Title: Casino Variation Regulations 2013
Subject: CasinoAct 1997
Author: Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Category: public
Document comments: 275

No 275 of 2013 published in Gazette 5.12.2013 p 4475

Casino Variation Regulations 2013

Casino Variation Regulations 2013
Part 1—Preliminary

Casino Variation Regulations 2013
Preliminary—Part 1

Casino Variation Regulations 2013
Part 2—Variation of Casino Regulations 2013

Casino Variation Regulations 2013
Variation of Casino Regulations 2013—Part 2

South Australia
Casino Variation Regulations 2013
under the Casino Act 1997

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Variation provisions
Part 2—Variation of Casino Regulations 2013
4	Variation of Schedule 2—Voluntary Pre-commitment Code

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Casino Variation Regulations 2013.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 1 July 2015.
3—Variation provisions
In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Casino Regulations 2013
4—Variation of Schedule 2—Voluntary Pre-commitment Code
	(1)	Schedule 2, item 1—after item 1.2 insert:
		or
	1.3	completing a form on a website available generally on the Internet.
	(2)	Schedule 2, item 3.4—after "limit" first occurring insert:
or fails to comply with a break in play period or no play period
	(3)	Schedule 2, item 3.4.2—after "expenditure limit" insert:
or fails to comply with a break in play period or no play period
	(4)	Schedule 2, item 5.2—after "post" insert:
, email, SMS
	(5)	Schedule 2, item 6.1—delete the item and substitute:
	6.1	set the following:
	6.1.1	a daily or weekly expenditure limit (eg $50 per day);
	6.1.2	break in play periods (eg a 5 minute break every hour);
	6.1.3	no play periods (eg pay or pension day, the hours when children are picked up from school);
	6.1.4	a personal reminder message to be displayed at the gaming machine or automated table game when the customer exceeds his or her expenditure limit or fails to comply with a break in play period or no play period; and
	(6)	Schedule 2, item 6.2—after "the casino premises" insert:
, online, at an automated kiosk
	(7)	Schedule 2, item 8—delete items 8.1 and 8.2 and substitute:
	8.1	a variation must be applied as soon as practicable if the customer has not played a gaming machine or automated table game since registering;
	8.2	a variation (other than a variation to increase an expenditure limit) must be applied as soon as practicable if the customer has played a gaming machine or automated table game since registering;
	8.3	if the customer has played a gaming machine or automated table game since registering and the requested variation is to increase an expenditure limit, the variation must only be applied if—
	8.3.1	a period of 24 hours has passed since the making of the request; and
	8.3.2	the customer has confirmed to the licensee (in person or by any other means) that he or she still requires the making of the variation.
	(8)	Schedule 2, item 10.3—after "reaches" insert:
50%, 75% and
	(9)	Schedule 2, item 10.4—delete "a message set by the licensee" and substitute:
the customer's personal reminder message (or, if the customer has not set a reminder message, a default message set by the licensee)
	(10)	Schedule 2, item 10.5—after "10%" insert:
, 20% and 50%
	(11)	Schedule 2, item 10.6—after "limit" insert:
or fails to comply with a break in play period or no play period
	(12)	Schedule 2, item 10—after item 10.6 insert:
	10.7	if a registered customer fails to comply with a break in play period or a no play period, the system must enable the display of the customer's personal reminder message (or, if the customer has not set a reminder message, a default message set by the licensee) on the primary screen or the ancillary screen;
	10.8	if a reminder message is displayed on a primary screen, the system must not allow the message to be removed from the display until the registered customer acknowledges the message;
	10.9	if a reminder message is displayed on an ancillary screen, the system must not allow a registered customer to continue play until the customer acknowledges the message.
	(13)	Schedule 2, item 16—after "staff" insert:
, online or at an automated kiosk
	(14)	Schedule 2, item 17.3—delete the item and substitute:
	17.3	each amount won and lost during that period;
	17.4	the net amount won or lost during that period;
	17.5	the current expenditure limit;
	17.6	the number of times the registered customer exceeded his or her expenditure limit during that period.
Made by the Governor
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
on 5 December 2013
No 275 of 2013
MGA0013/13CS