(1A) In the case of a cash-back terminal, the notice must also contain
the following:
Your player activity statement is available from the casino
operator

[3]     Clause 30 (3)

Insert “or cash-back terminal” after “machine” wherever occurring.

[4]     Clause 30 (4)

Insert after clause 30 (3):
(4) In this clause:

cash-back terminal means a customer-operated payment machine that enables gaming machine players to cash in their credits or winnings.

[5]     Clause 32A Provision of player activity statements under player reward schemes

Omit clause 32A (1), (3) and (11).

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Schedule 1 Amendments

[6]     Clause 32A (2)

Insert at the end of the subclause:

Note. Section 76A (4) of the Act provides that it is an offence (maximum penalty 100 penalty units) for a casino operator who conducts a player reward scheme not to provide player activity statements in accordance with the regulations. Because of section 76A (6) of the Act, the requirement to provide player activity statements in accordance with this clause does not apply to a casino operator until 2 October 2002.

[7]     Clause 32AA

Insert after clause 32A:

32AA Requirement to keep copy of player activity statement

A casino operator must keep a copy of any player activity statement made available by the casino operator (whether or not provided under section 76A (4) of the Act).

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

[8]     Clause 34A Provision of problem gambling counselling services

Omit clause 34A (2). Insert instead:

(2) The persons or bodies that are to provide problem gambling counselling services as referred to in section 72A of the Act include, but are not limited to, any person or body that receives funding from the Casino Community Benefit Fund for the specific purpose of providing gambling-related counselling or treatment services.

[9]     Clause 41 Penalty notice offences

Omit “Column 4” in clause 41 (1) (b). Insert instead “Column 2”.

[10]     Clause 41 (2) (b)

Omit “Column 4” and “Column 5”.
Insert instead “Column 2” and “Column 3”, respectively.

[11]     Clause 42 Short descriptions

Omit the clause.

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Amendments Schedule 1

[12]     Schedule 8 Penalty notice offences

Omit all matter contained in Columns 2 and 3 of Parts 1 and 2, and renumber Column 4 of those Parts as Column 2.

[13]     Schedule 8, Part 1

Insert in appropriate order:

Section 76A (2) (a)	$1,100
Section 76A (2) (b)	$1,100
Section 76A (2) (c)	$1,100
Section 76A (2) (d)	$1,100
Section 76A (4)	$1,100

[14]     Schedule 8, Part 2

Omit the matter relating to clause 32A (3). Insert instead:

Clause 32AA $550

[15]     Schedule 8, Part 3

Omit all matter contained in Columns 2 and 3, and renumber Columns 4 and 5 as Columns 2 and 3, respectively.

BY AUTHORITY

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