Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Licensing of casino gambling - Operation of casinos

177: Books must be kept in casino venue

You could also call this:

"Casinos must keep important papers and records on site for at least 7 years."

If you have a casino, you must keep all the books, records, and documents about how the casino is run inside the casino. You have to keep these books, records, and documents for 7 years after the last transaction they are about. The Secretary can let you keep them in a different way or get rid of some of them earlier if you ask.

The Secretary can also let you take some books, records, or documents out of the casino for a little while if you need to. You have to ask the Secretary if you want to do this. The Secretary can say yes or no to your request.

If the Secretary says you can keep books, records, or documents in a different way, or get rid of some of them, then you have to follow what the Secretary says. This means you do not have to follow the usual 7-year rule. The Secretary's decision is more important than the usual rule.

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Part 2Gambling
Licensing of casino gambling: Operation of casinos

177Books must be kept in casino venue

  1. All books, records, and documents relating to the operation of a casino must be kept by the holder of the casino operator’s licence in the casino venue.

  2. The Secretary may, on application by the holder of a casino operator’s licence,—

  3. exempt the licence holder from compliance with subsection (1) in respect of specified books, records, or documents; or
    1. permit the licence holder to temporarily remove books, records, or documents from the casino venue.
      1. All books, records, and documents referred to in subsection (1) must be retained by the holder of the licence for 7 years after the completion of the last transaction to which they relate.

      2. The Secretary may, on application by the holder of the casino operator’s licence, approve—

      3. the retention of books, records, and documents in an alternative form or manner; or
        1. the earlier destruction of any of the books, records, or documents not considered to be essential.
          1. Subsection (4) and any other enactment or rule of law relating to the retention or destruction of books, records, and documents override subsection (3).

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          • 1990 No 62 s 72