Casino Control (Surveillance) Regulations 2009

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No. S 431
Casino Control Act
(Chapter 33A)
Casino Control (Surveillance) Regulations 2009
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 200 of the Casino Control Act, the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Home Affairs, hereby makes the following Regulations:
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Casino Control (Surveillance) Regulations 2009 and shall come into operation on 23rd September 2009.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“approved surveillance plan” means a surveillance plan approved by the Authority under regulation 5;
“casino premises” has the same meaning as in the Casino Control (Casino Layout) Regulations 2009 (G.N. No. S 430/2009);
“casino surveillance system” means a surveillance system for casino premises comprising all the installations, devices and equipment (whether electronic or otherwise), including video cameras, audio sensors, monitors, recorders, video printers, switches, selectors and other ancillary or related equipment, with the capability to observe, monitor and record activities within and in the immediate vicinity of those casino premises;
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“Surveillance Code” means the code of practice issued under regulation 3;
“surveillance plan”, in relation to any casino premises, means a plan showing the casino surveillance system for those casino premises;
“surveillance system requirements” means the objectives, standards and requirements specified in the Surveillance Code in respect of or related to the installation, operation or maintenance of a casino surveillance system by a casino operator;
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“video recording” means any disc, magnetic tape or solid state recording device containing information by the use of which one or more series of visual images may be produced electronically and shown as a moving picture.
PART II
SURVEILLANCE CODE AND SURVEILLANCE PLAN
Surveillance Code
3.—(1)  The Authority shall issue a Surveillance Code setting out the surveillance system requirements for a casino surveillance system, and may, at any time with reasonable notice to all casino operators, modify the Surveillance Code.
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(2)  Subject to paragraph (3), a casino operator shall install, operate and maintain a casino surveillance system for its casino premises which satisfies all the surveillance system requirements applicable to it.
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(3)  The Authority may, on the application of a casino operator in relation to any surveillance system requirement, modify or waive the surveillance system requirement subject to such conditions as the Authority may impose.
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Surveillance plan for casino premises
4.—(1)  No casino operator shall conduct or permit the conduct of any operations in its casino premises unless —
(a)there is an approved surveillance plan for those casino premises; and
(b)there is a casino surveillance system which is installed, operated and maintained for those casino premises in accordance with that approved surveillance plan.
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(2)  An approved surveillance plan for any casino premises shall remain in force until a surveillance plan that is to replace it is approved by the Authority.
(3)  [Deleted by S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013]
Approval of surveillance plan
5.—(1)  A surveillance plan submitted to the Authority for approval in respect of any casino premises shall comprise the following documents:
(a)detailed blueprints or diagrams of the casino premises, indicating —
(i)the areas within the casino premises to be monitored by the casino surveillance system (including the areas designated for entry into, and exit out of, the casino premises);
(ii)a description of all installations, devices and equipment (whether electronic or otherwise) to be used for the casino surveillance system;
(iii)a description of the activities to be monitored by the casino surveillance system; and
(iv)drawings which map the placement of installations, devices and equipment (whether electronic or otherwise) comprising the casino surveillance system, in relation to the activities to be monitored;
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(c)a description of the procedures for the installation, operation and maintenance of the casino surveillance system;
(d)a statement by the person in charge of the casino surveillance system that ––
(i)the casino surveillance system shown in the surveillance plan satisfies the surveillance system requirements applicable to it; and
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(ii)the surveillance plan complies with the requirements in these Regulations; and
(e)such other documents as the Authority may, from time to time, require to determine whether the casino surveillance system satisfies the surveillance system requirements applicable to it.
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(2)  The Authority shall not approve any surveillance plan for any casino premises unless it is of the opinion that the surveillance plan adequately demonstrates that the casino surveillance system satisfies or will satisfy all the surveillance system requirements applicable to it.
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(3)  The Authority may —
(a)approve a surveillance plan for any casino premises subject to such conditions as it may impose; or
(b)reject the surveillance plan if any part of it does not satisfy any of the surveillance system requirements applicable to it or does not comply with any of the requirements set out in these Regulations.
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6.  [Deleted by S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013]
Change to approved surveillance plan
7.—(1)  A casino operator which intends to make any change to its casino surveillance system that will deviate from the approved surveillance plan (other than a change required by the Authority under regulation 10) must apply to the Authority for approval of the proposed change at least 30 days before the date of the proposed change, or within such shorter period as the Authority may allow.
(2)  Every application to the Authority under paragraph (1) shall contain ––
(a)details of the proposed change, date and time of the proposed change, reasons for the proposed change, location of the proposed change and the period for which any part of the casino premises will be closed to make the proposed change; and
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(c)a statement by the person in charge of the casino surveillance system that the casino surveillance system shown in the surveillance plan after the proposed change will satisfy the surveillance system requirements applicable to it.
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(3)  The Authority may, in addition, by a written notice, require the casino operator to submit a revised surveillance plan within 14 days of the date of the notice, or such longer period as the Authority may allow, comprising the documents referred to in regulation 5(1)(a) and (c) and any documents required under regulation 5(1)(e), revised to show the proposed change.
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(4)  An approved surveillance plan shall be revised to the extent that the application under this regulation (including the accompanying documents and any revised surveillance plan) is approved by the Authority.
(5)  A casino operator shall ensure that the change to the casino surveillance system is made in accordance with the proposed change as approved by the Authority under this regulation.
Change to Surveillance Code
8.—(1)  Where the Authority modifies the Surveillance Code, a casino operator shall, within 30 days of the date it is notified of such change or such longer period as the Authority may allow, submit to the Authority for approval an application for such proposed changes to the casino surveillance system as may be necessary to satisfy the modified surveillance system requirements applicable to it.
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(2)  Regulation 7(2), (3), (4) and (5) shall apply to any application for a proposed change to the casino surveillance system arising from a modification of the Surveillance Code under paragraph (1) as it does to an application for a change proposed by a casino operator under regulation 7(1).
(3)  Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where a casino operator considers that the modification to the Surveillance Code requires no change to the casino surveillance system ––
(a)the casino operator may submit a statement by the person in charge of the casino surveillance system that the casino surveillance system shown in the approved surveillance plan, without any adjustment, continues to satisfy the surveillance system requirements applicable to it; and
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(b)the Authority may, on the basis of that statement, allow the casino operator to dispense with the submission of an application under paragraph (1).
 
Made this 15th day of September 2009.
RICHARD MAGNUS
Chairman,
Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore.
[CRA 25/10/7C Vol. 1; AG/LEG/SL/33A/2006/8 Vol. 1]

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