C3C2C4Part 5Operating Licences

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I1C3C1C296C3C2Gaming machine technical operating licence: standards

1

The Commission may establish, or provide for the establishment of, standards in respect of the manufacture, supply, installation, adaptation, maintenance or repair of gaming machines or parts of gaming machines.

2

Standards under subsection (1)—

a

may operate by reference to regulations under Part 10, and

b

may not make provision which is inconsistent with a provision of regulations under Part 10.

3

Standards under subsection (1) may, in particular, make provision (which may include provision designed to discourage repetitive play or to protect children or other vulnerable persons from harm) about—

a

the nature of a game that a machine is designed to be used to play;

b

the way in which the results of a game are to be determined or presented;

c

the nature of images or information displayed by or on a machine.

4

In particular, the Commission may—

a

provide for the enforcement of standards by the attachment of conditions under section 75 or 77;

b

make arrangements with any person for the establishment of standards;

c

make arrangements with any person for the administration of tests of compliance with standards;

d

for the purpose of considering whether a condition under section 75 or 77 has been complied with, require the holder of a gaming machine technical operating licence—

i

to submit to a test in accordance with arrangements made under paragraph (c) above, and

ii

to produce specified evidence of the result of the test;

e

for the purpose of considering whether to grant an application under this Part, require the holder of or an applicant for a gaming machine technical operating licence—

i

to submit to a test in accordance with arrangements made under paragraph (c) above, and

ii

to produce specified evidence of the result of the test.

5

Standards established under subsection (1) may, in particular, be expressed—

a

by reference to the opinion of a specified person or class of persons;

b

by reference to a specified process or class of machine.

6

This section is without prejudice to the generality of sections 75, 77 and 78.