No. S 513
Casino Control Act
(CHAPTER 33A)
Casino Control
(Entry Levy) (Amendment)
Regulations 2019
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 200 of the Casino Control Act, the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Home Affairs, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the Casino Control (Entry Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into operation on 1 August 2019.
Amendment of regulation 4
2.  Regulation 4 of the Casino Control (Entry Levy) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 52/2010) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting paragraphs (1) and (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:
(1)  A casino operator may collect an entry levy from a resident in advance of the resident entering its casino premises, the validity period of which starts on the earlier of the following:
(a)the first entry of the resident to its casino premises after the collection of the entry levy;
(b)6 hours after the time of the collection of the entry levy.
(2)  A casino operator must not —
(a)change the time delimited by paragraph (1) for the start of the validity period of an entry levy collected in advance; or
(b)collect any entry levy from a resident while the resident has a right to enter its casino premises, by reason of having previously paid an entry levy (whether before, on or after 1 August 2019) which has a remaining validity period of more than 6 hours.”.
Amendment of regulation 5
3.  Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:
(ii)about the start of the validity period mentioned in regulation 4(1); and”.
Amendment of Schedule
4.  The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “and is approved by the Chief Executive to enter the casino premises for that purpose” in paragraph 5; and
(b)by deleting the words “and is approved by the Chief Executive to enter for that purpose” in paragraph 6.
Saving and transitional provision
5.  Despite regulation 2, regulation 4(1) and (2) of the principal Regulations as in force immediately before 1 August 2019 continues to apply in relation to any entry levy collected by a casino operator before that date.
[G.N. Nos. S 54/2013; S 534/2015]
Made on 23 July 2019.
TAN TEE HOW
Chairman,
Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore.
[CRA/G/19/0004; AG/LEGIS/SL/33A/2015/1 Vol. 1]