Gambling Regulation Act 2024

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Chapter 8

Standards and certification of certain gambling products and gambling related services and applications for grant and renewal of Business to Business gambling licences

Power to set standards for certain gambling products and gambling related services

123. (1) The Authority may develop, adopt and publish on its website standards for—

(a) in relation to gambling products—

(i) the manufacture or adaptation of gaming machines or parts of gaming machines, and

(ii) the manufacture or adaptation of software used for the operation of gambling,

and

(b) in relation to gambling related services—

(i) the installation, maintenance or repair of gaming machines or parts of gaming machines, and

(ii) the installation, maintenance or upgrading of software used for the operation of gambling.

(2) Standards published under subsection (1) shall take effect—

(a) where the standards relate to the gambling products referred to in subsection (1)(a)(i) or the gambling related services referred to in subsection (1)(b)(i), on the day following the expiry of the third anniversary of the date of such publication, and

(b) where the standards relate to the gambling products referred to in subsection (1)(a)(ii) or the gambling related services referred to in subsection (1)(b)(ii), on the day following the expiry of the period of 6 months from the date of such publication.

(3) The Authority may, from time to time, amend, replace or revoke, in whole or in part, the standards published under subsection (1).

(4) Where the Authority under subsection (3) amends or replaces the standards, the standards as so amended or replaced shall take effect and replace the previous standards—

(a) where the standards relate to the gambling products referred to in subsection (1)(a)(i) or the gambling related services referred to in subsection (1)(b)(i), on the day following the expiry of the third anniversary of the date of publication of the standards as amended or replaced in accordance with subsection (5), and

(b) where the standards relate to the gambling products referred to in subsection (1)(a)(ii) or the gambling related services referred to in subsection (1)(b)(ii), on the day following the expiry of the period of 6 months from the date of publication of the standards as amended or replaced in accordance with subsection (5).

(5) Where the Authority amends, replaces or revokes standards under subsection (3), the Authority shall publish the standards as so amended or replaced or publish the fact of the revocation of the standards, as the case may be, on its website as soon as practicable after it so amends, replaces or revokes.

(6) The Authority may, for the purpose of developing standards under this section—

(a) engage, under section 18 , the services of another person with appropriate expertise to develop the standards, and

(b) consult with such persons, including licensees, as it considers appropriate.