53Significant events

53 Significant events (1) This regulation applies if an operator discovers a significant event in respect of a totalisator or an approved betting competition conducted by an operator. (2) The operator must, before the end of the next business day after the day on which the significant event was discovered, report the occurrence of the significant event to the Commission. (3) The Commission may request further information from the operator in relation to the significant event. (4) The operator must comply with a request made under subregulation (3). (5) For the purposes of this regulation, each of the following is a ***significant event***— (a) an error in the calculation of a dividend or prize; (b) an error in the calculation of the money available for dividends; (c) the acceptance by the operator of a bet— (i) in the case of a bet in a totalisator—after the start of the event on which the bet is accepted; or (ii) in the case of a bet in an approved betting competition—after the later of— (A) the start of the event in respect of which the bet is accepted; or (B) the time at which the operator indicates that it is not accepting, or has ceased to accept, bets in respect of the event; (d) the manipulation or attempted manipulation by a person employed by the operator of the equipment or software used in connection with a totalisator or an approved betting competition; (e) the misuse by a person employed by the operator of information obtained by that person as a result of his or her employment; (f) the forgery or attempted forgery of a ticket in respect of a totalisator or an approved betting competition; (g) the presentation of a forged ticket in respect of a totalisator or an approved betting competition; (h) the cancellation of a bet after the result of the event on which the bet was made has been decided; (i) a period of time in excess of 10 minutes during which the operator is unable to accept bets at a time when the operator's betting offices are open for business; (j) the activation of the operator's emergency procedures or disaster recovery procedures in connection with the operator's totalisator business.