30 SEPTEMBER
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
3301

all or any of the provisions of these directions pursuant to the provisions of section 70 of the Act.

2. Application
   These directions apply to and in relation to the operation of:
   (a) the casino at 30–38 Victoria Street, Christchurch by Aspinall (NZ) Limited; and
   (b) the casino at the property bounded by Hobson Street, Wellesley Street West, Federal Street and Victoria Street West, Auckland by Harrah’s New Zealand Inc..

3. Construction
   (1) Nothing contained in these directions shall be so construed as to conflict with any provision of the Act or of any other applicable Act.
   (2) If any provision of these directions is inconsistent with a provision of the Act or of any other applicable Act:
   (a) the provision of the Act or other Act (as the case may be) prevails; and
   (b) the application of these directions in relation to the casino licensee and the casino is modified accordingly.
   (3) If any provision of these directions, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, that holding shall not be construed so as to affect, impair, or invalidate any of the other provisions of these directions, or the application of the provision directly involved in the holding or the circumstances involved therein.
   (4) In these directions, power given to do any act or thing, or submit to any act or thing, is capable of being exercised from time to time, as the occasion may require, unless the nature of the words used or of the thing itself indicates a contrary intention.

4. Interpretation
   (1) In these directions, unless the context otherwise requires:
   (a) words and expressions used that are defined in the Casino Control Act 1990 shall have the same meaning as in the Act; and
   (b) the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
   “the Act” means the Casino Control Act 1990;
   “approved internal control system”, in relation to a casino or a casino licensee, means the system of internal controls and administrative and accounting procedures approved (whether provisionally or otherwise) for the time being under these directions in relation to the casino operated by the casino licensee;
   “authority” means the Casino Control Authority established by section 7 of the Act;
   “casino” means:
   (i) in relation to Aspinall (NZ) Limited, the licensed casino operated by it on the casino premises at 30–38 Victoria Street, Christchurch, and
   (ii) in relation to Harrah’s New Zealand Inc., the licensed casino operated by it on the casino premises at the property bounded by Hobson Street, Wellesley Street West, Federal Street and Victoria Street West, Auckland;
   “casino employee” means any person acting in relation to the operation of the casino as an employee or agent on behalf of, or subject to the control of, the casino licensee;
   “casino licensee” means:
   (i) in relation to the licensed casino operated on the casino premises at 30–38 Victoria Street, Christchurch, Aspinall (NZ) Limited, and
   (ii) in relation to the licensed casino operated on the casino premises at the property bounded by Hobson Street, Wellesley Street West, Federal Street and Victoria Street West, Auckland, Harrah’s New Zealand Inc.;
   “employee” includes any natural person engaged under a contract for services;
   “gaming equipment” means any device or other thing (other than chips) used, or capable of being used, for or in connection with gaming;
   “member” means a member of the authority; and
   “person” includes a corporation sole, and also a body of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated.
   (2) In these directions, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to:
   (a) an Act is a reference to an Act of New Zealand;
   (b) an Act, whether by name or otherwise, includes the amendments to the Act for the time being in force, and also any Act passed in substitution therefor or in lieu thereof and the rules, regulations and bylaws for the time being in force thereunder;
   (c) a subsection is to a subsection of the section in which the reference occurs;
   (d) a function includes a reference to a power, an authority and a duty; and
   (e) the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.
   (3) In these directions, unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular number include the plural number, and vice versa.

5. Approved internal control system to be implemented
   (1) The casino licensee shall not conduct operations in the casino unless the authority has approved a system of internal controls and administrative and accounting procedures for the casino.
   (2) Any such system may be amended, as the authority thinks fit, in accordance with the provisions of these directions.
   (3) An approval granted under this section to an internal control system takes effect when notice of it is given in writing to the casino licensee concerned, or on such later date as is specified in the notice.
   (4) The casino licensee shall ensure that:
   (a) the casino is at all times operated in accordance with the approved internal control system for the casino; and
   (b) all casino employees are made aware of, and comply with, those provisions of the approved internal control system relating to their specific functions in, or in relation to, the casino.

6. Content of approved internal control system
   (1) An approved internal control system shall include, but is not limited to, details of the following:
   (a) job descriptions, the system of organising personnel, and the chain of command authority, such as to establish diversity of responsibility among employees engaged in casino operations and identification of primary and secondary supervisory positions for areas