20Gaming is subject to ship safety

20 Gaming is subject to ship safety

(1)  In this section gaming area includes keno outstation.

(2)  This section applies to a ship in respect of which the operator is a gaming manager.

(3)  The master of a ship in respect of which a gaming licence has been issued may at any time give to the operator any order that appears to the master to be necessary or expedient for the preservation of good order or discipline on the ship or for the safety of the ship.

(4)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (3) , the master may at any time order the operator to close a gaming area immediately, or within a specified time, if the master considers it necessary or expedient to do so to –

(a) ensure the safety of the ship or of all or any persons on the ship in an emergency or in hazardous seas; or

(b) conduct a fire drill or life-boat drill, or both.

(5)  *[Section 20 Subsection (5) amended by No. 109 of 1993, s. 10 ]*An order under subsection (3) or (4) –

(a) may be given to the operator by the master personally or conveyed by a ship's officer; and

(b) may be given orally or in writing; and

(c) is taken to have been given to the operator if it is given to a special employee of the operator who apparently occupies a responsible position in the gaming area; and

(d) may specify that all persons are to leave the gaming area or that only certain persons are to leave the gaming area.

(6)  An operator must not –

(a) fail to comply with an order given under subsection (3) or (4) ; or

(b) re-open a gaming area before an order given under subsection (4) has been countermanded.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 250 penalty units.

(7)  If an operator fails to comply with an order under or the master may execute the terms of the order.