Casino Control (Exemptions relating to Pre-Paid Entry Levies) Order 2019

Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged

reg 1Citation and commencement

This Order is the Casino Control (Exemptions relating to Pre-Paid Entry Levies) Order 2019 .

reg 2Definitions

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —“new entry levy” means an entry levy specified in the Casino Control (Variation of Entry Levies) Order 2019 (G.N. No. S 287/2019) as replacing the entry levy in section 116(1)(a) or (b) of the Act;“pre-paid entry levy” means an entry levy specified in section 116(1)(a) or (b) of the Act as in force immediately before 4 April 2019, paid to a casino operator before that date under regulation 4(1) of the Casino Control (Entry Levy) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 52/2010);“validity period” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Casino Control (Entry Levy) Regulations 2010.

“new entry levy” means an entry levy specified in the Casino Control (Variation of Entry Levies) Order 2019 (G.N. No. S 287/2019) as replacing the entry levy in section 116(1)(a) or (b) of the Act;

“pre-paid entry levy” means an entry levy specified in section 116(1)(a) or (b) of the Act as in force immediately before 4 April 2019, paid to a casino operator before that date under regulation 4(1) of the Casino Control (Entry Levy) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 52/2010);

“validity period” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Casino Control (Entry Levy) Regulations 2010.

reg 3Exemptions from section 116(6) and (6A) of Act

Section 116(6) and (6A) of the Act does not apply to a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore who enters the casino premises of a casino operator on or after 4 April 2019 without paying a new entry levy, if the citizen or permanent resident has paid before that date to the casino operator a pre-paid entry levy and the validity period of that pre-paid entry levy is current at the time of entry.

reg 4Exemption from section 116(1) of Act

Section 116(1) of the Act does not apply to a casino operator that allows a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore to enter the casino premises of the casino operator on or after 4 April 2019 without paying a new entry levy, if the citizen or permanent resident is exempt under paragraph 3 from section 116(6) and (6A) of the Act.