Casino Control (Licensing of Special Employees) Regulations 2009

The categories of licences are as follows:

A holder of each category of licence set out in the first column of the First Schedule shall be authorised to perform the functions set out opposite thereto in the second column of that Schedule.

Despite paragraph (2), a licensee must not exercise any function authorised by the licence unless the licensee has been issued a certificate of competence by the casino operator of the casino specified in his licence in relation to that function, and the casino operator has not withdrawn the certificate of competence.

Examples of job descriptions of each category of licence are set out opposite thereto in the third column of the First Schedule.

A casino operator which intends to make any change to the functions of, or assign a new function to, a licensee, shall ––

A notice of the change referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall describe the details of the new function and shall be submitted in such form and manner as the Authority may specify —

The Authority may require the casino operator to provide such other information or produce such other records relating to the assignment of the new function as the Authority may specify and may, after considering the matter —

A casino operator which fails to comply with paragraph (1) shall be liable to disciplinary action under section 54 of the Act.

An application to renew a licence that is a Category A, Category B or Category C1 licence may only be made by the casino operator of the casino specified in the licence.

An application to renew a licence that is a Category C2 licence may be made by either —

An application mentioned in paragraph (1) must be accompanied by a certificate of competence issued by the casino operator, unless paragraph (4) applies.

An application mentioned in paragraph (1A) must be accompanied by —

An application to renew a licence under paragraph (1) or (1A) must be made —

An application for renewal of a licence shall be submitted to the Authority not later than 3 months before the date of expiry of the licence and shall be accompanied by the relevant renewal fee specified in the Second Schedule.

If an application to renew a licence is submitted to the Authority less than 3 months before the date of expiry of the licence, the application shall, in addition to the renewal fee, be accompanied by the relevant late application fee specified in the Second Schedule.

An application for the renewal of a licence need not be accompanied by a certificate of competence by the casino operator of the casino specified in the licence if —

If a requirement under this regulation is not complied with, the Authority may refuse to consider the application.

An application for a Category A, Category B or Category C1 licence may be made only by a casino operator (or a person intending to apply for a casino licence) on behalf of an applicant who is to exercise any function authorised by such a licence in or in relation to the casino of the casino operator (or the person intending to apply for a casino licence), as the case may be.

An application under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by a certificate of competence by the casino operator (or the person intending to apply for a casino licence), as the case may be, for the applicant to exercise that function.

An application for a Category C2 licence may be made by —

An application under paragraph (3) for a Category C2 licence must be accompanied by —

Every application under paragraphs (1) and (3) and the documents required under paragraphs (2) and (4) must be submitted using the relevant application form issued by the Authority ––

To avoid doubt, where an applicant wishes to exercise in or in relation to more than one casino any function of a special employee, an application for a special employee licence must be submitted for each of those casinos.

For the purposes of section 81(1)(a) of the Act, the application fee for each category of licence is specified in the Second Schedule.

Any particulars of a change of information to be given under section 83 of the Act or any information or records required by the Authority under section 84 of the Act in relation to an application under regulation 6 shall, wherever possible, be submitted in the same manner in which the application was submitted.

The Authority may refuse to consider any application under regulation 6 if ––

The costs of investigation in relation to each application for, or renewal of, a licence are to be borne by the person making the application.

For the purposes of meeting the full costs of the investigations referred to in paragraph (1), the Authority may by notice in writing —

The Authority shall periodically certify the actual costs of the investigations referred to in paragraph (1).

When the person making the application notifies the Authority in writing that the person does not intend to make any further application for a licence or renewal of a licence, the Authority must refund the remaining sum of the deposit under paragraph (2) without interest to that person.

The Authority may specify for every licence granted or renewed on or after 1 September 2020 the duration of the licence for a period not exceeding 7 years.

A Category A, Category B or Category C1 licence (whether issued before, on or after 1 May 2018) ceases to be valid —

A Category C2 licence issued on or after 1 May 2018 ceases to be valid when the casino operator of the casino specified in the licence notifies the Authority in writing that the casino operator has withdrawn its endorsement of the licensee mentioned in regulation 6(4)(b).

A licence is not transferable.

For the purposes of section 87 of the Act, a casino operator shall issue an identification pass of a type approved by the Authority to every holder of a Category A, Category B or Category C1 licence who performs any function of a special employee on its casino premises.

An identification pass under paragraph (1) shall contain —

A casino operator shall issue to every holder of a Category C2 licence who enters its casino premises for the purpose of performing his function as a licensee, an entry pass of a type approved by the Authority which shall clearly identify him as a Category C2 licensee.

A casino operator which fails to comply with this regulation shall be liable to disciplinary action under section 54 of the Act.

Any inspector may stop a person who is, or who reasonably appears to the inspector to be, exercising any function of a special employee from exercising that function, if —

Any person who fails to comply with a direction of an inspector to stop exercising the function of a special employee under paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.