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Reprint as at 3 September 2004 Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 (SR 2004/276) Silvia Cartwright, Governor­General Order in Council At Wellington this 30th day of August 2004 Present: Her Excellency the Governor­General in Council Pursuant to sections 313 and 314 of the Gambling Act 2003, Her Excellency the Governor­General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the advice of the Minister of Internal Affairs after consultation with persons or organisations that appear to the Minister to be representative of the interests of Note Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

These regulations are administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.

1 Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 persons likely to be substantially affected by these regulations, makes the following regulations.
Contents Title Commencement Interpretation Restrictions on venues Unsuitable class 4 venues Restriction on automatic teller machines in class 4 and casino venues Stake and prize limits for class 4 gambling Stake and prize limits for class 4 gambling Requirements relating to gaming machines Gaming machine must display certain messages Gaming machine must include feature that interrupts play Jackpot advertising and branding Restriction on jackpot advertising at class 4 and casino venues Restriction on jackpot branding Requirements relating to problem gambling Requirement to provide information about problem gambling Requirement to provide problem gambling awareness training Page 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 Regulations Title These regulations are the Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004.
Commencement Regulations 5 and 11 come into force on 1 April 2005.

Regulations 7 and 8 as far as they relate to— (1) (2) 2 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 r 3 (3) (4) 3 (1) (a) (b) new gaming machines come into force on 1 October 2005: all other gaming machines come into force on 1 July 2009.

Regulations 9, 10, and 12 come into force on 1 October 2005.
The rest of these regulations come into force on 1 October 2004.
Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,— Act means the Gambling Act 2003 gaming machine jackpot means an accumulated prize amount that is generated from a linked series of gaming machines new gaming machine means a new gaming machine that was purchased by the holder of a class 4 operator’s licence or casino operator’s licence on or after 1 October 2005 single play— (a) means a sequence of actions and states in a gaming ma­ chine that are— (i) (ii) activated by a player through a wagering of credits; and terminated when— (A) all the credits wagered by the player re­ lating to those actions or states have been lost; or all winnings relating to those actions or states have been paid out to the player or transferred to the player’s credit meter and are no longer available to be wagered on that sequence; and (B) (b) includes any feature of the gaming machine that is trig­ gered by the wagering of the credits, unless all winning credits are transferred to the player’s credit meter before the feature is activated.
(2) In these regulations, a term that is deﬁned in the Act and used, but not deﬁned, in these regulations has the same meaning as in the Act.
3 Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 Restrictions on venues Unsuitable class 4 venues The following venues are declared unsuitable to be a class 4 venue: (a) a venue at which the primary activity is anything other than onsite entertainment, recreation, or leisure focused on persons 18 years and over, including (without limi­ tation)— (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) a dairy, supermarket, or other similar venue: a fast­food outlet or other similar venue: an ofﬁce: a private residence: a sports stadium: a circus, fair, amusement parlour, arcade or park, theme park, or other similar venue: (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) a venue that is not a ﬁxed permanent structure, including (without limitation)— (i) (ii) a tent or marquee: a vehicle, vessel, aircraft, trailer, or other con­ veyance: a footpath (whether or not undercover): a concourse area (whether or not enclosed): an Internet café or cyber­café, or any other venue at which the primary activity is electronic media (includ­ ing games): a library, art gallery, museum, theatre, cinema, or other similar venue: a place of worship.
Restriction on automatic teller machines in class 4 and casino venues The holder of a class 4 venue licence or casino operator’s li­ cence must ensure that there are no automatic teller machines available in the gambling area of a venue in which it conducts gambling.
r 4 4 5 4 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 r 7 Stake and prize limits for class 4 gambling 6 7 (1) (2) Stake and prize limits for class 4 gambling The holder of a class 4 operator’s licence must ensure, in re­ lation to a gaming machine used to conduct class 4 gambling, that— (a) the maximum amount that may be staked for a single play of the gaming machine (whether or not it is linked to other gaming machines) does not exceed $2.50; and the maximum prize for a single play of the gaming ma­ chine does not exceed $500; and the maximum jackpot prize for a single play of the gam­ ing machine that is linked to other gaming machines does not exceed $1,000.
(b) (c) Requirements relating to gaming machines Gaming machine must display certain messages The holder of a class 4 operator’s licence or casino operator’s licence must, at a venue at which it conducts gambling, en­ sure that a gaming machine includes a feature that provides the messages speciﬁed in subclause (2).
The messages are— (a) game information, relating to— (i) the odds of winning the game (including the 5 top and bottom winning combinations): the average winnings paid out to players of the game over a particular period of time or a par­ ticular number of plays: the maximum and minimum player spend rate for the game: (ii) (iii) (b) player information, relating to— (i) (ii) the duration of the player’s session of play; and the amount, expressed in dollars and cents, that the player has spent during the player’s session of play; and the player’s net wins or net losses during the player’s session of play.
(iii) (3) The messages referred to in subclause (2) must be displayed at the election of the player.

5 Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 The holder of a class 4 operator’s licence or casino operator’s licence must, at a venue at which it conducts gambling, ensure that a gaming machine displays the correct time while it is being used by a player.
Gaming machine must include feature that interrupts play The holder of a class 4 operator’s licence or casino operator’s licence must, at a venue at which it conducts gambling, ensure that a gaming machine includes a feature that— (a) interrupts play at irregular intervals (not exceeding 30 minutes of continuous play); and informs the player of— (i) (ii) the duration of the player’s session of play; and the amount, expressed in dollars and cents, that the player has spent during the player’s session of play; and the player’s net wins or net losses during the player’s session of play; and (iii) (b) (c) asks the player whether or not he or she wishes to con­ tinue with his or her session of play.
For the purposes of subclause (1)(c), if the player does not wish to continue with his or her session of play, the gaming machine must include a feature that automatically pays out any winnings and credits to the player.

Jackpot advertising and branding Restriction on jackpot advertising at class 4 and casino venues This regulation applies to— (a) the holder of a class 4 venue licence, and to the venue manager and venue operator, in relation to that licence; and the holder of a casino operator’s licence.
(2) A person referred to in subclause (1) must ensure that no ad­ vertising relating to a gaming machine jackpot at the class 4 venue or casino venue (as the case may be) is published, ei­ ther— (b) r 8 (4) 8 (1) (2) 9 (1) 6 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 r 11 (a) (b) inside the venue in a way that makes the gaming ma­ chine jackpot advertising visible or audible to persons outside the venue; or outside the venue.
10 (1) Restriction on jackpot branding This regulation applies to— (a) (b) the holder of a class 4 venue licence, and to the venue manager and venue operator, in relation to that licence; and the holder of a casino operator’s licence.

(2) A person referred in subclause (1) must ensure that, in any ad­ vertising related to the class 4 venue or casino venue, the word “jackpot” is not published in a way that explicitly or implicitly conveys the impression that there is a gaming machine jackpot at the venue.
Subclause (2) applies to any other similar word or get­up.
(3) Requirements relating to problem gambling 11 Requirement to provide information about problem gambling The holder of a class 4 venue licence or casino operator’s li­ cence must, at a venue at which it conducts gambling,— (a) make available to players— (i) (ii) pamphlets providing information about the odds of winning on gaming machines: information about the characteristics of problem gambling (including the recognised signs of problem gambling) and how to seek advice for problem gambling; and (b) display signage that is clearly visible to all players that— (i) encourages players to gamble only at levels they can afford: contains advice about how to seek assistance for problem gambling.
(ii) 7 r 12 12 (1) Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 Requirement to provide problem gambling awareness training The holder of a class 4 venue licence or casino operator’s li­ cence must, in relation to a venue at which it conducts gam­ bling, provide problem gambling awareness training— (a) in the case of a class 4 venue, to the venue manager and any other venue personnel so as to ensure that there is always a trained person at the venue when class 4 gambling is available: in the case of a casino venue, the manager of the venue and any employee of the venue who is in direct contact with players in the course of his or her duties at the venue.
(b) (2) As a minimum, the training referred to in subclause (1) must enable the manager or employee to whom the training has been provided to— (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) approach a player that the manager or employee has rea­ sonable grounds to believe may be experiencing difﬁ­ culties related to gambling: provide information to a player about the characteris­ tics of problem gambling (including recognised signs of problem gambling): provide information to a player about the potential risks and consequences of problem gambling: provide information to a player about how to access problem gambling services: remind a player that the venue manager or the holder of a casino operator’s licence (as the case may be) may identify a person that the manager or operator has rea­ sonable grounds to believe is a problem gambler and ban the player from the gambling area of the venue con­ cerned for up to 2 years: remind a player that he or she can identify himself or herself as a problem gambler and request that the venue manager or casino operator (as the case may be) exclude the player from the gambling area of the venue for up to 2 years.
The holder of a class 4 venue licence must ensure that an em­ ployee who has received problem gambling awareness train­ (3) 8 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 Explanatory note ing is present at the class 4 venue at all times when gambling activities are available to players.

Diane Morcom, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which (except regulations 5 and 7 to 12) come into force on 1 October 2004, prescribe matters relating to harm pre­ vention and minimisation under the Gambling Act 2003.

Regulation 4 lists the venues that are declared as unsuitable to be a class 4 venue.

Regulation 5, which comes into force on 1 April 2005, restricts the availability of automatic teller machines at class 4 and casino venues.

Regulation 6 sets out the stake and prize limits for class 4 gambling.
Regulations 7 and 8 provide that gaming machines must display cer­ tain messages and include a feature that interrupts play while the ma­ chine is being used by a player.

These regulations come into force on— 1 October 2005, as far as they relate to new gaming machines: • • 1 July 2009, as far as they relate to all other gaming machines.

Regulations 9 and 10, which come into force on 1 October 2005, restrict jackpot advertising and jackpot branding at class 4 and casino venues.
Regulation 11, which comes into force on 1 April 2005, requires the holder of class 4 venue licence or casino operator’s licence to provide information to players about problem gambling at the venue at which it conducts gambling.
Regulation 12, which comes into force on 1 October 2005, requires the holder of a class 4 venue licence or casino operator’s licence to 9 Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 provide problem gambling awareness training to certain employees of the venue at which it conducts gambling.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notiﬁcation in Gazette: 2 September 2004.


10 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 Notes Contents 1 2 3 4 General Status of reprints How reprints are prepared Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent ﬁrst) 5 Notes 1 2 3 General This is a reprint of the Gambling (Harm Prevention and Min­ imisation) Regulations 2004.
The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the regulations as at 3 September 2004, as spe­ ciﬁed in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that have yet to come into force or that contain relevant transitional or savings provisions are also included, after the principal enact­ ment, in chronological order.
Status of reprints Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment.

This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.
This presumption may be rebutted by producing the ofﬁcial volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the prin­ cipal enactment and its amendments are contained.

How reprints are prepared A number of editorial conventions are followed in the prep­ aration of reprints.

For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked are omitted.
For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see 11 Notes Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/legislation/reprints.shtml or Part 8 of the Tables of Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations, and Deemed Regulations in Force.
Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.

Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.
A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000.

Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing.

To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all le­ gislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reﬂects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.
In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the au­ thority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint: • omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”) typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point) layout of provisions, including: • • indentation position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section) format of deﬁnitions (eg, the deﬁned term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks) format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”) position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act) • • • • • 4 12 Reprinted as at 3 September 2004 Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 Notes • • • • • • punctuation (eg, colons are not used after deﬁnitions) Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross­references are changed accordingly case and appearance of letters and words, including: • format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial cap­ ital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the ﬁrst word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter) small capital letters in section and subsection ref­ erences are now capital letters • schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross­references are changed accord­ ingly running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page) format of two­column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chrono­ logical).
List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent ﬁrst) 5 12 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2009 13