Casino Control Act 2006 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10 · National Council on Problem Gambling
165. Committee may make third party exclusion order or third party visit limit in certain circumstances
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A Committee may, without receiving any application, by written order make either a third party exclusion order or a third party visit limit against a person, if —
Committee
“Committee” means any Committee of Assessors for the time being constituted under section 157(1);
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 or her gambling.
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 or her debts as they fall due;
the frequency of the person’s visits to a casino or the extent of the person’s gambling whether or not in the casino.
For the purposes of enabling a Committee to make a determination under subsection (1), an officer of the Council may —
Council
“Council” means the National Council on Problem Gambling established under section 154;
by written notice, require the respondent against whom the third party exclusion order or third party visit limit is being considered, any family member of the respondent, any casino operator or gambling 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, casino operator or gambling operator, as the case may be;
by written notice 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.
Every person required to furnish any information or produce any document or record by a notice under subsection (3) is legally bound to state the truth and to produce such documents and records as may be specified in the notice.
record
“record” includes any book, account, document, paper or other source of information compiled, recorded or stored in written form, or on microfilm, or by electronic process, or in any other matter or by any other means;
Before a Committee makes a third party exclusion order or a third party visit limit against any person under subsection (1), the Committee must, by a written notice, give the person a reasonable opportunity to object to the proposed order or visit limit.
third party exclusion order
“third party exclusion order” means an exclusion order made under section 165(1), and includes —(a)a third party exclusion order made under section 165(1) read with section 165C(1), in the respondent’s absence; and(b)a third party exclusion order made in substitution of a third party visit limit under section 166A(2)(d);
A third party exclusion order made under subsection (1) may do any of the following:
refer the respondent to participate in a programme of counselling, rehabilitation or special education or any combination of these;
ban the respondent from —
entering or remaining on all casino premises; or
taking part in any casino gambling or promotional game on all casino premises;
require the respondent to close any deposit account in a casino;
require a casino operator to close any deposit account of the respondent with the casino;
ban the respondent from —
entering or remaining in all gaming machine rooms except to perform defined work within any of those rooms; or
taking part in any playing of a gaming machine in all gaming machine rooms;
ban the respondent from engaging in all manner of general remote gambling;
impose all bans and requirements in paragraphs (a), (aa), (ab), (ac), (b) and (c) or any combination thereof,for as long as the circumstances in subsection (1) exist in relation to that person or for such other period as may be specified in the order.
A third party visit limit made under subsection (1) against a person must —
third party visit limit
“third party visit limit” means a visit limit made under section 165(1), and includes —(a)a third party visit limit made under section 165(1) read with section 165C(1), in the respondent’s absence; and(b)a third party visit limit made in substitution of a third party exclusion order under section 166A(2)(c);
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.
In making a third party 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.
A Committee may, at any time, revoke a third party exclusion order or a third party visit limit made under subsection (1) against a person if, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the Committee is of the opinion that a third party exclusion order or a third party visit limit would no longer be in the best interests of the person and his or her family members.
A person who is aggrieved by a third party exclusion order or a third party visit limit made against him or her by a Committee under subsection (1) may, within the prescribed period, appeal to the Council whose decision is final.