{"id":"gaming-control-internet-gaming-regulations-1998","name":"GAMING CONTROL (INTERNET GAMING) REGULATIONS 1998","slug":"gaming-control-internet-gaming-regulations-1998","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":176857,"registerId":"nt-gaming-control-internet-gaming-regulations-1998-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"GAMING CONTROL (INTERNET GAMING) REGULATIONS 1998","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nGAMING CONTROL (INTERNET GAMING) REGULATIONS 1998\nAs in force at 14 April 2020\nTable of provisions\nPart 1 Preliminary\n1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1\n2 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1\n3 Financial institutions ........................................................................ 2\nPart 2 Approval of computer systems\n4 Approval of computer systems ........................................................ 3\n5 Internet games must be conducted under approved computer\nsystem ............................................................................................. 3\nPart 3 Approval of control systems\n6 Control system................................................................................. 4\n7 Internet games must be conducted under approved control\nsystem ............................................................................................. 5\n8 Submission of control system to Director for approval..................... 5\n9 Change of approved control system ................................................ 5\n10 Consideration of and decisions about submissions ......................... 5\n11 Direction to change approved control system .................................. 6\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 1 Grant of key employee licence\n12 Key duties and functions ................................................................. 7\n13 Person performing key duties to hold internet gaming key\nemployee licence ............................................................................. 7\n14 Application for licence ...................................................................... 8\n15 Investigation of applicant ................................................................. 9\n16 Further information, &c., to be supplied ......................................... 10\n17 Grant or refusal of licence.............................................................. 11\n18 Grant of provisional or full licence.................................................. 13\n19 Duration of provisional licence ....................................................... 13\n20 Duration of full licence ................................................................... 14\n21 Application for further licence ........................................................ 14\n22 Person whose licence is cancelled must not apply for another\nlicence for 12 months .................................................................... 15\n\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 ii\nDivision 2 General\n23 Renewal of licence ........................................................................ 16\n24 Variation of licence ........................................................................ 16\n25 Loss, &c., of licence ....................................................................... 17\n26 Surrender of licence ...................................................................... 18\n27 When licence to be returned to Director ........................................ 18\n28 False statements ........................................................................... 18\nDivision 3 Review of key licensees\n29 When review must occur ............................................................... 19\n30 Review may occur at any time ....................................................... 20\n31 Notice of review to be given to internet gaming licensee ............... 20\n32 Notice of review to be given to internet gaming key licensee ........ 20\n33 Review procedure.......................................................................... 21\n34 Determination of review ................................................................. 21\nPart 5 Financial controls\nDivision 1 Accounts, financial statements and reports\n35 Keeping of accounting records ...................................................... 22\n36 Preparation of financial statements and accounts ......................... 22\n37 Submission of reports .................................................................... 23\nDivision 2 Financial institution accounts\n38 Keeping of accounts ...................................................................... 24\n39 Use of accounts ............................................................................. 24\nDivision 3 Audit\n40 Audit of internet gaming licensee's operations .............................. 24\n41 Completion of audit........................................................................ 24\n42 Further information following audit ................................................. 25\nPart 6 Internet gaming records\n43 Notices about keeping internet gaming records............................. 25\n44 Internet gaming records to be kept at specified place ................... 26\n45 Internet Gaming records to be kept for required period ................. 26\nPart 7 Player protection\nDivision 1 Registration of players\n46 Player registration .......................................................................... 27\n47 Procedure for registration .............................................................. 27\n\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 iii\n48 Certain players not to be registered............................................... 27\n49 Persons cannot be registered if they have provided false\ninformation ..................................................................................... 27\nDivision 2 Players' accounts\n50 Players' accounts........................................................................... 28\n51 Acceptance of wagers ................................................................... 29\n52 No payments unless player's identity is verified ............................ 29\n53 Funds in players' accounts to be remitted on demand................... 29\n54 Access to players' accounts by internet gaming licensees ............ 30\n55 Inactive players' accounts.............................................................. 30\nDivision 3 Financial protections\n56 Internet gaming licensee not to act as credit provider ................... 30\n57 Limitation on amount wagered....................................................... 31\n58 Voluntary de-registration as player ................................................ 31\nDivision 4 Protection of minors\n59 Prohibition of minor's participation in conduct of games ................ 32\n60 Participation by minors as players prohibited ................................ 32\n61 Software limiting minor's access to be made available .................. 34\nPart 8 Conclusion of games\nDivision 1 Prizes\n62 Payment or collection of prizes ...................................................... 34\n63 Claims for prize .............................................................................. 34\n64 Entitlement to prize lapses if not claimed within 5 years ................ 35\nDivision 2 Aborted games\n65 Aborted games .............................................................................. 35\n66 Miscarriage of game ...................................................................... 36\n67 Power to withhold prize in certain cases ........................................ 37\nPart 9 Miscellaneous\n68 Player to be bound by rules of game ............................................. 37\n69 Interference with proper conduct of internet games....................... 38\n70 Internet gaming licensee not to publish identity of player in\ncertain cases ................................................................................. 38\n71 Fee for application ......................................................................... 38\nENDNOTES\n\n\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 14 April 2020\n____________________\nGAMING CONTROL (INTERNET GAMING) REGULATIONS 1998\nRegulations under the Gaming Control Act 1993\nPart 1 Preliminary\n1 Citation\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Control (Internet\nGaming) Regulations 1998.\n2 Definitions\nIn these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:\napproved computer system means a computer system, approved\nunder regulation 4, for internet gaming and includes a computer\nsystem changed in accordance with an approval under regulation 4\nor a direction of the Director under regulation 11.\napproved control system means a control system approved under\nregulation 10.\ncomputer system means a combination of computer hardware and\ncomputer software used or intended to be used by an internet\ngaming licensee for the conduct of, or ancillary to the conduct of,\ninternet games.\ncontrol system has the meaning it has in regulation 6.\nfinancial institution means:\n(a) an ADI;\n(b) a friendly society; or\n(c) an entity prescribed under regulation 3.\nfull internet gaming key employee licence means an internet\ngaming key employee licence that is not a provisional internet\ngaming key employee licence.\n\nPart 1 Preliminary\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 2\ngaming record, in relation to an internet gaming licensee, means a\nrecord kept in any form or medium, electronic or otherwise, about\nthe operations conducted by the licensee under his or her licence.\ninternet game means a game conducted by means of the internet\nbut does not include a game conducted by means of the internet in\naccordance with the Act by an approved association.\ninternet gaming key employee licence means:\n(a) a provisional internet gaming key employee licence; or\n(b) a full internet gaming key employee licence.\ninternet gaming key licensee means a person to whom an\ninternet gaming key employee licence is granted.\ninternet gaming licence means a licence granted under Division 5\nof Part 4 of the Act.\ninternet gaming licensee means a person to whom an internet\ngaming licence has been granted or assigned.\nkey duties has the meaning it has under regulation 12.\nplayer means a natural person who participates in an internet\ngame.\nplayer's account has the meaning it has in regulation 50.\nprovisional internet gaming key employee licence means an\ninternet gaming key employee licence that is granted for a period,\nspecified on the licence, of not more than 12 months.\nregistered player, in relation to an internet gaming licensee,\nmeans a person registered with the licensee as a player under\nregulation 47(1).\n3 Financial institutions\nThe Director may, by notice in the Gazette, prescribe an entity to be\na financial institution for the purposes of these Regulations.\n\nPart 2 Approval of computer systems\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 3\nPart 2 Approval of computer systems\n4 Approval of computer systems\n(1) An internet gaming licensee may apply to the Director:\n(a) for approval of the computer system the licensee proposes to\nuse to conduct internet games; or\n(b) for approval to change the licensee's approved computer\nsystem.\n(2) The Director must:\n(a) consider the application;\n(b) evaluate the system or proposed change as soon as\npracticable if the Director believes it is necessary to do so to\ndecide the application; and\n(c) after considering the application and, if necessary, the\nevaluation of the system or proposed change – approve or\nrefuse to approve the computer system or change.\n(3) Before evaluating the computer system or proposed change, the\nDirector may require the internet gaming licensee to pay to the\nDirector the reasonable costs of the Director of evaluating the\ncomputer system or proposed change.\n(4) The Director must promptly give the internet gaming licensee\nwritten notice of the Director's decision.\n(5) If the Director decides to refuse to give an approval, the notice\nunder subregulation (4) must state the reasons for the decision.\n5 Internet games must be conducted under approved computer\nsystem\n(1) An internet gaming licensee must not conduct an internet game\nexcept under the licensee's approved computer system.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) An internet gaming licensee must not change, or authorise a\nchange to, the licensee's approved computer system unless the\nchange is approved by the Director in writing under regulation 10\nor 11.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n\nPart 3 Approval of control systems\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 4\nPart 3 Approval of control systems\n6 Control system\n(1) A control system is a system of controls containing all the rules,\nterms and conditions and other matters displayed to a player and all\ninternal controls, whether computerised or otherwise, for the proper\nconduct of internet games.\n(2) Without limiting subregulation (1), a control system includes:\n(a) the accounting systems, financial procedures and chart of\naccounts, the administrative systems and procedures, the\ncomputer software and hardware and the standard forms and\nterms used to conduct internet games;\n(b) the procedures including, if appropriate, formulas for or with\nrespect to the hold percentages and their calculation and\nverification to be followed in conducting internet games;\n(c) the procedures and standards for maintaining the integrity of\nall data and equipment used in conducting internet games;\n(d) the procedures for recording and paying prizes won in internet\ngames and maintaining and using players' accounts including\nthe procedures for paying in and out of any account, foreign\ncurrency dealings and the recording of all transactions relating\nto gaming operations;\n(e) the structure of the organisation to which it relates including:\n(i) the management structure and description of positions\nwithin the management structure and the responsibilities\nand functions of those positions;\n(ii) the employee structure and description of positions\nwithin the employee structure and the responsibilities\nand functions of those positions;\n(iii) the chain of authority that shows the diversity of\nresponsibility among employees engaged in all\noperations of the internet gaming business including\nprimary and secondary supervisory positions; and\n(iv) if the organisation uses an agent – the terms and\nconditions of the agency agreement including to whom\nthe agent is to report or to whom the agent is\naccountable within the organisation; and\n\nPart 3 Approval of control systems\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 5\n(f) all measures for securing all data and equipment and the\npremises where they are to be located or stored (as\napplicable).\n7 Internet games must be conducted under approved control\nsystem\nAn internet gaming licensee must not conduct an internet game\nexcept under the internet gaming licensee's approved control\nsystem.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n8 Submission of control system to Director for approval\n(1) An internet gaming licensee may make a submission to the Director\nfor approval of the internet gaming licensee's proposed control\nsystem.\n(2) A submission under subregulation (1) must describe and explain\nthe internet gaming licensee's proposed control system.\n9 Change of approved control system\n(1) An internet gaming licensee may change his or her approved\ncontrol system only:\n(a) with the approval of the Director under regulation 10; or\n(b) in accordance with a direction of the Director under\nregulation 11.\n(2) An internet gaming licensee may make a submission to the Director\nfor approval to change the internet gaming licensee's approved\ncontrol system in the way specified in the submission.\n10 Consideration of and decisions about submissions\n(1) The Director must consider a submission received under\nregulation 8 or 9 and approve or refuse to approve the internet\ngaming licensee's proposed control system or the proposed change\nto the licensee's approved control system.\n(2) In considering the submission, the Director may, by written notice to\nthe internet gaming licensee, require him or her:\n(a) to give the Director further information about the submission\nthat is necessary and reasonable to help the Director make a\ndecision about the submission; or\n\nPart 3 Approval of control systems\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 6\n(b) to allow the Director to submit to tests the proposed control\nsystem or the approved control system as proposed to be\nchanged.\n(3) In considering whether to give an approval, the Director must have\nregard to:\n(a) whether the submission satisfies the requirements under this\nPart for the submission; and\n(b) whether the internet gaming licensee's proposed control\nsystem, or approved control system as proposed to be\nchanged, is capable of providing satisfactory and effective\ncontrol over the conduct of internet games.\n(4) The Director may refuse to give an approval if the internet gaming\nlicensee fails to comply with a requirement under this regulation.\n(5) The Director must promptly give the internet gaming licensee\nwritten notice of the Director's decision to give an approval or to\nrefuse to give an approval.\n(6) If the Director decides to refuse to give an approval, the notice is to\nstate the reasons for the decision.\n(7) If the Director believes a submission can easily be rectified to\nenable the Director to approve the internet gaming licensee's\nproposed control system or the proposed change to the licensee's\napproved control system, a notice under subregulation (6) is to\nalso:\n(a) explain how the submission may be changed so as to enable\nthe Director to give an approval; and\n(b) invite the internet gaming licensee to resubmit the submission\nafter making the appropriate changes.\n11 Direction to change approved control system\n(1) The Director may, by written notice to an internet gaming licensee,\ndirect the licensee to change the licensee's approved control\nsystem within the time, and in the way, specified in the notice.\n(2) If the internet gaming licensee's does not comply with the direction,\nthe approval of the internet gaming licensee control system under\nregulation 10 is cancelled.\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 1 Grant of key employee licence\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 7\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 1 Grant of key employee licence\n12 Key duties and functions\n(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person performs key\nduties in relation to an internet gaming licence if he or she:\n(a) occupies or acts in a key position, or carries out key functions,\nin relation to operations carried out under an internet gaming\nlicence or the business of the internet gaming licensee;\n(b) is in a position to control or exercise significant influence over\nthe operations conducted under an internet gaming licence;\n(c) occupies or acts in a position designated in the internet\ngaming licensee's approved control system as a key position;\nor\n(d) occupies a position, or carries out a function, that is\ndesignated as a key position or a key function by the Director\nby notice in writing to the licensee under subregulation (2).\n(2) The Director may, by notice to an internet gaming licensee,\ndesignate a position, or a function, related to the conduct of an\ninternet gaming business to be a key position or a key function.\n13 Person performing key duties to hold internet gaming key\nemployee licence\n(1) The holder of an internet gaming licence must not allow a person to\nperform key duties in relation to the licence unless the person holds\nan internet gaming key employee licence authorising the person to\nperform those duties.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) A person must not:\n(a) perform key duties in relation to an internet gaming licence\nunless he or she holds an internet gaming key employee\nlicence permitting the performance of those duties; or\n(b) perform key duties in relation to an internet gaming licence\nexcept in accordance with his or her internet gaming key\nemployee licence.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 1 Grant of key employee licence\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 8\n(3) Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to a person performing key\nduties who is appointed by the Director under section 47P of the\nAct to perform those duties.\n14 Application for licence\n(1) A person who:\n(a) intends to perform key duties in relation to an internet gaming\nlicence; and\n(b) has attained the age of 18 years,\nmay apply to the Director for an internet gaming key employee\nlicence.\n(2) An application under subregulation (1) is to be in the approved form\nand accompanied by:\n(a) a certificate signed by or on behalf of an internet gaming\nlicensee stating that he or she:\n(i) will engage the applicant, subject to the applicant being\ngranted the internet gaming key employee licence, to\nperform key duties in relation to the internet gaming\nlicence; and\n(ii) has carried out his or her own investigations and\ninquiries into the probity of the applicant and that the\napplicant is competent to perform the duties for which he\nor she is to be employed;\n(b) the documents required by the Director, by notice in writing, to\nprovide information supporting the applicant's eligibility for the\ngrant of the internet gaming key employee licence, verified by\na statutory declaration signed by the applicant;\n(c) an extract of the applicant's birth certificate, passport, refugee\ncertificate or naturalisation certificate;\n(d) if the applicant's name has changed since birth – a certified\ncopy of the document by which the name change occurred or\nthat otherwise provides evidence of the change;\n(e) 3 recent passport size photographs of the applicant;\n(f) a written statement signed by a member of the Police Force\nverifying that the applicant has had his or her fingerprints and\npalm prints taken;\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 1 Grant of key employee licence\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 9\n(g) the written consents, authorities and indemnities necessary to\nenable the Director to obtain:\n(i) a criminal history report in respect of the applicant; and\n(ii) information concerning the financial background of the\napplicant; and\n(h) an application fee of 285 revenue units.\n(3) Subject to subregulation (5), if, before an internet gaming key\nemployee licence is granted or refused, there is a change in the\ninformation supplied by an applicant in support of his or her\napplication for the licence, the applicant must give written\nparticulars of the change, verified by a statutory declaration signed\nby the applicant.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(4) The written particulars that are received under subregulation (3) are\nto be considered to be part of the application.\n(5) An applicant is not required to provide to the Director written\nparticulars of a change in the information supplied by him or her to\nthe Director in support of his or her application if the Director has\nnotified the applicant in writing that it is not necessary to do so.\n(6) In determining for the purposes of subregulation (5) whether it is\nnecessary for an applicant to give particulars of a change in respect\nof the information, the Director is to have regard to:\n(a) the suitability of the applicant for the grant of the internet\ngaming key employee licence; and\n(b) the nature of the information concerned.\n(7) The Director may waive compliance with any of the requirements of\nsubregulation (2).\n15 Investigation of applicant\n(1) Subject to these Regulations, if a person applies to the Director for\nan internet gaming key employee licence, the Director must\ninvestigate and inquire into the application and assess whether the\napplicant:\n(a) has attained the age of 18 years;\n(b) is of good repute having regard to character, integrity, honesty\nand responsibility;\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 1 Grant of key employee licence\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 10\n(c) has an adequate command of the English language for the\npurpose of performing the duties he or she proposes to\nperform;\n(d) has a sound and stable financial background;\n(e) has, subject to the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions)\nAct 1992, not been found guilty of:\n(i) an offence involving dishonesty since he or she attained\nthe age of 18 years;\n(ii) an offence against the Act; or\n(iii) an offence that is punishable on conviction by a\nmaximum penalty of not less than 5 years imprisonment;\nand\n(f) is, by reason of his or her skills, qualifications, knowledge and\nexperience, competent to perform the duties he or she\nproposes to perform.\n(3) If the Director is of the opinion that an applicant has not supplied\ninformation required to accompany his or her application under\nregulation 14(2), the Director may request the applicant to provide\nthe information.\n(4) The Director must not consider an application in relation to which a\nrequest for information has been made under subregulation (3) until\nhe or she receives the information.\n16 Further information, &c., to be supplied\n(1) The Director may inquire into matters, additional to those specified\nin regulation 15, that he or she considers relevant to the\ndetermination of the application.\n(2) The Director must give written notice to the applicant:\n(a) specifying the other matters the Director is inquiring into and\nthe reasons for so doing; and\n(b) requesting the applicant to furnish written consents and\nauthorities to enable the Director to inquire into the other\nmatters.\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 1 Grant of key employee licence\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 11\n(3) The Director may, for the purpose of inquiring into those other\nmatters:\n(a) request the applicant or another person who has an\nassociation with the applicant to supply further information or\nattend interviews; or\n(b) make inquiries of his or her own, including inquiries in a State\nor another Territory of the Commonwealth or in a place\noutside Australia.\n(4) If a person does not comply with a request of the Director under\nsubregulation (3), the Director may decide he or she has sufficient\ngrounds to refuse to grant the internet gaming key employee\nlicence.\n(5) A civil or criminal action or proceeding does not lie against a person\nrequested by the Director to supply information for the purposes of\nthis regulation in respect of an act or thing done or omitted to be\ndone in good faith by the person for the purpose of supplying the\ninformation.\n17 Grant or refusal of licence\n(1) The Director may grant an internet gaming key employee licence to\nan applicant if the Director is satisfied under regulations 15 and 16\nthat the applicant:\n(a) is eligible to be granted the licence; and\n(b) is a fit and proper person to be granted an internet gaming key\nemployee licence to perform the duties he or she proposes to\nperform under the licence.\n(2) Despite regulations 15 and 16, the Director may, in his or her\nabsolute discretion, grant an internet gaming key employee licence\nto an applicant on the grounds that the applicant holds a licence\nthat is:\n(a) issued by a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth;\nand\n(b) in the opinion of the Director, equivalent to the internet gaming\nkey employee licence.\n(3) An internet gaming key employee licence granted under\nsubregulation (1) or (2) is to be:\n(a) a full internet gaming key employee licence; or\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 1 Grant of key employee licence\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 12\n(b) a provisional internet gaming key employee licence.\n(4) An internet gaming key employee licence granted under\nsubregulation (1) or (2) is subject to those terms and conditions, not\ninconsistent with these Regulations, in relation to:\n(a) the duties to be performed by the holder of the licence; and\n(b) the manner in which the holder of the licence must perform\nduties,\nthat the Director thinks fit and specifies on the licence.\n(5) It is a condition of an internet gaming key employee licence that the\nholder of the licence must comply with and not contravene:\n(a) the Act or these Regulations;\n(b) a lawful direction or order given to him or her by a gaming\ninspector in respect of the carrying out of the holder of the\nlicence's duties in relation to the conduct of internet gaming; or\n(c) a direction of the Director or a procedure or control specified in\nthe approved control system.\n(6) The Director must notify the applicant as soon as practicable after\nrefusing to grant an internet gaming key employee licence to him or\nher.\n(7) A person who has been refused an internet gaming key employee\nlicence may, not later than 14 days after receiving notice of the\nrefusal, request the Director to supply his or her reasons for that\ndecision.\n(8) The Director must, as soon as practicable after receiving a request\nunder subregulation (7) from a person, give to the person written\nreasons for the Director's decision.\n(9) Subject to these Regulations, an internet gaming key employee\nlicence granted under this regulation remains in force until:\n(a) it expires;\n(b) the holder of the licence no longer performs the duties to\nwhich the licence relates;\n(c) the holder of the licence surrenders the licence to the Director;\nor\n(d) the licence is cancelled under regulation 34(1)(g).\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 1 Grant of key employee licence\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 13\n18 Grant of provisional or full licence\n(1) Subject to these Regulations, if an applicant:\n(a) has been found guilty of an offence involving dishonesty\ncommitted before he or she attained the age of 18 years;\n(b) has been found guilty of an offence involving the use,\nmanufacture or sale of drugs;\n(c) is a person whose internet gaming key employee licence was\ncancelled under regulation 34(1)(g); or\n(d) is to be engaged by an internet gaming licensee to perform\nduties for a period not exceeding 12 months,\nthe Director may only grant a provisional internet gaming key\nemployee licence to the person.\n(2) If subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to an applicant for an\ninternet gaming key employee licence, the Director may only grant\na full internet gaming key employee licence to the person.\n19 Duration of provisional licence\n(1) A provisional internet gaming key employee licence:\n(a) takes effect from the date on which it is granted; and\n(b) subject to these Regulations, remains in force for the period,\nof not more than 12 months, specified by the Director on the\nlicence.\n(2) In determining the period to specify on a provisional internet gaming\nkey employee licence to which regulation 18(1)(a) or (b) relates, the\nDirector must have regard to:\n(a) the nature of the offence committed;\n(b) how recently the offence was committed;\n(c) the severity of the penalty imposed in respect of the offence;\nand\n(d) any restitution made in respect of the offence.\n(3) In determining the period to specify on a provisional internet gaming\nkey employee licence to which regulation 18(1)(c) relates, the\nDirector must have regard to the circumstances of, and the reasons\nfor, the cancellation of the licence.\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 1 Grant of key employee licence\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 14\n(4) The expiry date of a provisional internet gaming key employee\nlicence to which regulation 18(1)(d) relates is to be the date of the\nexpiry of the period, not exceeding 12 months, for which the person\nwas engaged by an internet gaming licensee to perform duties.\n20 Duration of full licence\n(1) A full internet gaming key employee licence:\n(a) takes effect from the date on which it is granted or renewed;\nand\n(b) subject to these Regulations, continues in force for 5 years on\nand from that date.\n(2) If an internet gaming key licensee makes an application for the\nrenewal of a full internet gaming key employee licence, the licence\ncontinues in force, subject to these Regulations, until:\n(a) the date on which the licence expires; or\n(b) the application for renewal is determined,\nwhichever is the later.\n21 Application for further licence\n(1) A person granted an internet gaming key employee licence that is\nno longer in force may apply under regulation 14 to the Director for\nthe grant of an internet gaming key employee licence.\n(2) The holder of a provisional internet gaming key employee licence\nmay, not less than one month before the licence expires, apply\nunder regulation 14 to the Director for the grant of a full internet\ngaming key employee licence.\n(3) If a person applies for an internet gaming key employee licence\nbefore 6 months after the expiry of his or her internet gaming key\nemployee licence, the Director may waive compliance with\nregulation 14, to the extent he or she considers necessary having\nregard to:\n(a) the circumstances of the application; and\n(b) the nature of the information to be supplied under\nregulation 14.\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 1 Grant of key employee licence\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 15\n(4) If the holder of a provisional internet gaming key employee licence\napplies for the grant of a full internet gaming key employee licence,\nthe Director may:\n(a) waive compliance with regulation 14(2)(a) to (g) (inclusive);\nand\n(b) waive the payment of the fee under regulation 14(2)(h) in\nrespect of the application,\nif he or she thinks it is proper to do so because:\n(c) the person applied for an internet gaming key employee\nlicence not more than 12 months before the application before\nthe Director was made; and\n(d) in the Director's opinion, the person conducted himself or\nherself properly while the provisional internet gaming key\nemployee licence was in force.\n(5) The Director may grant a full internet gaming key employee licence\nto the holder of a provisional internet gaming key employee licence\nif the Director is of the opinion that the person is suitable in view of\nthe person's conduct while the provisional internet gaming key\nemployee licence was in force.\n(6) Subregulation (5) has effect although the applicant is a person\nreferred to in regulation 18(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d).\n22 Person whose licence is cancelled must not apply for another\nlicence for 12 months\n(1) Subject to these Regulations, a person who held an internet gaming\nkey employee licence that was cancelled under regulation 34(1)(g)\nmust not apply for a further internet gaming key employee licence\nuntil after 12 months after the date the previous internet gaming key\nemployee licence was cancelled.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) Subject to these Regulations, a person whose application for an\ninternet gaming key employee licence was refused must not apply\nfor an internet gaming key employee licence until after 12 months\nafter the date the previous application was refused.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 2 General\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 16\nDivision 2 General\n23 Renewal of licence\n(1) A provisional internet gaming key employee licence is not\nrenewable.\n(2) A licensed person who holds a full internet gaming key employee\nlicence may, not less than one month before the licence expires,\napply to the Director for the renewal of the licence.\n(3) An application under subregulation (2) is to be in the approved\nform, accompanied by:\n(a) an application fee of 285 revenue units; and\n(b) 3 recent passport size photographs of the applicant.\n(4) The Director must consider an application for the renewal of a full\ninternet gaming key employee licence.\n(5) The Director must renew a full internet gaming key employee\nlicence if he or she is satisfied that the applicant:\n(a) has complied with the terms and conditions of the licence; and\n(b) is not otherwise prevented from having his or her licence\nrenewed by a provision of these Regulations.\n(6) A full internet gaming key employee licence that is renewed is\nsubject to:\n(a) the same terms and conditions as applied to the original\nlicence; or\n(b) if the terms and conditions are varied under regulation 24\nor 34 – the same terms and conditions as applied to the\noriginal licence as varied under that regulation.\n24 Variation of licence\n(1) An internet gaming key licensee may apply to the Director to vary:\n(a) a term or condition of his or her internet gaming key employee\nlicence;\n(b) the duties he or she performs under his or her internet gaming\nkey employee licence; or\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 2 General\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 17\n(c) the classification (as a provisional internet gaming key\nemployee licence or a full internet gaming key employee\nlicence) of the internet gaming key employee licence he or she\nholds.\n(2) An application under subregulation (1) is to:\n(a) set out the variation required and the reasons supporting the\nvariation;\n(b) be in accordance with regulation 14 to the extent the Director\nconsiders necessary having regard to the nature of the\nvariation and the information to be supplied in support of the\napplication; and\n(c) be accompanied by a variation fee of 20 revenue units.\n(3) The Director must consider an application made under\nsubregulation (1) as soon as practicable after receiving it.\n(4) For the purpose of determining an application under\nsubregulation (1), regulations 15, 16 and 17 apply to the extent\nnecessary as if the application were an application for an internet\ngaming key employee licence under regulation 14.\n(5) If the Director decides to vary the internet gaming key employee\nlicence to which the application relates, he or she must:\n(a) amend the internet gaming key employee licence; or\n(b) issue a new internet gaming key employee licence,\nas he or she considers appropriate.\n25 Loss, &c., of licence\n(1) If an internet gaming key employee licence is lost, destroyed or\ndamaged, the holder of the licence must apply to the Director for\nthe issue of a replacement licence.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) An application under subregulation (1) is to be:\n(a) in writing in an approved form;\n(b) verified by a signed statutory declaration; and\n(c) accompanied by a replacement licence fee of 20 revenue\nunits.\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 2 General\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 18\n(3) If the Director is satisfied that an internet gaming key employee\nlicence has been lost, destroyed or damaged to such an extent that\nreplacement is necessary, he or she must issue a replacement\nlicence in the same form and on the same terms and conditions as\nthe licence it replaces.\n26 Surrender of licence\n(1) The holder of an internet gaming key employee licence may, at any\ntime, surrender the licence by returning it, together with the\napproved form, to the Director.\n(2) A licence ceases to have effect immediately after the licence and\nthe approved form are received by the Director under\nsubregulation (1).\n27 When licence to be returned to Director\nAn internet gaming key licensee must deliver or send his or her\ninternet gaming key employee licence to the Director as soon as\npracticable after:\n(a) the licence is cancelled, suspended, varied or made subject to\nconditions; and\n(b) he or she has received notice from the Director requiring the\nreturn of the licence.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n28 False statements\nA person must not knowingly:\n(a) make a false statement; or\n(b) supply false information,\nin relation to the grant, renewal, variation or replacement of an\ninternet gaming key employee licence or the conduct of a review\nunder Division 3.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 3 Review of key licensees\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 19\nDivision 3 Review of key licensees\n29 When review must occur\n(1) If it is brought to the attention of the Director that:\n(a) an internet gaming key employee licence was obtained by\nfraud or misrepresentation;\n(b) an internet gaming key licensee has been found guilty of an\noffence:\n(i) against the Act or these Regulations;\n(ii) involving dishonesty;\n(iii) involving the use, manufacture or sale of drugs; or\n(iv) punishable on conviction by a maximum penalty of not\nless than 3 months imprisonment;\n(c) an internet gaming key licensee has contravened a term or\ncondition of his or her licence, a direction of the Director or a\nprocedure or control specified in the approved control system;\n(d) an internet gaming key licensee failed to provide information\nthat he or she is required to provide under these Regulations\nor provided information knowing it to be false or misleading;\n(e) an internet gaming key licensee has become bankrupt,\napplied to take the benefit of a law relating to bankrupt or\ninsolvent debtors, has compounded with his or her creditors or\nmade an assignment of his or her remuneration for their\nbenefit; or\n(f) the holder of an internet gaming key employee licence may\nnot be a fit and proper person to hold the licence,\nthe Director must as soon as practicable conduct a review to\ninvestigate the matter.\n(2) Despite subregulation (1) and regulation 34, the Director may\ndetermine that, having regard to the minor nature of the matter\nreferred to in subregulation (1) that has been brought to his or her\nattention:\n(a) a review need not be commenced or continued in relation to\nthe matter; or\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 3 Review of key licensees\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 20\n(b) the review is to be determined by reprimanding the holder of\nthe licence to which the matter relates.\n30 Review may occur at any time\nThe Director may at any time conduct a review as to whether a\nperson who holds an internet gaming key employee licence is a\nsuitable person to hold the licence.\n31 Notice of review to be given to internet gaming licensee\n(1) Before commencing a review of an internet gaming key licensee,\nthe Director must give written notice of the review to the internet\ngaming licensee in relation to whom the internet gaming key\nlicensee performs duties.\n(2) A notice under subregulation (1) is to include:\n(a) the reason for the review; and\n(b) the time, date and place of the review.\n(3) A notice under subregulation (1) may include a requirement that the\ninternet gaming licensee must ensure that the internet gaming key\nlicensee to whom the notice relates ceases to perform duties until\nthe determination of the review.\n(4) An internet gaming licensee must comply with and not contravene a\nrequirement under subregulation (3) specified in a notice given to\nhim or her under subregulation (1).\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n32 Notice of review to be given to internet gaming key licensee\n(1) Before commencing a review in relation to an internet gaming key\nlicensee, the Director must give the licensee not less than 14 days\nnotice in writing of the reason for conducting the review.\n(2) A notice under subregulation (1) is to specify:\n(a) the time, date and place where the internet gaming key\nlicensee may attend to make submissions, either personally or\nby a representative, to the Director; or\n(b) the time and date before which, and the place at which, the\ninternet gaming key licensee may make written submissions to\nthe Director.\n\nPart 4 Licensing of key employees\nDivision 3 Review of key licensees\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 21\n33 Review procedure\n(1) Subject to this Division, the procedure of a review is as determined\nby the Director.\n(2) Despite subregulation (1), the Director:\n(a) is not bound by the rules of evidence;\n(b) must act without regard to technicalities and legal form;\n(c) may inform himself or herself about a relevant matter in the\nmanner he or she thinks fit;\n(d) may require the production of a relevant document, must\ninspect a relevant document produced before him or her, may\nretain the document for a reasonable period for the purposes\nof the review and make copies of it;\n(e) may require a person, other than the internet gaming key\nlicensee, who has an association with the subject of the\nreview to attend before him or her and to answer truthfully\nquestions put to that person; and\n(f) may determine the review although the internet gaming key\nlicensee has failed to make submissions within the time\nallowed, if the Director is satisfied that the licensee had\nreceived notice to do so.\n(3) A person must comply with and not contravene a requirement\nunder subregulation (2).\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(4) Despite subregulation (3), a person is not required to answer a\nquestion if the answer might tend to incriminate the person.\n34 Determination of review\n(1) After conducting a review, the Director may take one or more of the\nfollowing actions that he or she thinks fit in the circumstances:\n(a) dismiss the matter the subject of the review;\n(b) reprimand the internet gaming key licensee;\n(c) require the internet gaming key licensee to attend for\ncounselling or retraining;\n(d) impose conditions on the internet gaming key licence;\n\nPart 5 Financial controls\nDivision 1 Accounts, financial statements and reports\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 22\n(e) vary a term or condition of the internet gaming key employee\nlicence, the duties authorised to be performed under the\nlicence or the classification (as a provisional internet gaming\nkey employee licence or a full internet gaming key employee\nlicence) of the internet gaming key licensee's licence;\n(f) suspend the internet gaming key licensee's licence for a\nperiod of not more than 6 months;\n(g) cancel the internet gaming key licensee's licence.\n(2) A person must comply with and not contravene a requirement\nunder subregulation (1)(c).\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\nPart 5 Financial controls\nDivision 1 Accounts, financial statements and reports\n35 Keeping of accounting records\nAn internet gaming licensee must:\n(a) keep accounting records that correctly record and explain the\ntransactions in relation to, and the financial position of the\ninternet gaming licensee in respect of, operations conducted\nunder his or her internet gaming licence; and\n(b) keep the accounting records in a way that allows:\n(i) true and fair financial statements and accounts to be\nprepared from time to time; and\n(ii) the financial statements and accounts to be conveniently\nand properly audited.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n36 Preparation of financial statements and accounts\nAn internet gaming licensee must prepare financial statements and\naccounts giving a true and fair view of the licensee's financial\noperations conducted under the internet gaming licence, including\nbut not limited to:\n(a) trading accounts, if applicable, for each financial year;\n(b) profit and loss accounts for each financial year; and\n\nPart 5 Financial controls\nDivision 1 Accounts, financial statements and reports\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 23\n(c) a balance sheet as at the end of each financial year.\n37 Submission of reports\n(1) The Director may, by written notice to an internet gaming licensee:\n(a) require the licensee to give the Director a report about the\ninternet gaming licensee's operations under the internet\ngaming licence; and\n(b) specify a date by which the report is to be given to the\nDirector.\n(2) The internet gaming licensee must give the report to the Director on\nor before the date specified in the notice under subregulation (1).\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(3) A report is to be in the approved form.\n(4) The Director may, by written notice to an internet gaming licensee,\nrequire the licensee to give to the Director further information about\na report by the date specified in the notice, to enable the Director to\nunderstand the internet gaming licensee's operations.\n(5) An internet gaming licensee must comply with a requirement under\nsubregulation (4) by the date specified in the notice, unless the\ninternet gaming licensee has a reasonable excuse.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(6) An internet gaming licensee must not give the Director a report\ncontaining information, or further information about a report, if the\ninternet gaming licensee knows the information is false, misleading\nor incomplete in a material particular.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(7) It is enough for a complaint of an offence against subregulation (6)\nto state that the report or information was false, misleading or\nincomplete to the defendant's knowledge.\n\nPart 5 Financial controls\nDivision 3 Audit\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 24\nDivision 2 Financial institution accounts\n38 Keeping of accounts\nAn internet gaming licensee must keep with an approved financial\ninstitution an approved account or accounts for use for all banking\nor similar transactions in relation to the operations conducted under\nthe internet gaming licence.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n39 Use of accounts\nAn internet gaming licensee must not use an account approved by\nthe Director under regulation 38 other than for a purpose for which\nthe account is approved.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\nDivision 3 Audit\n40 Audit of internet gaming licensee's operations\nAn internet gaming licensee must cause the books, accounts and\nfinancial statements in relation to the operations conducted under\nthe internet gaming licence for the financial year to be audited:\n(a) in accordance with the approved control system; and\n(b) at the internet gaming licensee's own expense,\nby a company auditor registered under Part 9.2 of the Corporations\nAct 2001.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n41 Completion of audit\n(1) The auditor must:\n(a) complete the audit required under regulation 40 within the\nperiod, if any, specified in the approved control system; and\n(b) immediately after completion of the audit required under\nregulation 40, give a copy of the audit report to the Director\nand the internet gaming licensee.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n\nPart 6 Internet gaming records\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 25\n(2) Subregulation (1)(a) does not apply to the auditor if:\n(a) in the circumstances it would be unreasonable to require the\nauditor to comply with it; and\n(b) the auditor completes the audit as soon as practicable.\n42 Further information following audit\n(1) On receiving a copy of the audit report under regulation 41, the\nDirector may, by written notice to the internet gaming licensee,\nrequire the licensee to give the Director, within a reasonable period\nspecified in the notice, further information about a matter relating to\nthe licensee's operations mentioned in the audit report.\n(2) An internet gaming licensee must comply with a requirement under\nsubregulation (1) within the time specified in the notice, unless the\nlicensee has a reasonable excuse.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\nPart 6 Internet gaming records\n43 Notices about keeping internet gaming records\n(1) The Director may, by written notice to an internet gaming licensee:\n(a) approve a place nominated by the licensee (other than the\ninternet gaming licensee's public office) as a place for keeping\nthe licensee's gaming records;\n(b) specify a gaming record of the licensee's that is not required\nto be kept at the licensee's public office or a place approved\nunder paragraph (a);\n(c) specify:\n(i) a gaming record of the internet gaming licensee that\nmay be kept temporarily at a place other than the\nlicensee's public office or a place approved under\nparagraph (a); and\n(ii) the period for which, or the circumstances in which, the\nrecord specified in subparagraph (i) may be kept at the\nother place;\n(d) approve the keeping of information contained in a gaming\nrecord in a way different from the way the information was\nkept when the record was being used by the licensee; or\n\nPart 6 Internet gaming records\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 26\n(e) approve the destruction of a gaming record of the licensee\nthat the Director considers need not be kept.\n(2) The Director may specify a gaming record under\nsubregulation (1)(b) only if the Director considers there is sufficient\nreason for the record to be kept at a place other than the internet\ngaming licensee's public office or a place approved under\nsubregulation (1)(a).\n(3) The exercise of the Director's power under subregulation (1)(d)\nor (e) is subject to any other law about the retention or destruction\nof the gaming record.\n44 Internet gaming records to be kept at specified place\n(1) An internet gaming licensee must keep the internet gaming\nlicensee's gaming records at:\n(a) the internet gaming licensee's public office; or\n(b) at a place approved under regulation 43(1)(a) for the records.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) A gaming record referred to in regulation 43(1)(c) is not required to\nbe kept at the internet gaming licensee's public office or the place\napproved under regulation 43(1)(a):\n(a) for the period specified in the notice; or\n(b) while the circumstances specified in the notice exist.\n45 Internet Gaming records to be kept for required period\n(1) An internet gaming licensee must keep a gaming record for 7 years\nafter the end of the transaction to which the record relates.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a gaming record:\n(a) if the information previously contained in the record is kept in\nanother approved way; or\n(b) that has been destroyed as approved.\n(3) Subregulation (1) has effect subject to any other law about the\nretention or destruction of the gaming record.\n\nPart 7 Player protection\nDivision 1 Registration of players\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 27\nPart 7 Player protection\nDivision 1 Registration of players\n46 Player registration\n(1) An internet gaming licensee must not permit a person to participate\nas a player in an internet game conducted by the licensee unless\nthe person is registered as a player with the licensee.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) A person must not participate as a player in an internet game\nunless the person is registered as a player with the internet gaming\nlicensee who conducts the game.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n47 Procedure for registration\n(1) An internet gaming licensee may register a person as a player with\nthe licensee.\n(2) An internet gaming licensee may register a person as a player with\nthe licensee only if the licensee has received from the person an\napplication, in an approved form, for registration.\n48 Certain players not to be registered\n(1) The Director may, by notice to an internet gaming licensee, prohibit\nthe registration as a player with the licensee of a person specified in\nthe notice.\n(2) A licensee must not register as a player with the licensee a person\nspecified in a notice given to the licensee under subregulation (1).\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n49 Persons cannot be registered if they have provided false\ninformation\n(1) Subject to subregulation (2), if an internet gaming licensee\nbecomes aware that a person has provided false information to the\nlicensee under regulation 47:\n(a) the licensee must cancel the person's registration as a player\nwith the licensee; and\n\nPart 7 Player protection\nDivision 2 Players' accounts\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 28\n(b) the licensee must not register the person as a player with the\nlicensee.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the Director is\nsatisfied that:\n(a) the provision of the information occurred as a result of an\nhonest or reasonable mistake; or\n(b) it is otherwise appropriate to register the person.\nDivision 2 Players' accounts\n50 Players' accounts\n(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, a player's account, in\nrelation to a registered player, means an account, established and\nmaintained by an internet gaming licensee, of the funds held by the\nlicensee to the credit of the player.\n(2) An internet gaming licensee must establish and maintain a player's\naccount in relation to each player who is registered with the\nlicensee.\n(3) An internet gaming licensee must credit to the account established\nunder subregulation (2) in respect of a registered player all funds:\n(a) received by the licensee from or on behalf of the player; or\n(b) owed by the licensee to the player.\n(4) An internet gaming licensee may withdraw from the account\nestablished under subregulation (2) in respect of a registered player\nall amounts wagered and lost by the player.\n(5) An internet gaming licensee may close the account established\nunder subregulation (2) in respect of a registered player and must\nclose the account when directed to do so by the Director.\n(6) An internet gaming licensee must remit to a registered player in\naccordance with the approved control system all funds in credit in\nthe account established under subregulation (2) in respect of the\nregistered player when the account is closed.\n\nPart 7 Player protection\nDivision 2 Players' accounts\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 29\n51 Acceptance of wagers\nAn internet gaming licensee must not accept a wager from a player\nin an internet game unless:\n(a) a player's account has been established in the name of the\nplayer and there are adequate funds in the account to cover\nthe amount of the wager; or\n(b) the funds necessary to cover the amount of the wager are\nprovided in an approved way.\n52 No payments unless player's identity is verified\nAn internet gaming licensee must not make a payment out of a\nplayer's account to a player until the player's identity, age and place\nof residence have been verified under the licensee's approved\ncontrol system.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n53 Funds in players' accounts to be remitted on demand\n(1) An internet gaming licensee must, at the request of the registered\nplayer in whose name a player's account is established, remit the\nfunds standing to the credit of the account to the player as soon as\npracticable after receipt of the request.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) An amount may only be remitted by a licensee to a player:\n(a) in an approved manner; and\n(b) in accordance with the licensee's approved control system.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(3) An internet gaming licensee may, before remitting funds to a player\nin accordance with subregulation (1), take such time as is\nreasonably necessary for the purposes of:\n(a) verifying the player's registration as a player;\n(b) verifying the playing of a game by the player;\n(c) conducting security and other internal procedures in relation to\nthe player or the player's account; and\n(d) ensuring that the rules that are approved relating to the award\nof prizes to players have been complied with.\n\nPart 7 Player protection\nDivision 3 Financial protections\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 30\n54 Access to players' accounts by internet gaming licensees\nAn internet gaming licensee must not deal with funds credited to a\nplayer's account except:\n(a) to debit to the account a wager made by the player or an\namount the player indicates the player wants to wager in the\ncourse of an internet game the player is playing or about to\nplay;\n(b) to remit funds standing to the credit of the account to the\nplayer at the player's request under regulation 53; or\n(c) as specified in the licensee's approved control system.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n55 Inactive players' accounts\n(1) If no transaction has been recorded on a player's account for\n6 months, the internet gaming licensee in relation to whom the\naccount is established must comply with the approved procedures\nfor determining the player's intentions in relation to the account.\n(2) If an internet gaming licensee has complied with subregulation (1)\nbut is not able to determine the player's intentions in relation to the\naccount, the licensee must deal with the account in accordance\nwith the licensee's approved control system.\nDivision 3 Financial protections\n56 Internet gaming licensee not to act as credit provider\n(1) An internet gaming licensee must not provide credit to a player or a\nplayer's account.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) An internet gaming licensee must not act as agent for a credit\nprovider to facilitate the provision of credit to a player or a player's\naccount.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(3) If a player makes a payment into his or her account by means of a\ncredit card, an internet gaming licensee must ensure that the\npayment does not exceed the amount specified for the player in the\napproved control system.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n\nPart 7 Player protection\nDivision 3 Financial protections\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 31\n57 Limitation on amount wagered\n(1) A registered player may by:\n(a) written notice; or\n(b) electronic notice,\nto an internet gaming licensee, set a limit on the amount the player\nmay wager within a specified period.\n(2) A player who has set a limit under this regulation may change or\nrevoke the limit by:\n(a) written notice; or\n(b) electronic notice,\ngiven to the internet gaming licensee in accordance with the\napproved procedures.\n(3) A notice increasing or revoking the limit has effect only:\n(a) after 7 days after the internet gaming licensee received the\nnotice; and\n(b) if the player has not, before 7 days after the internet gaming\nlicensee received the notice, notified the internet gaming\nlicensee of an intention to withdraw the notice.\n(4) A notice reducing the limit has effect immediately after it is received\nby the internet gaming licensee.\n(5) An internet gaming licensee must not accept a wager from a player\ncontrary to a limit set for the player under this regulation.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(6) In this regulation, wager means the amount wagered from the\nplayer's funds deposited into his or her account, but does not\ninclude any winnings generated from the wager.\n58 Voluntary de-registration as player\n(1) An internet gaming licensee's must ensure that the approved\ncomputer system enables a registered player to notify the internet\ngaming licensee that he or she wishes to permanently de-register\nas a player with the licensee.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n\nPart 7 Player protection\nDivision 4 Protection of minors\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 32\n(2) An internet gaming licensee:\n(a) must de-register a registered player as soon as practicable\nafter, and in any case before 24 hours after, receipt of notice\nfrom the player under subregulation (1); and\n(b) must not knowingly re-register the person as a player with the\nlicensee except with the approval of the Director.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\nDivision 4 Protection of minors\n59 Prohibition of minor's participation in conduct of games\n(1) An internet gaming licensee must not allow a minor to participate in\noperations related to the conduct of internet games by the licensee.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) It is a defence to a charge against subregulation (1) if the defendant\nproves that he or she had no reason to believe, and did not believe,\nthat the person to whom the charge relates was a minor.\n(3) A minor must not participate in operations related to the conduct of\ninternet games.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(4) An internet gaming licensee must:\n(a) take all reasonable steps to restrict access by minors to an\ninternet game conducted by the licensee; and\n(b) comply with all directions of the Director relating to the\nrestriction of access by minors to internet games conducted by\nthe licensee.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n60 Participation by minors as players prohibited\n(1) A person involved in the conduct of an internet game by an internet\ngaming licensee must not permit a minor to participate as a player\nin the game.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n\nPart 7 Player protection\nDivision 4 Protection of minors\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 33\n(2) It is a defence to a charge against subregulation (1) if the defendant\nproves that he or she had no reason to believe, and did not believe,\nthat the person to whom the charge relates was a minor.\n(3) If a person involved in the conduct of an internet game by an\ninternet gaming licensee:\n(a) suspects; or\n(b) ought, in all the circumstances, reasonably be expected to\nsuspect,\nthat a player of the game is a minor, the licensee must not permit\nthe player to continue to play the game, or to play another internet\ngame with the licensee, until the player has submitted proof, of the\napproved type, that he or she is an adult.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(4) If a person involved in the conduct of an internet game by an\ninternet gaming licensee:\n(a) suspects; or\n(b) ought, in all the circumstances, reasonably be expected to\nsuspect,\nthat a player of the game is a minor, the licensee must not add\nmoney to or deduct money from what appears to be the player's\naccount, or otherwise pay money or award a prize to the player,\nuntil:\n(c) the player has submitted proof, of the approved type, that he\nor she is an adult; or\n(d) the licensee is authorised to do so by notice in writing from the\nDirector.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(5) A player may apply to the Director for a notice of authority for the\npurposes of subregulation (4).\n(6) A minor must not participate as a player in an internet game\nconducted by an internet gaming licensee.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(7) A prize won by a minor by participation in an internet game contrary\nto this regulation is forfeited to the Territory.\n\nPart 8 Conclusion of games\nDivision 1 Prizes\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 34\n61 Software limiting minor's access to be made available\nAn internet gaming licensee must ensure that a person has\nelectronic access, at the licensee's internet site, to computer\nsoftware that will enable the person to restrict or prevent access to\nthe site from the person's computer by a minor.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\nPart 8 Conclusion of games\nDivision 1 Prizes\n62 Payment or collection of prizes\n(1) If a registered player in an internet game conducted by an internet\ngaming licensee wins a monetary prize, the licensee must as soon\nas practicable pay the prize to the player by crediting the amount to\nthe player's account.\n(2) An internet gaming licensee may, before crediting the amount of a\nprize to a player under subregulation (1), take the time necessary\nto:\n(a) verify the player's registration as a player;\n(b) verify the operation of a game by the player;\n(c) conduct security and other internal procedures in relation to\nthe player or the player's account; and\n(d) ensure that the rules approved by the Director relating to the\naward of prizes to players have been complied with.\n63 Claims for prize\n(1) If a claim for a prize in an internet game conducted by an internet\ngaming licensee is made before 5 years after the end of the game,\nthe licensee must immediately try to resolve the claim.\n(2) If an internet gaming licensee is not able to resolve the claim, the\nlicensee must, by written notice to the claimant, promptly inform the\nclaimant:\n(a) of the licensee's decision on the claim; and\n(b) that the person may, within 10 days of receiving the notice,\nask the Director to review the decision.\n\nPart 8 Conclusion of games\nDivision 2 Aborted games\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 35\n(3) If a claim is not resolved or the claimant has not received a notice\nunder subregulation (2), the claimant may apply in the approved\nform to the Director for a review of the internet gaming licensee's\ndecision in respect of the claim.\n(4) If the claimant received a notice under subregulation (1), the\napplication to the Director under subregulation (3) must be made\nwithin 10 days after receiving the notice.\n(5) If a request is made to the Director, the Director:\n(a) may carry out investigations the Director considers necessary\nto resolve matters in dispute; and\n(b) must determine whether the prize is to be given to the\nclaimant or not.\n64 Entitlement to prize lapses if not claimed within 5 years\nIf a prize is not claimed within 5 years after the end of the internet\ngame in which the prize was won, the entitlement to the prize is\nextinguished.\nDivision 2 Aborted games\n65 Aborted games\n(1) An internet gaming licensee is to take all reasonable steps to\nensure that the licensee's approved computer system enables a\nplayer whose participation in a game is, after he or she has made a\nwager, interrupted by:\n(a) a failure of the telecommunications system; or\n(b) a failure of the player's computer system,\nthat prevents the player from continuing with the game, to resume,\non the restoration of the system, his or her participation in the game\nthat was interrupted as at the time immediately before the\ninterruption.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) If a licensee's computer system does not enable a player to\ncontinue, after the restoration of the system, with a game\ninterrupted by a failure of the telecommunications system or the\nplayer's computer system, the licensee must:\n(a) ensure that the game is terminated in accordance with the\napproved control system; and\n\nPart 8 Conclusion of games\nDivision 2 Aborted games\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 36\n(b) refund the amount of the wager to the player by placing it in\nthe player's account.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(3) If a game has not terminated within the period after commencing\nthat is specified in an internet gaming licensee's approved control\nsystem, the licensee must:\n(a) ensure that the game is terminated in accordance with the\napproved control system; and\n(b) deal with the amount of the wager in accordance with the\napproved control system.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n66 Miscarriage of game\n(1) If an internet game conducted by an internet gaming licensee is\nstarted but miscarries because of a failure of the licensee's\ncomputer operating system, the internet gaming licensee:\n(a) must:\n(i) refund the amount wagered in the game to the player by\ncrediting it to the player's account or, if the account no\nlonger exists, by paying it to the player in an approved\nmanner; and\n(ii) if a player has an accrued credit at the time the game\nmiscarries – credit to the player's account the monetary\nvalue of the credit or, if the account no longer exists, pay\nit to the player in an approved manner;\n(b) must immediately inform the Director of the circumstances of\nthe incident; and\n(c) must not conduct a further game if the game is likely to be\naffected by the same failure.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) After investigating the incident, the Director may, by written notice\nto the internet gaming licensee, give the internet gaming licensee\nother directions the Director considers appropriate in the\ncircumstances.\n\nPart 9 Miscellaneous\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 37\n(3) The internet gaming licensee must comply with a direction under\nsubregulation (2).\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n67 Power to withhold prize in certain cases\n(1) If an internet gaming licensee has reason to believe that the result\nof an internet game has been affected by an illegal activity the\ninternet gaming licensee may withhold a prize in the game.\n(2) If an internet gaming licensee withholds a prize under this\nregulation, the internet gaming licensee:\n(a) must immediately inform the Director of the circumstances of\nthe incident; and\n(b) must not conduct a further game if a recurrence of the illegal\nactivity is likely.\n(3) After investigating the incident, the Director may, by written notice\nto the internet gaming licensee:\n(a) direct the internet gaming licensee to pay the prize to the\nplayer by placing it in the player's account or, if the account no\nlonger exists, to pay it to the player in another approved\nmanner; or\n(b) confirm the internet gaming licensee's decision to withhold the\nprize, but direct the internet gaming licensee to refund an\namount wagered in the game by placing it in the player's\naccount or in another approved manner.\n(4) The internet gaming licensee must comply with a direction under\nsubregulation (3).\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\nPart 9 Miscellaneous\n68 Player to be bound by rules of game\nA player who participates in an internet game and the internet\ngaming licensee must comply with the rules of the game specified\nat the internet site at which the game is conducted by the licensee.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n\nPart 9 Miscellaneous\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 38\n69 Interference with proper conduct of internet games\nA person must not, without the Director's authorisation, interfere in\nthe proper conduct of an internet game.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n70 Internet gaming licensee not to publish identity of player in\ncertain cases\n(1) An internet gaming licensee or an employee or other person\nengaged in duties related to the conduct of an internet game must\nnot, without authorisation under subregulation (2):\n(a) disclose information about the name, or other identifying\nparticulars, of a player; or\n(b) use information about a player for a purpose other than the\npurpose for which the information was given.\nMaximum penalty: 15 penalty units.\n(2) The disclosure of information, or its use for a purpose other than\nthe purpose for which it was given, is authorised if the disclosure or\nuse is:\n(a) authorised by the player;\n(b) reasonably necessary for the conduct of internet games;\n(c) required for the administration or enforcement of the Act or\nthese Regulations; or\n(d) otherwise required by law.\n71 Fee for application\nFor section 47B(2) of the Act, the prescribed fee for an application\nfor an internet gaming licence is 20 000 revenue units.\n\nENDNOTES\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 39\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY\nKey to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations (SL No. 64, 1998)\nNotified 13 January 1999\nCommenced 13 January 1999\nCorporations Reform (Consequential Amendments NT) Act 2001 (Act No. 17, 2001)\nAssent date 29 June 2001\nCommenced 15 July 2001 (s 2, s 2 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth Act No. 50,\n2001) and Cth Gaz S285, 13 July 2001)\nStatute Law Revision (Financial Provisions) Act 2002 (Act No. 38, 2002)\nAssent date 13 September 2002\nCommenced 30 October 2002 (Gaz G43, 30 October 2002, p 3)\nTreasury Legislation Amendment (Revenue Units) Regulations 2006 (SL No. 33, 2006)\nNotified 18 October 2006\nCommenced 18 October 2006\nFees and Charges Amendment Regulations 2009 (SL No. 34, 2009)\nNotified 14 December 2009\nCommenced 1 January 2010 (r 2)\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SL No. 11, 2013)\nNotified 29 May 2013\nCommenced 29 May 2013\nPenalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013)\nAssent date 12 July 2013\nCommenced 28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2)\nLicensing (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 (Act No. 44, 2014)\nAssent date 5 December 2014\nCommenced 1 January 2015 (Gaz S130, 19 December 2014, p 2)\n\nENDNOTES\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 40\nStatute Law Revision Act 2017 (Act No. 4, 2017)\nAssent date 10 March 2017\nCommenced 12 April 2017 (Gaz G15, 12 April 2017, p 3)\nLicensing (Director-General) Repeal Act 2020 (Act No. 4, 2020)\nAssent date 9 March 2020\nCommenced 14 April 2020 (Gaz G13, 1 April 2020, p 2)\n3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1 and 15.\n4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS\nr 2 amd Act No. 38, 2002, s 7; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nrr 3 – 4 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 5 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 7 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nrr 8 – 12 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 13 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act\nNo. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 14 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; No. 34, 2009, r 10; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44,\n2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nrr 15 – 16 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 17 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2017, s 34; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nrr 18 – 19 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 21 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 22 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nr 23 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; No. 34, 2009, r 10; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 24 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 25 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 26 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 27 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 28 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nrr 29 – 30 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 31 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 32 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nrr 33 – 34 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 35 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nr 37 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 38 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nr 39 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 40 amd Act No. 17, 2001, s 22; No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nrr 41 – 42 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\n\nENDNOTES\nGaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 41\nr 43 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nrr 44 – 46 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nrr 48 – 49 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 50 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nrr 52 – 54 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nrr 56 – 57 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nrr 58 – 60 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 61 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nrr 62 – 63 amd Act No. 44, 2014, s 145; Act No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 65 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nrr 66 – 67 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 68 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nr 69 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6; Act No. 44, 2014, s 145;\nAct No. 4, 2020, s 87\nr 70 amd No. 33, 2006, r 5; Act No. 23, 2013, s 6\nr 71 ins No. 11, 2013, r 3","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"regulations 2, 4, 5(2), 10 and 11","severity":"high","reasoning":"Regulation 4(1)(b) and (2)(c) expressly provide for approval to change an approved computer system, and regulation 2 includes changes approved under regulation 4. However, regulation 5(2) permits a change only if approved under regulation 10 or 11. Regulations 10 and 11 deal exclusively with control systems and create no power to approve changes to computer systems. Regulation 2's reference to a computer-system change directed under regulation 11 is defective for the same reason.","confidence":0.99,"description":"Regulation 5(2) makes lawful changes to an approved computer system depend on approval under provisions that concern control systems instead.","source_quotes":["An internet gaming licensee must not change, or authorise a\nchange to, the licensee's approved computer system unless the\nchange is approved by the Director in writing under regulation 10\nor 11.","The Director must consider a submission received under\nregulation 8 or 9 and approve or refuse to approve the internet\ngaming licensee's proposed control system or the proposed change\nto the licensee's approved control system.","The Director may, by written notice to an internet gaming licensee,\ndirect the licensee to change the licensee's approved control\nsystem within the time, and in the way, specified in the notice."]}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"high","section_a":"regulations 2 and 4(1)(b), 4(2)(c)","section_b":"regulation 5(2)","confidence":0.99,"description":"Regulation 4 expressly authorises approval of a computer-system change, while regulation 5(2) prohibits that change unless it is approved under regulations 10 or 11.","source_quotes":["(b) for approval to change the licensee's approved computer\nsystem.","(c) after considering the application and, if necessary, the\nevaluation of the system or proposed change – approve or\nrefuse to approve the computer system or change.","An internet gaming licensee must not change, or authorise a\nchange to, the licensee's approved computer system unless the\nchange is approved by the Director in writing under regulation 10\nor 11."]}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These Regulations implement operational and compliance rules for internet gaming under the Gaming Control Act 1993; they do not themselves expand or narrow the statutory scope of which activities are 'internet gaming' but prescribe how licensed operators must conduct and control those activities."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple regulatory domains combined: technical approvals (computer/control systems), personnel licensing, financial controls, record retention and player protections","Significant administrative and compliance burden on licensees (approval fees, audits at licensee expense r40, record‑keeping for 7 years r45)","Wide Director discretion to approve/refuse, direct changes, designate key positions and conduct reviews (rr4,10,11,12(2),29–34)","Detailed procedural requirements for vetting and ongoing oversight of key employees (regs 14–21, 29–34)","Operational technicalities for online play (abort/miscarriage rules, resumption, prize withholding) requiring integrated IT and business controls (rr65–67)","Interplay with external laws and institutions (criminal history, financial institutions; regs 14(2)(g), 3, and references to other legislation)","Cross‑jurisdictional investigative powers (reg 16(3)(b)) and potential for frequent small‑value penalties (multiple 15 penalty‑unit maxima)"],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations set the operational rules for internet gaming in the Northern Territory: operators must obtain Director approval for computer and control systems (regs 4, 10–11), license key employees (regs 14–21), keep accounts, audits and records (regs 35–42, 43–45), and apply player protections (regs 46–58) including identity checks, wagering limits and minors' restrictions. Licensees pay application, evaluation and audit costs (r4(3), r14(2)(h), r40) and the Director has broad approval and enforcement discretion (rr10,11,17,34)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations appear consistent with their original 1998 intent to regulate internet gaming operations. While amended multiple times (as shown in endnotes referencing amendments through 2020), these appear to be technical updates (changing 'Director-General' to 'Director', updating references to the Corporations Act, adjusting penalty units and revenue units) rather than scope expansion. The core framework covering computer systems, control systems, key employee licensing, financial controls, player protection, and game integrity remains focused on the original purpose of regulating online gambling operations."},"complexity_factors":["71 regulations across 9 Parts with multiple Divisions, creating a moderately lengthy instrument","Extensive cross-referencing between regulations (e.g., regulation 6 defines 'control system' which is referenced throughout Parts 3, 4, and 7)","Nested conditional logic in licensing provisions – regulation 18 creates exceptions where only provisional licences can be granted based on specific criminal history or previous cancellations, with regulation 21 creating further exceptions to those exceptions for waiver of requirements","Multiple defined terms in regulation 2 (approximately 15 key definitions) including recursive definitions ('approved computer system' includes systems changed under regulation 4 or directed under regulation 11)","Dual penalty structures – most offences carry '15 penalty units' but fees are calculated in 'revenue units' (285 for applications, 20 for variations), requiring cross-reference to external valuation mechanisms","Conditional exceptions throughout player protection rules (e.g., regulation 49 allows false information provision if 'honest mistake' or Director approves; regulation 59 provides defences for reasonable belief about age)","Review procedures in Division 3 of Part 4 include discretionary powers with multiple potential outcomes (regulation 34 lists 7 possible determinations from dismissal to cancellation)","Temporal conditions scattered throughout (7-day cooling-off for betting limit increases, 12-month bans after licence cancellation, 5-year prize claim limits, 6-month account inactivity triggers, 7-year record retention)"],"plain_english_summary":"These Northern Territory regulations set the rules for running legal online gambling (internet gaming) operations. They cover:\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Internet gaming licensees** – companies licensed to run online gambling sites\n- **Key employees** – senior staff who control or influence gaming operations (must hold special licences)\n- **Players** – people who gamble on these sites\n- **The Director** – the government regulator who oversees everything\n\n**What it does:**\n\n**Technical requirements:**\n- All gaming must run on **approved computer systems** and **approved control systems** (the rules and procedures for running games)\n- Licensees must get Director approval for their technology and any changes to it\n\n**Staff licensing:**\n- Anyone in a \"key position\" (management, financial control, or designated important roles) needs an **internet gaming key employee licence**\n- These licences require background checks, fingerprinting, proof of identity, and fees\n- Licences can be provisional (up to 12 months) or full (5 years)\n- The Director can review, suspend, or cancel licences if staff commit crimes, go bankrupt, or breach rules\n\n**Financial controls:**\n- Licensees must keep proper accounting records and have annual audits\n- Player funds must be held in separate accounts with approved banks\n- Licensees cannot offer credit to players\n\n**Player protection:**\n- Players must register and verify their identity before playing\n- Players can set betting limits (reductions take effect immediately; increases take 7 days)\n- Players can permanently de-register (self-exclude) from sites\n- Minors are banned from playing; licensees must use software to block underage access\n- Player privacy is protected – identities cannot be published without consent\n\n**Game integrity:**\n- Rules must be displayed to players\n- If games crash or abort, wagers must be refunded\n- Prizes must be paid promptly to player accounts\n- Claims for prizes can be reviewed by the Director if disputed\n- Prizes unclaimed after 5 years are forfeited\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese rules aim to ensure online gambling is fair, transparent, and protects vulnerable people (especially minors and problem gamblers) while preventing fraud, money laundering, and criminal involvement in the industry."},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation was originally made in 1998, a time when internet gaming was in its infancy. With 7 reprints and a commencement date of 14 April 2020, the scope has almost certainly expanded significantly to address modern online gambling technologies, platforms, and regulatory expectations that could not have been anticipated in 1998. The split agency responsibility also suggests structural changes in how the regulation is administered compared to its original form."},"complexity_factors":["Split administrative responsibility between two government departments (Tourism & Hospitality and Treasury & Finance) creates potential confusion about which agency to approach","Regulations made under a parent Act (Gaming Control Act), meaning you need to read both documents together to understand the full legal framework","Taxation and levy provisions add a layer of financial regulatory complexity","The regulation has been through at least 7 reprints since 1998, meaning the current version may differ substantially from the original, and tracking changes requires effort","Internet gaming is an inherently technical area involving licensing, compliance, and cross-jurisdictional considerations","Incomplete metadata (missing Regs No, Year, Made By, Gazette details) makes it difficult to trace the original legislative history"],"plain_english_summary":"The Gaming Control (Internet Gaming) Regulations 1998 set the legal framework for offering internet-based gambling in the jurisdiction, defining how online operators must run services and how consumers are affected. \n\nThey also fix how taxes and levies are calculated and collected, assign day-to-day administration between Tourism & Hospitality and Treasury & Finance, and were significantly updated with a reprint effective 14 April 2020."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/gaming-control-internet-gaming-regulations-1998","history":"/api/acts/gaming-control-internet-gaming-regulations-1998/history","analysis":"/api/acts/gaming-control-internet-gaming-regulations-1998/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/gaming-control-internet-gaming-regulations-1998/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/gaming-control-internet-gaming-regulations-1998/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/gaming-control-internet-gaming-regulations-1998/documents"}}