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Bingo Suppliers Regulations

made under

Section 127 of the

Gaming Control Act

S.N.S. 1994-95, c. 4

O.I.C. 95-257 (effective April 4, 1995), N.S. Reg. 38/95

as amended to O.I.C. 2018-17 (effective January 23, 2018), N.S. Reg. 13/2018

1 These regulations may be cited as the Bingo Suppliers Regulations .

2 In these regulations

“Act” means the Gaming Control Act ;

“bingo” means a licensed lottery scheme where

(

i) a prize is awarded to a person who purchases a card or paper for a

particular game and successfully completes a predetermined pattern on

the card or paper from numbers generated at random at that game, and

(ii) the pattern is verified and the winner or winners declared;

“bingo operating equipment” means any equipment used to conduct the game of

bingo, including random number selection equipment, bingo balls, number display

boards, bingo cards, paper and sets, verification books and electronic verifier,

approved by the Executive Director;

“card number” means a number usually printed in the centre space of a bingo card or

paper that identifies the unique pattern of numbers printed on that bingo card or

paper;

“electronic verifier” means a computer program that is part of the bingo operating

equipment approved by the Executive Director that lists and illustrates the unique

pattern of numbers and card numbers of each bingo card or paper and is used to

verify the authenticity of every winning bingo card or paper;

“inspectors or auditors” mean inspectors or auditors appointed pursuant to the Act or

these regulations, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or members of a

municipal police force within the meaning of the regulations made pursuant to the

Police Act;

“licensee” means a supplier as defined in clause (k), licensed by the Executive

Director;

“serial number” means a unique number printed in the same manner on every bingo

card or paper by the manufacturer or printer;

“set” means a number of bingo cards or papers bearing the identical serial number;

“supplier” means every individual, company or agent, distributor, printer and

manufacturer that makes, sells, offers for sale, imports, barters, donates or otherwise

provides, bingo operating equipment or allows bingo operating equipment to be

manufactured, distributed, printed, supplied, sent, transmitted, mailed, shipped or

delivered in the Province;

“verification book” means a book compiled by the manufacturer or printer of bingo

cards, papers or sets approved by the Executive Director that lists and illustrates the

unique pattern of numbers and card numbers on each bingo card, paper or set and is

used to verify the authenticity of every winning bingo card, paper or set

manufactured or printed by that manufacturer or printer.

Licensing

(1) Every supplier shall apply to the Executive Director for a licence for a 3-year term to

(

a) sell, lease, lend, barter, donate or otherwise provide any bingo operating

equipment in the Province; or

(

b) send, transmit, mail, ship or deliver any bingo operating equipment in the

Province.

(2) No supplier shall supply bingo operating equipment to any person who does not hold

and produce to the supplier, a valid licence or permit.

considers necessary for the proper administration of these regulations and may refuse

to issue or may amend or refuse to renew a licence where any requirement in the

regulations concerning an application is incomplete, inaccurate or not fulfilled or

where, as determined by the Executive Director, to issue or renew such licence

would not be in the public interest.

(4) The Executive Director may determine not to issue a licence and may amend,

suspend or cancel an existing licence where the applicant or licensee has in its

employ a person who has been convicted, within the preceding 2 years, of a criminal

offence and who has not received a pardon.

(5) The Executive Director shall establish and prescribe standards for all bingo operating

equipment to be used by licensees in the Province.

(6) Every supplier licensed pursuant to subsection (1) shall maintain an audit tracking

system of all bingo operating equipment that it sells, offers for sale, barters, leases,

lends, donates or otherwise provides for use in the Province and the Executive

Director or any inspectors or auditors may examine such audit tracking information

at any time.

(7) Each bingo card, paper or set shall contain a card number that identifies the unique

pattern of numbers printed on that card, paper or set and a serial number printed on

each bingo card, paper or set by the manufacturer or printer, and every supplier shall

make available a verification book to every licensee to which the supplier sells,

donates, leases, barters, lends, donates or otherwise provides bingo cards, papers or

sets.

4 Every supplier shall

(

a) sell, offer for sale, lease, barter, lend, donate or otherwise provide or supply

bingo operating equipment only to licensees under the Bingo regulations;

(

b) display bingo card, paper or set serial numbers on all invoices;

(

c) make available to the Executive Director upon shipment or delivery of bingo

operating equipment to a licensee under the Bingo Regulations, a copy of the

shipping documents, bills of lading or delivery receipts;

(

d) make shipment and delivery records available to the inspectors and auditors of

the Executive Director within 14 days of the request of the Executive Director;

(

e) comply with all of the Executive Director’s applicable policies and procedures

regarding bingos and bingo suppliers;

(

f) affix the name and logo of the printer or manufacturer, as the case may be, on

all bingo cards, paper and sets.

5 Every application, report or licence mentioned in Sections 3 and 4 shall be in such form as

the Executive Director may from time to time approve or prescribe.

Fees

(1) The fee for a licence on original issue or for renewal of a licence for every supplier

of bingo operating equipment for sale, lease, barter, loan, donation, importation or

other provision or supply in the Province shall be $3980.85 payable to the

Department.

(2) [repealed]

Amendment, suspension, cancellation

7 The Executive Director may amend, suspend or cancel a licence where

(

a) a licensee provides any incorrect information on its application;

(

b) the licensee does not provide the Executive Director with changes to

information contained in the application within 15 days of the change;

(

c) a licensee breaches any term or condition of the licence or any provision of the

Act or these regulations; or

(

d) the Executive Director determines it is in the public interest to amend, suspend

or cancel the licence.

Inspectors or auditors

(1) Inspectors or auditors shall have the power to inquire into the conduct and

management of every bingo supplier and shall advise the Executive Director of the

results of their inquiries.

(2) All records of a supplier in respect of bingo operating equipment supplied to a

licensee under the Bingo Regulations shall be retained by the licensee for at least 3

years after the expiration of the licence period and the licensee or former licensee

shall make all such records available at the request of the Executive Director.

(3) Inspectors or auditors appointed by the Minister may enter, at any reasonable time,

on or about the premises occupied by any licensee or the premises where the

licensee’s records are kept or believed to be kept, to determine whether the Act and

these regulations are being and have been complied with or to inspect, audit and

examine books of account, records, documents, receipts, and bingo operating

equipment.

(4) The person occupying the premises referred to in subsection (3) shall answer all

questions pertaining to these matters and shall produce such books of account,

records, documents, receipts and bingo operating equipment as may be required.

Offences

9 Every person who contravenes any provision of these regulations is guilty of an offence

and is liable, on

summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $5000 and, in default of

payment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Bingo Suppliers Regulations

N.S. Reg.

38/1995

Gaming Control Act

Note: The information

in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the

Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the

Bingo Suppliers Regulations made under the Gaming Control Act includes all of the following

regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

38/1995

Apr 4,

date

made

Apr

28, 1995

8/2002

Jan

11, 2002

date

made

Jan

25, 2002

74/2004

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr 6,

111/2007

Apr 1,

date

specified

Mar

30, 2007

169/2008

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr

18, 2008

111/2009

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr

14, 2009

84/2011

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr

15, 2011

110/2013

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr

12, 2013

108/2015

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr 8,

13/2018

Jan

23, 2018

date

specified

Feb 2,

The

following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current

consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

2 ........................................................

am.

13/2018 (clause letters removed)

2, defn. of “Commission” ................

rep. 13/2018

3 ........................................................

am. 13/2018

3(1) ...................................................

am. 8/2002

4(c)-(e) .............................................

am. 13/2018

5-6 .....................................................

am. 13/2018

6(1) ...................................................

am. 8/2002; fc. 74/2004, 111/2007, 169/2008, 111/2009,

84/2011, 110/2013, 108/2015

6(2) ...................................................

rep. 8/2002

7 ........................................................

am. 13/2018

8(1)-(3) ............................................

am. 13/2018

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

Note

Effective

date

T he Nova Scotia Gaming Control

Commission and the Liquor License Board are amalgamated as the Alcohol and

Gaming Authority by O.I.C. 97-470 under the Gaming Control Act , S.N.S.

1984-95, c. 4, the Liquor Control Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 260, the Theatres

and Amusements Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 466 and the

Interpretation Act ,

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 235.

(corrected by N.S. Reg. 14/2008, which removed or

replaced all references to the Commission to reflect amendments to the Act

made by S.N.S. 2011, c. 63, proclaimed in force by N.S. Reg. 10/2018)

Jul 15, 1997

Repealed and Superseded:

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.