Casino Control (Surveillance) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

No. S 52

Casino Control Act

(CHAPTER 33A)

Casino Control
(Surveillance) (Amendment)
Regulations 2013

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, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Casino Control (Surveillance) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and shall come into operation on 31st January 2013.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Casino Control (Surveillance) Regulations 2009 (G.N. No. S 431/2009) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “performance requirements”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “surveillance plan”, the following definition:

“ “surveillance system requirements” means the objectives, standards and requirements specified in the Surveillance Code in respect of or related to the installation, operation or maintenance of a casino surveillance system by a casino operator;”.

Amendment of regulation 4

3. Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “installed” in paragraph (1)(b) and substituting the words “which is installed, operated and maintained”; and
(b)	by deleting paragraph (3).

Amendment of regulation 5

4. Regulation 5(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (b).

Deletion of regulation 6

5. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Amendment of regulation 7

6. Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by inserting, at the end of paragraph (2)(a), the word “and”;
(b)	by deleting sub‑paragraph (b) of paragraph (2); and
(c)	by inserting, immediately after the words “the notice,” in paragraph (3), the words “or such longer period as the Authority may allow,”.

Amendment of regulation 9

7. Regulation 9(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub‑paragraph (a); and

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (b) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(c)	keep for such period as the inspector may require, a copy of any recorded image or video recording by the casino surveillance system.”.

Amendment of regulation 10

8. Regulation 10(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the word “given” in sub‑paragraph (b), the words “(or such longer period as the Authority may allow)”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “and (b)” in sub‑paragraph (b) and substituting the words “and (e)”.

Amendment of regulation 13

9. Regulation 13(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “It shall be a condition of a special employee licence that a” and substituting the word “A”; and

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (c) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(c)	make, authorise or permit any change to the casino surveillance system or the approved surveillance plan unless the approval of the Authority has first been obtained for the change.”.

Amendment of regulation 15

10. Regulation 15(2) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting “6,” in sub‑paragraph (a).

Miscellaneous amendments

11. The principal Regulations are amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “performance requirement” wherever they appear in regulation 3(3) and substituting in each case the words “surveillance system requirement”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “performance requirements” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “surveillance system requirements”:

Regulations 3(1) and (2), 5(1)(d)(i) and (1)(e), (2) and (3)(b), 7(2)(c), 8(1), and (3)(a), 13(1)(a), 14(c) and 15(1)(i) and (ii).

Made this 24th day of January 2013.

RICHARD MAGNUS

Chairman,
Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore.

[CRA 206.02.00016; AG/LLRD/SL/33A/2010/26 Vol. 1]

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