No. S 663
Casino Control Act
(Chapter 33A)
Casino Control (Junkets) Regulations 2009
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 110 and 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:
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Casino Control (Junkets) Regulations 2009 and shall come into operation on 31st December 2009.
Definitions
2.—(1)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“junket agreement” means a contract or other arrangement that relates to the conduct of a junket;
“junket licensee” means the holder of a junket promoter licence or junket representative licence;
“junket representative” means an individual who is employed by a junket promoter to organise, promote or conduct a junket on behalf of the junket promoter;
“net win” has the same meaning as in section 146(6) of the Act;
“relevant financial interest”, in relation to a business, means —
(a)any share in the capital of the business; or
(b)any entitlement to receive any income derived from the business;
“relevant position”, in relation to a business, means the position of director or manager, or other executive position, however that position is designated;
“relevant power” means any power, whether exercisable by voting or otherwise and whether exercisable alone or in association with others —
(a)to participate in any directorial, managerial or executive decision; or
(b)to elect or appoint any person to any relevant position.
(2)  In these Regulations, a person is an “associate” of a licensed junket promoter or an applicant for a junket promoter licence if the person —
(a)holds or will hold any relevant financial interest, or is or will be entitled to exercise any relevant power (whether in right of the person or on behalf of any other person) in the business of the licensed junket promoter or applicant, and by virtue of that interest or power, is able or will be able to exercise a significant influence over or with respect to the management or operation of the business of the licensed junket promoter or applicant; or
(b)holds or will hold any relevant position, whether in right of the person or on behalf of any other person, in the business of the licensed junket promoter or applicant.
Persons required to hold junket promoter licence or junket representative licence
3.—(1)  For the purposes of section 110(1) of the Act ––
(a)no body corporate shall organise, promote or conduct a junket unless it holds a junket promoter licence from the Authority; and
(b)no individual shall organise, promote or conduct a junket unless he holds ––
(i)a junket representative licence from the Authority, if he is employed to do so by a junket promoter; or
(ii)a junket promoter licence from the Authority, if he is acting on his own behalf.
(2)  Paragraph (1) shall not apply to ––
(a)any licensed special employee of a casino operator who organises or promotes a junket in the performance of his duties for the casino operator by which he is employed;
(b)any person who receives a commission or other payment from the casino operator, or the person in charge of the casino, based solely on the price of the transportation or lodging arranged for by the first-mentioned person; or
(c)any person whose commission or other payment from the casino operator, or the person in charge of the casino, is a fixed amount or a fixed rate that is ––
(i)not based on the net win of the casino operator attributable to the players introduced by the first-mentioned person; and
(ii)not otherwise calculated by reference to such net win,
provided that the aggregate value of such commission or other payment received in relation to a single casino does not exceed $100,000 in a calendar year or any part thereof during which the first-mentioned person does not hold a junket promoter licence.
(3)  Notwithstanding paragraph (2), if, in the opinion of the Authority ––
(a)any person referred to in paragraph (2)(b) or (c), by reason of his remuneration or functions in relation to any junket, should be licensed as a junket promoter or junket representative; or
(b)the commission or other payment received by any person referred to in paragraph (2)(b) or (c) forms part of a series of such commission or other payments that may reasonably be considered to have been arranged for the purpose of avoiding the requirement to be licensed as a junket promoter or junket representative,
the Authority may, by a notice in writing given to the person, require that person to apply for the appropriate licence within the period specified in the notice.
(4)  If the period specified in the notice for the making of an application expires with no application having been made by the person referred to in paragraph (3), the Authority may give a direction to any casino operator to cease any further arrangement or business association with that person from such date as may be specified in the direction, and the casino operator shall comply with such direction.
Casino operator to provide information relating to unlicensed persons being paid commission
4.  A casino operator must prepare and submit to the Authority, on such date as may be specified by the Authority, a monthly report of the commission or other payment paid by the casino operator, or the person in charge of the casino, to any unlicensed person referred to in regulation 3(2)(b) or (c).
Duty of casino operator in relation to unlicensed persons
5.  A casino operator shall not allow a person —
(a)who is neither a licensed junket promoter nor a licensed junket representative;
(b)who is not a person referred to in regulation 3(2); or
(c)whose licence has lapsed under regulation 8(2),
to perform any function in relation to organising, promoting or conducting a junket within its casino premises.
Made this 30th day of December 2009.
RICHARD MAGNUS
Chairman,
Casino Regulatory Authority of
Singapore.
[CRA 20/4/10 V1; AG/LEG/SL/33A/2006/17 Vol. 1]