Part 4Harm prevention and minimisation, enforcement, and other matters
Minimum standards for gambling equipment
327Secretary may prescribe minimum standards
The Secretary may prescribe minimum standards for the design, manufacture, and performance of any particular gambling equipment or class of gambling equipment and may at any time amend or revoke any minimum standard.
Minimum standards may, without limitation, include requirements that gambling equipment—
- has features designed to reduce the likelihood of problem gambling or other harm arising from its use:
- is capable of being monitored and controlled electronically.
Minimum standards may incorporate, by reference, all or part of a principle, statement, standard, specification, or requirement that is published by, or on behalf of, any body or person in any country.
If a principle, statement, standard, specification, or requirement that is incorporated by reference into a minimum standard is amended, the amendment does not become part of the minimum standard until it is notified by the Secretary.
The following are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements):
- minimum standards prescribed under this section:
- a notice under subsection (4).