(1) Except as otherwise provided in this regulation, a person shall not have, keep or possess in Saint Lucia any slot machine or device in the nature of a slot machine which may be used for playing with money or any other valuable thing.
(2) Despite the prohibition in subregulation (1), it shall be lawful for the following persons, and their employees or agents acting on their behalf, to possess and transport slot machines in Saint Lucia subject to the following terms and conditions—
(a) a gaming operator, provided that such machines are kept only in a gaming establishment and in such other location or locations as may be specifically approved in writing by the Board and provided further that any machines located outside the gaming establishment are not used for actual gaming;
(b) a common carrier, transporting machines to or from a person authorised to possess such machines provided that an invoice accompanies such machines showing—
(i) serial number of each machine being transported,
(ii) full name and address of the person or entity from whom the machines are being sent,
(iii) full name and address of the person or entity to whom the machines are being sent, and
(iv) date of dispatch;
(c) an employee or agent of the Board, as may be required by his or her official duties;
(d) such other persons as the Board may approve, after finding that possession of slot machines by such person is necessary and appropriate and provided that such person complies with the limitations and conditions imposed by the Board on such possession.
(3) Despite the prohibition in subregulation (1), it is lawful for a gaming manufacturer or a gaming distributor of slot machines to import and possess slot machines in Saint Lucia.
(4) In these Regulations the term “slot machine” has the meaning assigned to it in the Gaming (Accounting and Internal Control) Regulations.