Statutes Amendment (Gambling—Mandatory Pre‑Commitment System) Bill 2024 (SA)

South Australia Statutes Amendment (Gambling—Mandatory Pre‑Commitment System) Bill 2024 A Bill For An Act to amend the Casino Act 1997 and the Gaming Machines Act 1992.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement Part 2—Amendment of Casino Act 1997 3 Amendment of section 42B—Provisions relating to authorised games, gaming machines and automated table games Part 3—Amendment of Gaming Machines Act 1992 4 Amendment of section 53A—Prohibition of certain gaming machine facilities

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the Statutes Amendment (Gambling—Mandatory Pre‑Commitment System) Act 2024. 2—Commencement This Act comes into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2—Amendment of Casino Act 1997 3—Amendment of section 42B—Provisions relating to authorised games, gaming machines and automated table games Section 42B(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute: (1) It is a condition of the casino licence that the licensee must not provide any gaming machine or automated table game equipment that may be operated otherwise than in accordance with an account based cashless gaming system that— (a) is approved under section 40B(1)(a); and (b) is operated in connection with— (i) an automated risk monitoring system approved under section 40B(1)(b); and (ii) a pre‑commitment system that complies with the requirements in subsection (1a) (the pre‑commitment system requirements). Maximum penalty: $35 000. (1a) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(ii), the pre‑commitment system requirements are as follows: (a) the system must not allow a person to use the system without being registered; (b) the system must not allow a person to be registered unless the person— (i) has provided proof as to their identity in accordance with the prescribed requirements; and (ii) has nominated an account at an ADI for the purpose of depositing and withdrawing payments as a result of play on a gaming machine or automated table game equipment; (c) the system must only allow payments as a result of play on a gaming machine or automated table game equipment to be withdrawn from, or deposited into, the account at an ADI nominated by the registered system user; (d) the system must allow a registered system user to set a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly expenditure limit which must not exceed $20 000 in any year (or such lower amount as may be prescribed by the regulations); (e) the system must prevent a registered system user who exceeds an expenditure limit from using the system for play on a gaming machine or automated table game equipment (as the case may be) for the remainder of the period to which the limit applies; (f) the system must enable a break in play on a gaming machine or automated table game equipment (as the case may be) at least once in each hour for a period of not less than 2 minutes; (g) any other requirements prescribed by the regulations. (1a) It is a condition of the casino licence that the licensee must not provide any gaming machine or automated table game equipment unless the machine or equipment is capable of displaying on‑screen messages of a kind prescribed in the applicable responsible gambling code of practice either on a primary screen or an ancillary screen. Maximum penalty: $35 000.