Clause 87

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)a person who is on such social assistance programme or subsidy scheme funded by the Government or any statutory body as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe;”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, exempt any person or class of persons referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b) from subsection (2), subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order.”;

by deleting subsections (3) to (9) and substituting the following subsections:“(3) A person referred to in subsection (1)(c) shall be subject to the self-exclusion which he has applied for (whenever made) until such time that the Council, upon the person’s application, revokes the self-exclusion.(4) The Council may, as a condition of revoking the self-exclusion of a person (whenever made), require the person to —

participate in a programme of counselling, rehabilitation or special education; or

undergo an assessment of harm from gambling, including a clinical assessment if necessary, by a suitably qualified person appointed by the Council for this purpose,or any combination of these.”; and

by inserting, immediately after the word “excluded” in the section heading, the words “by law or self-excluded”.