Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Licensing of class 4 gambling - Disabling gambling equipment and electronic monitoring of gaming machines

86: Holder of class 4 operator’s licence must connect to electronic monitoring system

You could also call this:

"People with a class 4 licence must connect their gaming machines to a monitoring system."

If you have a class 4 operator's licence, you must connect your gaming machines to an electronic monitoring system. The Secretary will tell you which system to use. You must also connect any other gambling equipment the Secretary tells you to. You have to pay to replace or upgrade your machines so they can connect to the monitoring system. The Secretary will tell you when to do this, and you must finish it by the date they give you. You cannot operate your gaming machines after the date the Secretary gives you unless they are connected to the monitoring system. A notice about what equipment to connect is secondary legislation, which has its own publication requirements, as explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM208642.

Topics:
Money and consumer rights > GamblingGovernment and voting > Government departments
Previous

85: Disabling gambling equipment, or

"Stopping faulty gambling machines"

Next

87: Functions of electronic monitoring system, or

"How the government uses computers to keep an eye on gaming machines"

Part 2Gambling
Licensing of class 4 gambling: Disabling gambling equipment and electronic monitoring of gaming machines

86Holder of class 4 operator’s licence must connect to electronic monitoring system

  1. The holder of a class 4 operator’s licence must connect the following gambling equipment to an electronic monitoring system specified by the Secretary in a notice to the holder:

  2. all gaming machines under the holder’s control; and
    1. any other gambling equipment, or classes of gambling equipment, specified by the Secretary by notice.

      1. The holder of a class 4 operator’s licence—

      2. must bear the cost of replacing or upgrading gambling equipment in order to enable the connection of gaming machines to an electronic monitoring system; and
        1. may be required by the Secretary to bear the cost of equipping or upgrading a class 4 venue for which it holds a licence in order to enable the connection of gaming machines to an electronic monitoring system.

          1. The holder of a class 4 operator’s licence must comply with subsection (1) by the date or dates notified to that holder by the Secretary, and the Secretary may notify particular dates that apply—

          2. to particular corporate societies or classes of corporate society:
            1. to particular class 4 venues or classes of class 4 venues.

              1. Repealed

              2. The holder of a class 4 operator’s licence must not operate gaming machines after the date or dates notified to the holder by the Secretary unless the machines are connected to an electronic monitoring system specified by the Secretary.

              3. A notice under subsection (1)(b) is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

              Notes
              • Section 86(1): replaced, on , by section 50(1) of the Gambling Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 3).
              • Section 86(1)(b): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
              • Section 86(3)(a): replaced, on , by section 50(2) of the Gambling Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 3).
              • Section 86(4): repealed, on , by section 50(3) of the Gambling Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 3).
              • Section 86(6): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).