Casino Control (Exemptions relating to Pre-Paid Entry Levies) Order 2019

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as at 31 Jan 2025

No. S 288

Casino Control Act

(CHAPTER 33A)

Casino Control
(Exemptions relating to
Pre-Paid Entry Levies)
Order 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 198 of the Casino Control Act, the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Home Affairs, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Casino Control (Exemptions relating to Pre-Paid Entry Levies) Order 2019 .

Definitions

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

“new entry levy” means an entry levy specified in the Casino Control (Variation of Entry Levies) Order 2019 (G.N. No. S 287/2019) as replacing the entry levy in section 116(1)(a) or (b) of the Act;

“pre-paid entry levy” means an entry levy specified in section 116(1)(a) or (b) of the Act as in force immediately before 4 April 2019, paid to a casino operator before that date under regulation 4(1) of the Casino Control (Entry Levy) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 52/2010);

“validity period” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Casino Control (Entry Levy) Regulations 2010.

Exemptions from section 116(6) and (6A) of Act

3. Section 116(6) and (6A) of the Act does not apply to a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore who enters the casino premises of a casino operator on or after 4 April 2019 without paying a new entry levy, if the citizen or permanent resident has paid before that date to the casino operator a pre-paid entry levy and the validity period of that pre-paid entry levy is current at the time of entry.

Exemption from section 116(1) of Act

4. Section 116(1) of the Act does not apply to a casino operator that allows a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore to enter the casino premises of the casino operator on or after 4 April 2019 without paying a new entry levy, if the citizen or permanent resident is exempt under paragraph 3 from section 116(6) and (6A) of the Act.

Made on 3 April 2019.

TAN TEE HOW

Chairman,
Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore.

[PS10/2/06- VOL-0001-TF-0001; CRA/G/19/0002; AG/LEGIS/SL/33A/2015/19 Vol. 1]

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