Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
Regulation 8
Review of responsible gambling measures
Subregulation 1
A casino operator shall conduct in accordance with the responsible gambling requirements an annual review of the responsible gambling measures contained in the approved responsible gambling programme for its casino for the purpose of comparing the quality and standard of those responsible gambling measures.
Subregulation 2
A casino operator shall complete each annual review of the responsible gambling measures contained in the approved responsible gambling programme for its casino not later than the anniversary of the date of the Authority’s approval pursuant to regulation 5(4)(a) of the responsible gambling programme (unless extended by the Authority in any particular case) and on every subsequent anniversary of that date.
Subregulation 3
A casino operator shall submit a report of the review (referred to in these Regulations as the review report) to the Authority for approval within 3 months after the casino operator completes the review in accordance with paragraph (2) or such longer period as the Authority may allow.
Subregulation 4
A review report submitted by a casino operator to the Authority for approval shall comprise a document showing ––
an objective assessment by the casino operator of the quality and standard of the responsible gambling measures adopted for its casino compared against the responsible gambling measures in the jurisdictions, casinos or responsible gambling bodies chosen by the casino operator under regulation 5(2)(j);
a proposal by the casino operator, if any, whether to adopt new responsible gambling measures, revise or maintain the responsible gambling measures adopted for its casino; and
if the casino operator proposes to adopt new responsible gambling measures or to revise the responsible gambling measures adopted for its casino, the proposed date by which the responsible gambling measures so proposed or as revised is to be adopted.
Subregulation 5
The Authority shall not approve a review report submitted by a casino operator unless the Authority is of the opinion that the responsible gambling measures being proposed or revised therein for adoption in its casino satisfy or will satisfy all the responsible gambling requirements applicable to the casino.
Subregulation 6
The Authority may —
approve a review report relating to a casino subject to such conditions as it may impose; or
reject a review report relating to a casino if any part of it is not an objective assessment or does not satisfy any of the responsible gambling requirements applicable to the casino or does not comply with any of the requirements set out in these Regulations.
Subregulation 7
A casino operator shall —
adopt the proposed or revised responsible gambling measures in the approved review report and any conditions imposed thereon by the Authority; and
complete its adoption of the proposed or revised responsible gambling measures by the date referred to in paragraph (4)(c) in the approved review report.
Subregulation 8
Where the adoption by a casino operator of any proposed responsible gambling measure in an approved review report it submitted requires an amendment to the approved responsible gambling programme for its casino, the casino operator shall comply with all requirements in regulation 7.