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19 Gaming machines to display time of day
(1) A venue operator or casino operator who knows or who could reasonably be expected to know that a gaming machine is not able to display the time of day in accordance with this regulation must not permit gaming on the gaming machine.
(2) The time of day is displayed on a gaming machine in accordance with this regulation if the time of day—
(a) is displayed—
(i) on the video screen; or
(ii) on a device attached to the gaming machine in a position that is acceptable under subregulation (3); and
(b) is clearly visible to a person playing the gaming machine; and
(c) is accurate to within 5 minutes; and
(d) indicates whether the hour is before or after noon; and
(e) is displayed continuously; and
(f) does not obscure any other information relevant to gaming on gaming machines.
(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2)(a), a position on a gaming machine is acceptable if it is—
(a) either—
(i) in front of the machine cabinet; or
(ii) within 10 centimetres of the left or right edge of the machine cabinet; and
(b) not higher than—
(i) if the gaming machine has a top box—5 centimetres above the bottom of the top box; or
(ii) if the gaming machine does not have a top box—the top of the machine cabinet; and
(c) not lower than the bottom of the button panel.
(4) In this regulation, a reference to a ***button panel***, ***top box*** or ***video screen*** of a gaming machine is a reference to the part of the gaming machine that corresponds to the similarly labelled part of a gaming machine represented in Schedule 2.