19 DECEMBER

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 4227

Labour

Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992

Notice of Approved Code of Practice for Load–Lifting Rigging

Pursuant to section 20 (3) of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, whereas subsections (3) (a) and (3) (b) of section 20 of that Act have been fulfilled and complied with, the Minister of Labour hereby gives notice that she approves a statement of preferred work practices or arrangements for health and safety in the use of rigging gear under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, entitled

“Code of Practice for Load-lifting Rigging”.

The Minister of Labour also approves the revocation of the Approved Code of Practice for Rigging, published by the Occupational Safety and Health Service, Department of Labour, Wellington, New Zealand in 1974 and all subsequent editions including 1990.

These preferred work practices or arrangements are designed to describe the general health and safety provisions for the management of load-lifting rigging and for the protection of employees and others.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 2001.

MARGARET WILSON, Minister of Labour.

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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. 12

Pursuant to section 63 of the Casino Control Act 1990, the Casino Control Authority has resolved that the Rules of Casino Table Games approved to be conducted and played in the licensed casinos referred to in Schedule 2 to this notice, as set out in the editions of the New Zealand Gazette referred to in Schedule 3, be further amended by resolution dated 7 December 2001, as set out in Schedule 1.

J. A. COLLINS, Chairperson, Casino Control Authority.

Schedule 1

Amendments

1. Commencement—These amendments shall come into force on 19 December 2001.

2. Division 12 – Pai Gow
   Wagers
   2.1 Rule 6.3 of this division is hereby deleted and the following substituted:

   “6.3 All wagers shall be made by placing chips, with the smaller denomination chips on top, in the appropriate wager area of the pai gow layout before the cut of the tiles.”

   Shuffle and Cut of the Tiles
   2.2 Section 9 of this division is hereby amended by inserting after rule 9.3 the following:

   “9.3A The cut will then be determined and the tiles shall then be set up by the dealer. Where the house is the sole banker, the cut shall be Yat Dong Dong or such other approved cut as the game supervisor directs. Where there is a player/banker, the player/banker may decide the cut. If he/she declines to do so, the cut shall be Yat Dong Dong or such other approved cut as the game supervisor directs.”

   2.3 Rule 9.4 of this division is hereby deleted and the following substituted:

   “9.4 Before the cut tiles are delivered, the dealer shall call ‘No more bets’ and then shake the dice cup so as to cause all of the dice to tumble. Where there is a player/banker, the dealer shall permit him/her to shake the dice cup after the dealer has done so, if the player/banker wishes to.”

   2.4 Rule 9.5 of this division is hereby deleted.

   Delivery and Setting of the Tiles
   2.5 Rule 10.11 is hereby deleted and the following substituted:

   “10.11 Upon exposing and matching a player’s hand, the dealer shall declare whether the hand has won (‘Jung’), has lost (‘Che’), or constitutes a push (‘Jowl’) pursuant to section 6. The dealer shall indicate a push by tapping the table near the player’s tiles.”

   2.6 Rule 10.13 is hereby deleted and the following substituted:

   “10.13 Where a player is the only person wagering on a box, he/she may concede his/her wager by indicating with a sweeping motion with his/her hand towards the dealer. The dealer shall then pick up the tiles and place them in the dealer’s work area without exposing them, and the player’s wager is lost and removed. Once a player’s hand has been conceded, it cannot be returned to play. The game supervisor may view the tiles of a conceded hand at his/her discretion.”

   Variations of Play; Settlement of Wagers
   2.7 Rule 11.1 is hereby deleted and the following substituted: