Clause 86

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) A Committee may, without receiving any application, by written order make either an exclusion order or a visit limit against a person, if —

it comes to the attention of the Committee that the person has a poor credit record; or

the Committee is of the opinion that the person is vulnerable to financial harm because of his gambling.(2) For the purposes of determining whether a person is vulnerable to financial harm under subsection (1)(b), the Committee may have regard, but not be limited, to all or any of the following factors:

the financial situation of the person;

any indebtedness of the person or inability of the person to pay his debts as they fall due;

the frequency of the person’s visits to a casino or the extent of his gambling activities in the casino.(2A) For the purposes of enabling a Committee to make a determination under subsection (1), an officer of the Council may —

by notice in writing, require the respondent against whom the exclusion order or visit limit is being considered, any family member of the respondent or any casino operator to furnish such information or produce such document or record as may be specified in the notice relating to the respondent or to any of the matters referred to in subsection (2), which is in the possession or under the control of the respondent, family member or casino operator, as the case may be;

by notice in writing to any statutory body, request that statutory body to furnish such information or produce such document or record as may be specified in the notice relating to the respondent or to any of the matters referred to in subsection (2); and

inspect, keep or make copies of such document or record.(2B) Every person required to furnish any information or produce any document or record by a notice under subsection (2A) shall be legally bound to state the truth and to produce such documents and records as may be specified in the notice.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “exclusion order” in subsection (3), the words “or a visit limit”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “the Committee shall” in subsection (3), the words “, by a notice in writing,”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “proposed order” in subsection (3), the words “or visit limit”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsections:“(4A) A visit limit made under subsection (1) against a person shall —

specify the period during which it is in force; and

specify the maximum number of visits in aggregate that the person may make to any casino in each month.(4B) In making a visit limit under subsection (1) against a person, the Committee may also refer the person to participate in a programme of counselling, rehabilitation or special education or any combination of these.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “an exclusion order” wherever they appear in subsections (5) and (6), the words “or a visit limit”; and

by inserting, immediately after the words “exclusion order” in the section heading, the words “or visit limit”.