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Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Licensing of casino gambling - Operation of casinos

176: Training for employees

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"Casino staff must get approved training before working games"

If you work in a casino, your employer must teach you how to run games properly. They have to get approval from the Secretary for what they teach you and how they teach it. You cannot work on a game until you have finished your training.

Your employer might use pretend games to help you learn, but they need to get approval from the Secretary for this too. The Secretary can say some employees do not have to do the training. If your employer does not follow these rules, they can get in trouble and have to pay a fine of up to $5,000.

If the Secretary says an employee or group of employees does not have to do the training, this is called an exemption, and it is considered secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements), unless it only applies to one or more named employees.

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Part 2Gambling
Licensing of casino gambling: Operation of casinos

176Training for employees

  1. The holder of a casino operator’s licence must provide training courses for conducting games for persons employed, or to be employed, in conducting games in the casino.

  2. The content, format, and duration of courses must be approved by the Secretary.

  3. The holder of the casino operator’s licence must not employ a person to conduct a game unless the employee has completed the approved course of training for the conduct of that game.

  4. The holder of the casino operator’s licence may conduct simulated games for training purposes on terms approved by the Secretary.

  5. The Secretary may exempt an employee or class of employees from this section.

  6. The holder of a casino operator’s licence who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

  7. An exemption under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements), unless it applies only to 1 or more named employees.

Compare
  • 1990 No 62 s 71
Notes
  • Section 176(6): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
  • Section 176(7): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).