NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

12 DECEMBER

The Treasury

Fiscal Responsibility Act 1994

December Economic and Fiscal Update

Copies for Inspection and Purchase by Members of the Public

The following statement is made pursuant to section 17 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 1994:

The Minister of Finance published the December Economic and Fiscal Update on 2 December 1996, as required under section 13 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 1994.

Copies of this document are available for inspection by members of the public at public libraries, which hold parliamentary papers.

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Copies of this document will be available for sale or inspection for 6 months from the date of publication of this notice.

Signed at Wellington this 2nd day of December 1996.

C. J. MACKENZIE, Manager, (Budget Coordinator) Treasury.

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Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Casino Control Authority

Casino Control Act 1990

Rules of Casino Table Games, Amendment No. 5

Pursuant to section 63 of the Casino Control Act 1990, the Casino Control Authority on 15 November 1996 resolved, with effect from 10.00 a.m. on Friday, 13 December 1996:

1. The game of Pai Gow be approved to be conducted and played in the licensed casino at the property bounded by Hobson, Victoria, Federal and Wellesley Streets, Auckland;

2. The Rules of Casino Table Games approved to be conducted and played in the casino referred to above, as set out in the Supplement dated Friday, 26 January 1996 to the New Zealand Gazette of Thursday, 25 January 1996, and as subsequently amended by notices in the editions of the New Zealand Gazette of Thursday, 22 February 1996, Thursday, 4 April 1996, Thursday, 11 July 1996 and Thursday, 24 October 1996, be amended as set out in the Schedule hereto; and

3. The Rules of Casino Table Games referred to above, as so amended and as applicable, be approved as the rules for Pai Gow.

R. M. IRVINE, Chairperson, Casino Control Authority.

Schedule

1.0 Table of Contents

The table of contents prior to Division I of the rules is hereby amended by inserting, at the end of the table, the following:

“DIVISION XII—PAI GOW

Part 1 Interpretation
Part 2 Table Layout and Equipment
Part 3 The Tiles
Part 4 The Bank
Part 5 The Shuffle and Cut
Part 6 Wagers
Part 7 The Dice
Part 8 General Conditions of Play
Part 9 Procedures for Methods of Play
Part 10 Irregularities ...”

2.0 Division XII—Pai Gow

The rules are hereby amended by inserting, after Division XI, the following:

“DIVISION XII—PAI GOW

1.0 Interpretation

In this division, unless the contrary intention appears:

“Approved Cut”, in relation to a casino, means a cut that is:

(a) named in Appendix D to this division; and

(b) approved by the Authority, and conducted in a manner approved by the Authority, in writing for use in the casino;

“Bank” means the hand against which:

(a) where the hand is held by the house, all of the players, and

(b) where the hand is held by a player/banker, all of the other players,

wager;

“Banker” means the person or persons holding, or who is or are to hold, the bank in a round of play, and may be or include the house;

“Banker Wager Area” means that part of the layout in front of the dealer which is designated as the area for placing the co-banking wager, as shown in Diagram 13;

“Box” means a numbered area on the pai gow layout designated for the placement of wagers by the players;

“Chung” means a marker that is used to denote the box to which the banker’s tiles will be dealt;

“Co-Banker” means a player/banker who holds or is to hold the bank in equal partnership with the house;