Gaming Machine Control (Clocks) Regulations 2001

i Gaming Machine Control (Clocks) Regulations 2001 S.R. No. 60/2001 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1. Objective 1 2. Authorising provision 1 3. Commencement 1 4. Gaming machines to display time of day 2 5. Venue operator to notify gaming operator about time displays 3 6. Gaming operator not to allow gaming on gaming machine without time display 4 7. Casino operator not to allow gaming on gaming machine without time display 4 8. Director may order that a gaming machine be made unavailable for use 5 __________________ SCHEDULE 6 ═══════════════ -- 1 of 8 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 2001 S.R. No. 60/2001 Gaming Machine Control Act 1991 Gaming Machine Control (Clocks) Regulations 2001 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 27 June 2001 Responsible Minister: JOHN PANDAZOPOULOS Minister for Gaming HELEN DOYE Clerk of the Executive Council 1. Objective The objective of these Regulations is to foster responsible gambling by requiring the time of day to be displayed on each gaming machine available for gaming, so that players of gaming machines can be aware of the time of day and the passage of time. 2. Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 159 of the Gaming Machine Control Act 1991. 3. Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 30 June 2001. -- 2 of 8 -- S.R. No. 60/2001 Gaming Machine Control (Clocks) Regulations 2001 2 4. Gaming machines to display time of day (1) The time of day must be displayed in accordance with this regulation on each gaming machine available for gaming in an approved venue on or after 30 September 2001. (2) The time of day must be displayed by a time display— (a) located between the left and right hand sides of the front of the machine cabinet of the gaming machine— (i) not higher than— (A) if there is a top box on the gaming machine—5 centimetres above the bottom of the top box; or (B) if there is no top box—the top of the machine cabinet; and (ii) not lower than the bottom of the button panel; or (b) attached wholly or partially to the front or a side panel of the machine cabinet of the gaming machine— (i) not higher than— (A) if there is a top box on the gaming machine—5 centimetres above the bottom of the top box; or (B) if there is no top box—the top of the machine cabinet; and (ii) not lower than the bottom of the button panel; and r. 4 -- 3 of 8 -- S.R. No. 60/2001 Gaming Machine Control (Clocks) Regulations 2001 3 (iii) within a horizontal distance of 10 centimetres from the left or right hand side of the front of the machine cabinet; or (c) located on the video screen of the gaming machine. (3) The time of day displayed must be clearly visible to a person playing a game on the gaming machine. (4) The time of day displayed must be to an accuracy of within 5 minutes and must indicate whether the hour is before or after noon. (5) The time of day must be displayed continuously while the machine is operating and available for use for gaming. (6) The time of day displayed must not obscure any other information relevant to gaming on gaming machines. (7) The Schedule sets out— (a) diagram 1 which illustrates a gaming machine with a top box; and (b) diagram 2 which illustrates a gaming machine without a top box. (8) The diagrams in the Schedule— (a) are not exhaustive; and (b) may extend but do not limit, the meaning of sub-regulation (2). 5. Venue operator to notify gaming operator about time displays (1) Immediately on becoming aware that a gaming machine in an approved venue does not display the time of day in accordance with regulation 4, the venue operator must give written notice of that r. 5 -- 4 of 8 -- S.R. No. 60/2001 Gaming Machine Control (Clocks) Regulations 2001 4 fact to the gaming operator who supplied the machine to the venue operator together with the following— (a) the identification number for the gaming machine issued under section 72 of the Gaming Machine Control Act 1991; (b) the date and time that the venue operator became aware that the time of day was not displayed in accordance with regulation 4; (c) details of how the time display fails to comply with regulation 4. Penalty: 20 penalty units. (2) A venue operator who gave a notice under sub- regulation (1) and who makes the gaming machine referred to in the notice able to display the time of day in accordance with regulation 4 must give written notice of that fact to the gaming operator who supplied the machine to the venue operator together with details of how the time display was made to comply with regulation 4. (3) This regulation does not apply to a venue operator who is a casino operator. 6. Gaming operator not to allow gaming on gaming machine without time display A gaming operator must not permit a gaming machine of that operator to be played if the gaming operator knows or could reasonably be expected to know that the gaming machine does not display the time of day in accordance with regulation 4. Penalty: 20 penalty units. 7. Casino operator not to allow gaming on gaming machine without time display r. 6 -- 5 of 8 -- S.R. No. 60/2001 Gaming Machine Control (Clocks) Regulations 2001 5 A casino operator must not permit a gaming machine in the casino to be played if the casino operator knows or could reasonably be expected to know that the gaming machine does not display the time of day in accordance with regulation 4. Penalty: 20 penalty units. 8. Director may order that a gaming machine be made unavailable for use (1) The Director, by notice in writing, may direct a gaming operator or casino operator to make a gaming machine unavailable for use for gaming that does not display the time of day in accordance with regulation 4. (2) A notice under sub-regulation (1) must set out the reasons for the decision to give the notice. (3) A gaming operator or casino operator must make a gaming machine unavailable for use for gaming in accordance with a notice issued by the Director under sub-regulation (1) within 24 hours after the giving of the notice or any later period specified in the notice. Penalty: 20 penalty units. __________________ -- 6 of 8 -- S.R. No. 60/2001 Gaming Machine Control (Clocks) Regulations 2001 6 SCHEDULE DIAGRAM 1 GAMING MACHINE WITH TOP BOX Sch. -- 7 of 8 -- S.R. No. 60/2001 Gaming Machine Control (Clocks) Regulations 2001 7 DIAGRAM 2 GAMING MACHINE WITHOUT TOP BOX ═══════════════ Sch. -- 8 of 8 --