2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

46.   Powers and duties of Board Inspectors and other officers

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    (1)   Any Board Inspector or any other officer of the Board may, at any reasonable time, enter any licensed premises and require the gaming operator or any person in charge of the premises or every person found therein—

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      (a)     to permit him or her to inspect and examine the contents of any vault security container or any other container;

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      (b)     to furnish him or her with particulars relating to the location of every key used on premises;

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      (c)     to furnish him or her with any information necessary to verify that all monies, gaming chips, gaming plaques, tokens and any gaming equipment on the premises are securely housed and properly accounted for;

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      (d)     to permit him or her to inspect and examine all records kept by the gaming operator relating to employees employed on the premises;

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      (e)     to permit him or her to inspect and examine any records relating to the training of employees employed on the premises;

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      (f)     to furnish him or her with any information relating to the receipt and despatch of money, gaming chips, gaming plaques, tokens and equipment;

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      (g)     to give him or her all reasonable assistance so that he or she may verify at any time, whether during the hours of gaming or not, the amount of takings from gaming on the premises whether such takings are housed in drop boxes or in any other container;

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      (h)     to allow him or her access to any room where the counting of money is taking place and to permit him or her to witness such count;

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      (i)     to furnish him or her with information relating to the destruction and disposal of gaming chips, gaming plaques tokens, cards, dice or any other equipment;

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      (j)     to furnish him or her with copies of any records, accounts or other documents required to be kept under the principal Act or these Regulations;

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      (k)     to furnish him or her with copies of any rules issued by the gaming operator relating to the operation of the premises or to the hours of work and other conditions of employment of employees employed on the premises;

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      (l)     to permit him or her to inspect and test any technical equipment or device installed on the premises;

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      (m)     to permit him or her to inspect and test any emergency equipment installed on the premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not such equipment is maintained in efficient and proper working order;

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      (n)     to furnish him or her with information relating to the emergency procedures to be followed in the event of—

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        (i)     a lighting failure,

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        (ii)     a robbery,

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        (iii)     a fire, or

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        (iv)     any natural disaster.

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    (2)   A person shall not—

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      (a)     fail without reasonable excuse to admit a Board Inspector or any other officer of the Board who demands admission to the premises under subregulation (1);

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      (b)     on being required by a Board Inspector or any other officer of the Board to do so, fail without reasonable excuse to permit the Board Inspector or any other officer of the Board to inspect the premises or to inspect, examine or test any machine, device or other equipment on the premises;

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      (c)     on being required by a Board Inspector or any other officer of the Board to produce any such document or thing mentioned in subregulation (1) which is in his or her possession or under his or her control, fail without reasonable excuse to do so; or

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      (e)     on being required by any Board Inspector or other officer of the Board to furnish any information required under subregulation (1) fail without reasonable excuse to furnish such information.

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    (3)   A person who contravenes subregulation (2) commits an offence and upon conviction is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years or to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to both.