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100: Regulations relating to exclusion of problem gamblers from TAB venues and racecourses

You could also call this:

“Rules for keeping problem gamblers away from betting places”

The Governor-General can make rules about keeping problem gamblers out of TAB venues and racecourses. These rules can do several things:

They can say how TAB operators and racing clubs can spot problem gamblers. They can also set out ways to stop these people from entering TAB venues or racecourses.

The rules can explain how to remove someone if they think they’re a problem gambler. They can also make sure problem gamblers can’t easily get into these places.

The rules might also say what a problem gambler needs to do before they’re allowed back in.

These rules must explain how to decide if someone is a problem gambler. They need to say who can make these decisions and what steps they should follow.

The rules also have to say what rights a person has if they’re called a problem gambler, including how they can argue against the decision.

These rules are a type of law called secondary legislation.

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TAB venues: Regulations relating to TAB NZ operations

100Regulations relating to exclusion of problem gamblers from TAB venues and racecourses

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. prescribing 1 or more procedures to enable a TAB operator or a racing club to identify problem gamblers:
    1. prescribing procedures for prohibiting identified problem gamblers from entering a TAB venue or a racecourse:
      1. prescribing procedures for removing a person who a TAB operator or a racing club has reasonable grounds to believe is a problem gambler:
        1. ensuring that access to TAB venues and racecourses by identified problem gamblers is restricted:
          1. prescribing 1 or more procedures that must be completed by a problem gambler as a condition of re-entry to a TAB venue or a racecourse.

            1. Regulations made under subsection (1) must—

            2. specify the grounds on which a person may be identified as a problem gambler:
              1. set out the steps to be taken to identify a person as a problem gambler:
                1. prescribe the persons (including the qualifications of those persons) who are authorised to perform specific functions in relation to identifying and excluding problem gamblers:
                  1. set out the rights, including the rights of appeal against specified decisions, of a person who is subject to the procedure.

                    1. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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                    • Section 100(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).