8Lighting requirements

8 Lighting requirements (1) At any time when a gaming machine is available for gaming in an approved venue, the venue operator must ensure that lighting in the gaming machine area containing the gaming machine complies with this regulation. (2) At any time when a gaming machine is available for gaming in a casino, the casino operator must ensure that lighting in the casino complies with this regulation. (3) Lighting in an area complies with this regulation if— (a) the horizontal illuminance at each point that is 0·3 metres in front of the base of each gaming machine in the area and 1·5 metres above the floor is 50 lux or greater; and (b) the average vertical illuminance in front of each gaming machine in the area is 30 lux or greater; and (c) in the non-gaming parts of that area— (i) the average horizontal illuminance 1·5 metres above the floor is 40 lux or greater; and (ii) there is no point where the horizontal illuminance 1·5 metres above the floor is below 20 lux. (4) For the purposes of this regulation, illuminance is to be measured without any person other than the person making the measurement being within 5 metres of the measuring instrument. (5) In this regulation, a reference to the average vertical illuminance in front of a gaming machine is the average of the vertical illuminance measured at each of the following points— (a) the point that is 1·5 metres above the floor and 0·3 metres in front of the left edge of the video screen of the gaming machine; and (b) the point that is 1·5 metres above the floor and 0·3 metres in front of the centre of the video screen of the gaming machine; and (c) the point that is 1·5 metres above the floor and 0·3 metres in front of the right edge of the video screen of the gaming machine. (6) In this regulation, a reference to the average horizontal illuminance in an area is a reference to the average of the horizontal illuminances measured at the centre of each square in a grid of points that are— (a) 0·5 metres apart within a 2·0 metre radius of any gaming machine in the area; and (b) 2·0 metres apart within any other part of the area. (7) For the purpose of subregulation (3)(c)— (a) the non-gaming parts of the gaming machine area of an approved venue are the parts of that gaming machine area that are not within 2·0 metres of a gaming machine; and (b) the non-gaming parts of the casino are the areas designated by the Commission under regulation 9(1).