Casino Regulations 2013 (SA)

South Australia Casino Regulations 2013 under the Casino Act 1997

Contents 1 Short title 3 Interpretation 4 Prescribed jurisdictions (section 40A of Act) 5 Approval of gaming machines and games 7 Approval of facial recognition system—prescribed requirements 8 Requirement for pre‑commitment system 9 Operation of gaming machine or automated table game equipment by insertion of a ticket—prescribed requirements 10 Operation of facial recognition system—prescribed requirements Schedule 2—Voluntary Pre‑commitment Code Schedule 3—Savings and transitional provisions 1 Approval of gaming machines and automated table game equipment intended to operate a TITO system 2 Approval of facial recognition system 3 Right of review Schedule 4—TITO technical requirements Legislative history

1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Casino Regulations 2013. 3—Interpretation In these regulations— Act means the Casino Act 1997. 4—Prescribed jurisdictions (section 40A of Act) For the purposes of section 40A(2) of the Act, the following jurisdictions are prescribed: (a) New South Wales; (b) New Zealand; (c) Queensland; (d) Victoria. 5—Approval of gaming machines and games (3) Subject to subregulation (3a), for the purposes of section 40A(4)(b) and (6)(b)(ii) of the Act, a requirement that a gaming machine or a game to be played on a gaming machine (as the case requires) complies with the Australian/New Zealand Gaming Machine National Standard 2016 (or any subsequent version) as modified by the relevant Appendix is prescribed. (3a) Subregulation (3) does not apply in relation to a gaming machine or a game to be played on a gaming machine (as the case requires) if— (a) the gaming machine or game is already approved or taken to have been approved under section 40A of the Act; and (b) it is not economically viable to modify the gaming machine or game to comply with the Australian/New Zealand Gaming Machine National Standard 2016 (or any subsequent version) as modified by the relevant Appendix. (4) In this regulation— relevant Appendix in relation to a version of the Australian/New Zealand Gaming Machine National Standard means— (a) the latest South Australian Appendix to that version; or (b) the latest Appendix to that version of a jurisdiction referred to in regulation 4. 7—Approval of facial recognition system—prescribed requirements For the purposes of section 40D(2) of the Act, the following requirements are prescribed in relation to an approval of a facial recognition system by the Commissioner under section 40D of the Act: (a) the system must be capable of accurately taking account of physical variances in facial features; (b) the system must be designed to prevent unauthorised access, use and disclosure of data collected by the system; (c) the system must be able to be operated in accordance with— (i) technical requirements; and (ii) security requirements; and (iii) any other criteria, as determined by the Commissioner. 8—Requirement for pre‑commitment system For the purposes of section 42B(1)(d) of the Act, it is a requirement that a gaming machine or automated table game equipment be operated in connection with a pre‑commitment system that is operated by the licensee in compliance with the requirements of the Voluntary Pre‑commitment Code set out in Schedule 2. 9—Operation of gaming machine or automated table game equipment by insertion of a ticket—prescribed requirements (1) For the purposes of section 42B(3)(c) of the Act, the licensee must not provide any gaming machine or automated table game equipment that may be operated by insertion of a ticket unless the machine or equipment is operated in connection with a TITO system that complies and is operated in accordance with the requirements set out in this regulation. (2) A TITO system must comply with the requirements of, and be operated in accordance with— (a) until 3 December 2020—the TITO technical requirements set out in Schedule 4; and (b) on and after 3 December 2020—the gambling administration guidelines issued under section 17 of the Gambling Administration Act 2019. (3) A TITO system must not issue a ticket containing any form of promotional material or advertising. (4) A TITO system must not allow a gaming machine to be operated by insertion of a ticket if the cash value of the ticket, when redeemed, exceeds $149.99. (5) A TITO system may only issue a ticket with a credit value that is more than $5 000 if the issue of the ticket is manually enabled by a person authorised for that purpose by the licensee. (6) The licensee must not allow a person to redeem the credit value of a ticket after 12 months from the date of issue of the ticket (after which time the ticket will be taken to have expired). (7) In this regulation— TITO system means a system that enables the insertion and issue of tickets that may be redeemed for credit or cash value for the purpose of play on a gaming machine or automated table game equipment. 10—Operation of facial recognition system—prescribed requirements (1) For the purposes of section 42D(1) of the Act, it is a requirement that data collected by an approved facial recognition system must not be used for or in connection with the following: (a) encouraging or providing incentives to a person to gamble; (b) customer loyalty programs; (c) a lottery within the meaning of the Lottery and Gaming Act 1936 or the Lotteries Act 2019; (d) identifying a barred person in respect of premises other than the casino premises; (e) any other purpose notified by the Commissioner to the system provider or licensee. (2) For the purposes of section 42D(2) of the Act, the following requirements are prescribed in relation to the recording of a person's facial image by means of an approved facial recognition system: (a) the licensee must, by notice displayed at each entrance to the casino premises, in a manner and form approved by the Commissioner, notify each person who is about to enter the casino premises that a record of the person's facial image will be made by means of the approved facial recognition system; (b) the facial image of a person or any data recorded by the approved facial recognition system that identifies a person (other than a barred person), must not be retained by the licensee or on any system operated on or on behalf of the licensee after 72 hours of being recorded by the system.