29 JUNE 2004 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 79

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Discrimination

1.41.13 Banknote acceptors are to be factory set only; it must not be possible to access or conduct maintenance or adjustments in the field, other than:

a) the selection of banknotes and limits as defined in requirement "Disabling Banknote Values"; or

b) changing of approved EPROMs or downloading of approved software.

1.41.14 The adjustment of the tolerance level for accepting banknotes of varying quality, or the alteration of any of the possible checking procedures is prohibited in the field. If a reader has multiple tolerance levels then the ability to switch to lower levels is to be disabled.

1.41.15 It must not be possible to successfully disable any validation feature and thus register any counterfeit banknote as a valid banknote.

1.41.16 It must not be possible from a single banknote or banknotes to create a larger number of banknotes such that any of the additional banknotes are accepted as valid banknotes.

1.41.17 Only polymer banknotes will be accepted for use in banknote acceptors unless there is no plastic note equivalent at a particular denomination, e.g. New Zealand currency. If a banknote acceptor is permanently capable of accepting paper banknotes with plastic equivalents this ability must be permanently disabled.

1.41.18 Note that acceptor devices must incorporate sophisticated detection methods to validate banknotes by multiple evaluation methods (e.g. magnetic, ink colour and density). Tests for counterfeits should include a combination of these tests using a variety of magnetic and light sources for spectral properties.

Physical Access

1.41.19 Venues are not to have access to the banknote acceptors for any purpose other than the clearing of banknote jams or other approved purposes.

1.41.20 Any access required to clear a banknote jam is not to give access to the banknote storage area except if the jam occurs inside the banknote storage area.

1.41.21 Access to banknote acceptor components and banknote storage areas is to be secured via key lock. Both are to be fitted with ‘door open/close’ sensors.

1.41.22 Access to the banknote storage area is to be through two levels of locks - the relevant outer door plus one other door or lock before the receptacle or banknotes can be removed. This lock must securely hold into place a cover over the banknote storage area which must not be easily removed via physical force.

1.41.23 The keys which open the locks on the banknote storage door must be different from the standard Outer Door or Banknote Outer door. They may be the same as the Cash Box door keys.

1.41.24 Access to the banknote acceptor components is to disable the gaming machine from game play until such time as the access is cleared. For the remedial action when access to banknote acceptor components has occurred, see Section 1.43.1 Banknote Acceptor Fault Conditions.

1.41.25 The gaming machine, if configured for a banknote acceptor device, must not activate the Banknote Acceptor if any part of the Banknote Acceptor is missing that relates to the validation process or delivery of the banknote to the storage area.

1.41.26 The banknote acceptor should be easily removed for inspection by service personnel.

1.41.27 All points in the banknote path should be easily accessible to allow inspection and clearance by service personnel once valid access is gained to the area in which the banknote acceptor is housed. Actions intended to be carried out by persons other than licensed technicians must not require the use of tools.

Gaming Machines With Both Coin and Banknote Acceptors

Requirements

1.41.28 Any gaming machine that has both a coin and a banknote acceptor is required to include a number of security features as follows:

a) access to the coin drop box is not to give access to the banknote storage area;

b) access to the banknote storage area is not to give access to the coin drop box;