Liquor Control Reform Amendment Regulations 2008 (Vic)

Liquor Control Reform Amendment Regulations 2008

S.R. No. 102/2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provisions

3Commencement

4Principal Regulations

5Objectives

6Definitions

7New Part 2A inserted

PART 2A—SECURITY CAMERAS

4AStandards for minimum frame rate for security
cameras and video recorders

4BStandards for quality of stored images

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STATUTORY RULES 2008

S.R. No. 102/2008

Liquor Control Reform Act 1998

Liquor Control Reform Amendment Regulations 2008

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 2 September 2008

Responsible Minister:

TONY ROBINSON
Minister for Consumer Affairs

RYAN HEATH

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Liquor Control Reform Regulations 1999 to establish minimum standards for surveillance equipment in high-risk licensed premises.

2Authorising provisions

These Regulations are made under sections 18B and 180 of the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998.

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 6 October 2008.

4Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Liquor Control Reform Regulations 1999[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

5Objectives

(1)In regulation 1(c) of the Principal Regulations, for "polls." substitute "polls;".

(2)After regulation 1(c) of the Principal Regulations insert—

"(d)to establish minimum standards for security cameras.".

6Definitions

In regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations insert the following definitions—

"open format means a published specification for storing digital data that is free of legal restrictions on its use and able to be implemented by both proprietary and free or open source software (such as a bitmap, jpg or tiff file);

proprietary format means a file format that is covered by a patent or copyright and is able to be implemented only by proprietary software;

stored images means the electronic files exported from a digital video recorder to a storage device or the images on recorded cassettes from an analogue video cassette recorder;

video recorder means a digital video recorder or video cassette recorder that records video images from a security camera.".

7New Part 2A inserted

After Part 2 of the Principal Regulations insert—

"PART 2A—SECURITY CAMERAS

4AStandards for minimum frame rate for security cameras and video recorders

(1)For the purposes of section 18B of the Act, a security camera on licensed premises must record continuously at a minimum rate of 5 frames per second.

(2)For the purposes of section 18B of the Act, a video recorder on licensed premises must—

(a)if it is a digital video recorder, record at least 5 images per second for each security camera connected to the digital video recorder; or

(b)if it is a video cassette recorder, continuously record the images from the security camera.

4BStandards for quality of stored images

For the purposes of section 18B of the Act, stored images exported from a video recorder must—

(a)display the correct time and date stamp of the security camera; and

(b)identify the security camera number or the location of the camera; and

(c)when exported as a still image be capable of correctly identifying an individual face; and

(d)if it is a digital video recorder, be in an open format whether or not the recorder can produce exported images in a proprietary format.

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[1] Reg. 4:  S.R. No. 13/1999.  Reprint No. 2 as at 1 March 2006.  Reprinted to S.R. No. 13/2006.