After section 112P of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Division 5:

112PA.     General gaming standards

(1)  The Commission may set the following general standards:

(a) general electronic monitoring system standards;

(b) general control system standards;

(c) general gaming equipment standards;

(d) general gaming machine standards;

(e) general FATG machine standards;

(f) general machine game standards;

(g) general installation and storage of gaming equipment standards.

(2)  General standards set under subsection (1) may apply to a prescribed licence holder or to a class or classes of prescribed licence holders.

(3)  Any general standards set under subsection (1) may provide for any matter by adopting or incorporating, either specifically or by reference, and either wholly or in part and with or without modification, any code, standard, guideline or specification relevant to gaming equipment or its operation –

(a) whether as in force at a particular time or as amended from time to time; and

(b) whether published before, on or after the day on which subsection (1) commences.

(4)  A prescribed licence holder must comply with any requirement imposed on that licence holder by a provision of a general standard set under this section.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units.

(5)  The following provisions apply to the setting of general standards:

(a) the Commission is to give notice of the setting of the standards to any prescribed licence holder to which the standards apply;

(b) the Commission is to publish the standards on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Commission and in such other ways as it considers necessary;

(c) the notice is to specify when the standards take effect and how they have been published;

(d) the Commission is to ensure that any licensed provider who wishes to do so can obtain a free printed copy of the standards.

(6)  The Commission may revoke or from time to time amend any general standards, in which case subsection (5) applies, with any necessary modification, to the revocation or amendment.