PART II | SURVEILLANCE CODE AND SURVEILLANCE PLAN |
| 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. [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] | (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. [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] |
| (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. [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] |
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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. [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] |
| (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] |
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| 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; |
| | (b) | [Deleted by S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] | | (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 [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] | | (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. [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] |
| (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. [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] |
(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. [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] |
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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 [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] | | (b) | [Deleted by S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] | | (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. [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] |
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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. [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] |
| (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. |
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| 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. [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] | (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 [S 52/2013 wef 31/01/2013] | | (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). |
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