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These regulations may be cited as the Casino Control Regulations 1999.
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Bill homepageThese regulations may be cited as the Casino Control Regulations 1999.
In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
Act means the Casino Control Act 1984;
conviction has the meaning given in subregulation (2);
manuals means manuals about the management and operation of a casino mentioned in section 24A(1) of the Act.
In these regulations, a reference to a person’s conviction of an offence is a reference to a conviction that is recorded against the person by a court of competent jurisdiction in Australia or in another country, except a conviction arising from a modified penalty procedure, or otherwise not imposed pursuant to any hearing or proceedings.
[Regulation 2 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2483-4; SL 2025/35 r. 20.]
For the purposes of section 15(1)(a) and (b) of the Act, the prescribed amount is 99 cents.
For the purposes of section 26A(3)(b) of the Act, the prescribed fee is $179.
[Regulation 4 amended: Gazette 2 Oct 2001 p. 5457; 26 Sep 2003 p. 4225; 14 Oct 2005 p. 4560; 9 Oct 2007 p. 5350; 30 Oct 2009 p. 4314; 4 Nov 2011 p. 4638; 16 Nov 2012 p. 5648; 8 Nov 2013 p. 4974; 14 Nov 2014 p. 4281; 6 Nov 2015 p. 4583; 28 Oct 2016 p. 4912; 10 Nov 2017 p. 5583; 7 Sep 2018 p. 3194; 22 Oct 2019 p. 3722; SL 2022/144 r. 8; SL 2023/156 r. 8; SL 2024/213 r. 8; SL 2025/187 r. 8.]
For the purposes of paragraph (f) of the definition of controlled contract in section 29A of the Act, a contract that does not relate to the provision of gaming technical services is exempt from that definition.
In subregulation (1) —
gaming technical services means services related to the maintenance or repair of gaming equipment or gaming related computer information systems.
[Regulation 4A inserted: Gazette 7 Sep 2004 p. 3881.]
For the purposes of section 24A(1) of the Act, manuals must deal with the following matters —
gaming operations;
internal management and control;
handling, dealing with and accounting for money, chips, vouchers, cheques, digital currencies and similar things;
internal management and control;
surveillance and security;
the responsible service of gambling.
[Regulation 5 inserted: SL 2025/35 r. 21.]
A casino licensee must provide a manual to the Commission, within a period specified in writing by the Commission, for the purposes of the Commission considering the manual for approval under section 24A(1) of the Act.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $25 000.
If the Commission requires under section 24A(2) that an approved manual of a casino licensee be amended, the licensee must provide the amendment to the Commission, within a period specified in writing by the Commission, for the purposes of the Commission considering the amendment for approval under section 24A(1) of the Act.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $25 000.
[Regulation 6 inserted: SL 2025/35 r. 21.]
In this regulation —
business day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.
For the purposes of section 30A of the Act, the period —
begins at the time the casino licensee’s suspicious matter reporting obligation arises under the Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Commonwealth) section 41(1); and
ends 1 business day after the following, as is relevant —
the day by which the casino licensee is required to give the report under the Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Commonwealth) section 41(2)(a);
the time by which the casino licensee is required to give the report under the Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Commonwealth) section 41(2)(b).
[Regulation 7 inserted: SL 2025/35 r. 21.]
The offences specified in Schedule 1 are offences for which an infringement notice may be issued under the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 Part 2 as modified by the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 section 36.
For the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 section 5(3), the penalty specified opposite an offence in Schedule 1 is the modified penalty for that offence.
[Regulation 8 inserted: SL 2025/35 r. 22.]
For the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 section 6(d), the form of an infringement notice is Schedule 2 Form 1.
For the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 section 15(2), the form stating that an infringement notice has been withdrawn is Schedule 2 Form 2.
[Regulation 9 inserted: SL 2025/35 r. 22.]
[10-17. deleted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2484.]
[Part 4 (r. 18 and 19) deleted: SL 2025/35 r. 22.]
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