Part 5Operating Licences
Rules for particular kinds of licence
96Gaming 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.