Acts and Regulations

G-1.5 - Gaming Control Act

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Regulations
86(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing security, pre-employment and post-employment conflict-of-interest requirements and other requirements for the Registrar, employees in the branch responsible for gaming control and adjudicators;
(b) governing applications for licences or renewal of licences;
(b.1) prescribing information or documents to be supplied by applicants for a licence or renewal of a licence;
(b.2) prescribing fees payable on application for a licence or renewal of a licence;
(b.3) governing or prohibiting the activities of licensees;
(b.4) prescribing the maximum number of gaming events allowed to be conducted and managed under a licence;
(c) prescribing requirements of licences;
(d) respecting eligibility requirements of applicants for a licence;
(d.1) governing the duration of licences;
(e) respecting the conduct and management of a lottery scheme by a licensee and the use of proceeds from the lottery scheme for which an applicant has received a licence;
(e.1) prescribing the minimum percentage of the gross proceeds from a licensed lottery scheme that shall be used for charitable or religious objects or purposes;
(e.11) prescribing the maximum percentage of gross proceeds from a licensed lottery scheme that may be used to pay for prizes and the administrative expenses of conducting and managing a lottery scheme;
(e.2) requiring the giving of security by a licensee, respecting the nature, form, amount, terms and conditions of forfeiture of that security, and regulating the disposition of the proceeds of that security on forfeiture;
(e.21) requiring and governing records to be kept by licensees;
(e.3) prescribing the information contained in the advertising of a licensed lottery scheme and authorizing the Registrar to require additional information in the advertising;
(e.4) prohibiting the award of certain kinds of prizes under a licensed lottery scheme;
(e.5) prescribing the amounts and values of prizes that are allowed to be awarded under a licensed lottery scheme;
(e.6) respecting the testing and approval of electronic gaming equipment and the requirements and standards for electronic gaming equipment;
(e.7) prohibiting the tampering with electronic gaming equipment or the use of devices by persons that could facilitate cheating;
(e.8) authorizing the Registrar to allow the donation of bingo equipment;
(e.9) prescribing games of chance that may be played under a licence and authorizing the Registrar to allow additional games of chance be played;
(f) requiring persons to be registered as suppliers or gaming assistants;
(f.1) governing eligibility requirements of applicants for registration;
(g) classifying suppliers and gaming assistants and outlining the registration requirements;
(h) respecting applications for registration or renewal of registration of suppliers and gaming assistants;
(i) requiring licensees, registered suppliers and gaming assistants to make returns and furnish information to the Registrar;
(i.1) governing the duration of a registration;
(j) Repealed: 2021, c.22, s.36
(k) prescribing fees payable upon application for registration or renewal of registration and investigation fees;
(l) regulating or prohibiting the activities of registered suppliers and registered gaming assistants;
(m) exempting, or authorizing the Registrar, to exempt suppliers from the requirement to be registered, subject to the terms and conditions imposed by the Registrar;
(n) providing that certain activities may be performed only by registered suppliers or registered gaming assistants;
(o) requiring registrants to provide security in such form and on such terms as are prescribed, and providing for the forfeiture of the security and the disposition of the proceeds;
(p) requiring and governing records to be kept by registered suppliers, including prescribing time schedules for their retention;
(q) prescribing the goods or services related to the conduct, management or operation of a gaming event that a registered supplier or registered gaming assistant may provide;
(r) respecting requirements or standards for goods or services provided by registered suppliers and registered gaming assistants in relation to gaming events;
(s) prescribing the fees or other consideration that registered suppliers may charge;
(t) respecting rules of play for games of chance and approval requirements with respect to such rules;
(u) respecting rules relating to the handling of money and money equivalents received from players of games of chance and approval requirements in relation to those matters;
(v) respecting testing and approval requirements for gaming equipment and gaming management systems;
(w) prohibiting the tampering with gaming equipment or the use of devices by persons that could facilitate cheating;
(x) respecting requirements, including approval requirements, for internal controls, security and surveillance at a casino or other gaming premises;
(y) respecting access to sensitive areas of a casino or other gaming premises and approval requirements in respect of such access;
(z) requiring, or authorizing the Registrar to require, individuals who meet prescribed criteria be prohibited from entering a casino or other gaming premises or from playing games of chance at a casino or other gaming premises;
(aa) prohibiting individuals who meet prescribed criteria from entering a casino or other gaming premises or from playing games of chance at a casino or other gaming premises;
(bb) respecting the self-exclusion of individuals from a casino or other gaming premises;
(cc) requiring a registered supplier who provides gaming premises to develop and implement a policy that provides for self-exclusion of individuals from the gaming premises, and to obtain such approvals as may be required in respect of such policy;
(dd) prescribing the process to be followed in respect of any prohibition or exclusion provided for under the regulations;
(ee) respecting the advertising and marketing of a casino or other gaming premises and approval requirements in relation to such matters;
(ff) regulating or prohibiting the offering of credit, credit card cash advances and personal cheque cashing services or facilities in a casino or other gaming premises;
(gg) requiring a registered supplier who operates gaming premises to establish a compliance program and to obtain such approvals as may be required in respect of such program;
(hh) prescribing the requirements of a compliance program;
(ii) requiring that investigations be conducted by an operator of a casino or other gaming premises on suppliers that are not required to be registered;
(jj) respecting the service of documents for the purposes of subsection 85(1)(d);
(kk) defining terms that are used in this Act and not otherwise defined;
(ll) prescribing anything referred to in this Act as being prescribed;
(mm) prescribing provisions in the regulations that constitute offences;
(nn) respecting any matter or thing the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the intent and purposes of this Act.
86(2)A regulation with respect to licences made under subsection (1) may vary for or be made in respect of different classes of licences.
86(3)A regulation with respect to registrations made under subsection (1) may vary for or be made in respect of different classes of registration.
2021, c.22, s.36
Regulations
86The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing security, pre-employment and post-employment conflict-of-interest requirements and other requirements for the Registrar, employees in the Gaming Control Branch and adjudicators;
(b) respecting applications for licences, and prescribing the fees payable upon application for a licence;
(c) prescribing terms and conditions of licences;
(d) respecting eligibility requirements of applicants for a licence;
(e) respecting the conduct and management of a lottery scheme by a licensee and the use of proceeds from the lottery scheme for which an applicant has received a licence;
(f) requiring persons to be registered as suppliers or gaming assistants;
(g) classifying suppliers and gaming assistants and outlining the registration requirements;
(h) respecting applications for registration or renewal of registration of suppliers and gaming assistants;
(i) requiring registered suppliers and gaming assistants to make returns and furnish information to the Registrar;
(j) prescribing terms of registration for suppliers and gaming assistants;
(k) prescribing fees payable upon application for registration or renewal of registration and investigation fees;
(l) regulating or prohibiting the activities of registered suppliers and registered gaming assistants;
(m) exempting, or authorizing the Registrar, to exempt suppliers from the requirement to be registered, subject to such terms as may be prescribed or imposed by the Registrar;
(n) providing that certain activities may be performed only by registered suppliers or registered gaming assistants;
(o) requiring registrants to provide security in such form and on such terms as are prescribed, and providing for the forfeiture of the security and the disposition of the proceeds;
(p) requiring and governing books, accounts and other records to be kept by registered suppliers, including prescribing time schedules for their retention;
(q) prescribing the goods or services related to the conduct, management or operation of a gaming event that a registered supplier or registered gaming assistant may provide;
(r) respecting requirements or standards for goods or services provided by registered suppliers and registered gaming assistants in relation to gaming events;
(s) prescribing the fees or other consideration that registered suppliers may charge;
(t) respecting rules of play for games of chance and approval requirements with respect to such rules;
(u) respecting rules relating to the handling of money and money equivalents received from players of games of chance and approval requirements in relation to those matters;
(v) respecting testing and approval requirements for gaming equipment and gaming management systems;
(w) prohibiting the tampering with gaming equipment or the use of devices by persons that could facilitate cheating;
(x) respecting requirements, including approval requirements, for internal controls, security and surveillance at a casino or other gaming premises;
(y) respecting access to sensitive areas of a casino or other gaming premises and approval requirements in respect of such access;
(z) requiring, or authorizing the Registrar to require, individuals who meet prescribed criteria be prohibited from entering a casino or other gaming premises or from playing games of chance at a casino or other gaming premises;
(aa) prohibiting individuals who meet prescribed criteria from entering a casino or other gaming premises or from playing games of chance at a casino or other gaming premises;
(bb) respecting the self-exclusion of individuals from a casino or other gaming premises;
(cc) requiring a registered supplier who provides gaming premises to develop and implement a policy that provides for self-exclusion of individuals from the gaming premises, and to obtain such approvals as may be required in respect of such policy;
(dd) prescribing the process to be followed in respect of any prohibition or exclusion provided for under the regulations;
(ee) respecting the advertising and marketing of a casino or other gaming premises and approval requirements in relation to such matters;
(ff) regulating or prohibiting the offering of credit, credit card cash advances and personal cheque cashing services or facilities in a casino or other gaming premises;
(gg) requiring a registered supplier who operates gaming premises to establish a compliance program and to obtain such approvals as may be required in respect of such program;
(hh) prescribing the requirements of a compliance program;
(ii) requiring that investigations be conducted by an operator of a casino or other gaming premises on suppliers that are not required to be registered;
(jj) respecting the service of documents for the purposes of subsection 85(1)(d);
(kk) defining terms that are used in this Act and not otherwise defined;
(ll) prescribing anything referred to in this Act as being prescribed;
(mm) prescribing provisions in the regulations that constitute offences;
(nn) respecting any matter or thing the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the intent and purposes of this Act.
Regulations
86The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing security, pre-employment and post-employment conflict-of-interest requirements and other requirements for the Registrar, employees in the Gaming Control Branch and adjudicators;
(b) respecting applications for licences, and prescribing the fees payable upon application for a licence;
(c) prescribing terms and conditions of licences;
(d) respecting eligibility requirements of applicants for a licence;
(e) respecting the conduct and management of a lottery scheme by a licensee and the use of proceeds from the lottery scheme for which an applicant has received a licence;
(f) requiring persons to be registered as suppliers or gaming assistants;
(g) classifying suppliers and gaming assistants and outlining the registration requirements;
(h) respecting applications for registration or renewal of registration of suppliers and gaming assistants;
(i) requiring registered suppliers and gaming assistants to make returns and furnish information to the Registrar;
(j) prescribing terms of registration for suppliers and gaming assistants;
(k) prescribing fees payable upon application for registration or renewal of registration and investigation fees;
(l) regulating or prohibiting the activities of registered suppliers and registered gaming assistants;
(m) exempting, or authorizing the Registrar, to exempt suppliers from the requirement to be registered, subject to such terms as may be prescribed or imposed by the Registrar;
(n) providing that certain activities may be performed only by registered suppliers or registered gaming assistants;
(o) requiring registrants to provide security in such form and on such terms as are prescribed, and providing for the forfeiture of the security and the disposition of the proceeds;
(p) requiring and governing books, accounts and other records to be kept by registered suppliers, including prescribing time schedules for their retention;
(q) prescribing the goods or services related to the conduct, management or operation of a gaming event that a registered supplier or registered gaming assistant may provide;
(r) respecting requirements or standards for goods or services provided by registered suppliers and registered gaming assistants in relation to gaming events;
(s) prescribing the fees or other consideration that registered suppliers may charge;
(t) respecting rules of play for games of chance and approval requirements with respect to such rules;
(u) respecting rules relating to the handling of money and money equivalents received from players of games of chance and approval requirements in relation to those matters;
(v) respecting testing and approval requirements for gaming equipment and gaming management systems;
(w) prohibiting the tampering with gaming equipment or the use of devices by persons that could facilitate cheating;
(x) respecting requirements, including approval requirements, for internal controls, security and surveillance at a casino or other gaming premises;
(y) respecting access to sensitive areas of a casino or other gaming premises and approval requirements in respect of such access;
(z) requiring, or authorizing the Registrar to require, individuals who meet prescribed criteria be prohibited from entering a casino or other gaming premises or from playing games of chance at a casino or other gaming premises;
(aa) prohibiting individuals who meet prescribed criteria from entering a casino or other gaming premises or from playing games of chance at a casino or other gaming premises;
(bb) respecting the self-exclusion of individuals from a casino or other gaming premises;
(cc) requiring a registered supplier who provides gaming premises to develop and implement a policy that provides for self-exclusion of individuals from the gaming premises, and to obtain such approvals as may be required in respect of such policy;
(dd) prescribing the process to be followed in respect of any prohibition or exclusion provided for under the regulations;
(ee) respecting the advertising and marketing of a casino or other gaming premises and approval requirements in relation to such matters;
(ff) regulating or prohibiting the offering of credit, credit card cash advances and personal cheque cashing services or facilities in a casino or other gaming premises;
(gg) requiring a registered supplier who operates gaming premises to establish a compliance program and to obtain such approvals as may be required in respect of such program;
(hh) prescribing the requirements of a compliance program;
(ii) requiring that investigations be conducted by an operator of a casino or other gaming premises on suppliers that are not required to be registered;
(jj) respecting the service of documents for the purposes of subsection 85(1)(d);
(kk) defining terms that are used in this Act and not otherwise defined;
(ll) prescribing anything referred to in this Act as being prescribed;
(mm) prescribing provisions in the regulations that constitute offences;
(nn) respecting any matter or thing the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the intent and purposes of this Act.